Exhibition
Dick Jewell
20 Jun-23 Aug 2025
Graces Mews
Dick Jewell, The Box, 1980, Photographic Installation
Overview
Jewell’s conceptual practice is grounded in social observations that question human behaviour through parody, irony and humour. Since 1968—when he began salvaging discarded photobooth images—his interest in collecting, grouping, and reproducing photographs has evolved to encompass ever larger sets of visual material. Responding to an ever-shifting media environment, Jewell’s work has continually evolved alongside changes in how images are produced and circulated. This exhibition traces that parallel movement—from hand-collaged newspaper and magazine compositions of the 1970s, to television imagery, and ultimately to internet-based montages created with Photoshop.
Dick Jewell, Olympic Incident, 1985, Photomontage
Dick Jewell, The Last Supper on the League Table, 1979, C-type
Dick Jewell, My Friends of My Kinky Gerlinky MySpace November 2007 to April 2008, 2008, Inkjet prints in tamperproof notice board
Dick Jewell, Found Photos Pages 1-46 (minus page 14 in collection of ACGB), 1980, Unique montage of found photographs
Dick Jewell, Attitudism, 1983-1987, Inkjet Print
Dick Jewell, Erotic Armpits, 1977, Photocollage
Dick Jewell, Old Bill & Young Skins, 1979, Photograph
