CLERKS

Fox, Anna (2028) CLERKS. [Exhibition/show, Photography]

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Work Stations - published by Camerawork 1988

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Independent Video Production Company, Equipment Department. Docklands Enterprise Zone. Hire Manager (left), Account Manager (right), 1988, chromogenic print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2019.69.4 - Anna Fox

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Creators:

Fox, Anna

Description/Abstract:

Part of a wider project led by Professor Simon Grennan at University of Chester, Anna Fox has been invited to respond to the work of pioneering 19th century cartoonist Marie Duval. In the 1870s Duval was well known for her work in the satirical magazine Judy, often picturing the lower middle-class workers of the Shoe Lane area of London.
This new work, Clerks, relates to Anna Fox’s previous project, Work Stations, capturing office life in central London during the late 1980s, when cigarette breaks and a lunchtime drink were the norm. Today, office culture and the iconic industries of London have completely changed. The impact of the Covid pandemic on office culture and spaces have permanently affected our society and new economic conditions have had a considerable impact on the way offices are structured and how we all manage our working week. In these strange times office buildings are being built to remain empty, co-work spaces multiply, whilst desk-based workers continue to reconfigure their schedules between virtual collaboration and the physical workplace. Office environments are being planned that enhance our working lives in new ways with a seamless connection between luxurious leisure spaces and the flexible work station.

With these shifts in mind, Anna is exploring and photographing office life in London today. The work will be presented at The Photographers Gallery, London, in 2028 and will also become a part of the Victoria & Albert Museum Photography Collection. A new book of the work will accompany the show which will tour in the UK as well as internationally. The previous project Work Stations has been exhibited almost every year since it was first completed and is currently on show at Tate Britain in The 80s: Photographing Britain until May 5th 2025.

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Art/Design Item

Date:

2028

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The Photographers Gallery, London, UK

2028

Schools:

School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography