Nick Waplington in conversation with Simon Baker

14 Mar 2024 6.30-7.30pm

Overview

Hamiltons Gallery is thrilled to debut their first exhibition with Nick Waplington, which marks the new release of previously unseen image variants and new works from his iconic series Living Room, 1991.

Nick Waplington’s first book, Living Room, was published in 1991, and was an instant sensation within the photography world and beyond. The 59 photographs in the original edition documented the lives of friends, families, and neighbours on the Broxtowe housing estate in Nottingham, England, where Waplington spent many years making thousands of images.

This extensive archive of unseen photographs forms the basis of this new conceptual remake of the 1991 monograph, one that revisits and refashions Waplington’s iconic work from a contemporary vantage point.

This is the first show of Waplington’s ‘Living Room’ in over 30 years, and the artist’s first UK show since his exhibition at Tate Britain 10 years ago, and will be accompanied by the new 2024 reprint of Living Room, which will be available to buy from Hamiltons Gallery.