Interview between Artist Ian McKeever RA and AUB Photography Student Eliza Naden

To mark TheGallery's 25 Years, a huge milestone for TheGallery and Arts University Bournemouth, we were delighted to welcome back Ian McKeever.

In 2003, Ian McKeever launched our text + work concept and programme with his exhibition ‘Four Quartet Series’, and was made an AUB Honorary Fellow in 2002. So, in November 2023, it was an honour to present the exhibition ‘Ian McKeever: Against Architecture’ as part of TheGallery's 25 Year Showcase.

As part of the exhibition and 25 Year Showcase, TheGallery launched the book ‘Ian McKeever: Against Architecture’. The publication documents Ian McKeever’s exhibitions ‘Against Architecture’ at Matt’s Gallery, London (2017) and ‘Against Architecture, Remodelled’ at TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth (2023–24).

The publication features numerous text contributions: an introduction by Professor Paul Gough, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, AUB; Berlin-based English arts writer Mark Prince; Sue Hubbard, poet, novelist and art critic; Violet M McClean, Curator at TheGallery, AUB; photography graduate Eliza Naden; interior architecture and design graduate Milly Louise Harvey; Associate Professor Dominic Shepherd, AUB; and Ian McKeever himself. Along with illustrations of the artist’s past exhibitions and examples of his works of art, special attention is given to documentation of both iterations of the Against Architecture exhibition, including newly commissioned photographs of Against Architecture, Remodelled at TheGallery by Eliza Naden.

This video documents the interview between Ian McKeever and Eliza Naden as transcribed in the publication. In the interview, Eliza speaks with Ian McKeever about the use of photography in his practice. They explore how photography interacts with the other mediums in Ian’s work, the importance of abstraction, Ian’s use of colour and narrative, and his creative process.

To learn more about the book and to purchase a copy, click here: https://store.aub.ac.uk/product-catal...

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Videography and edits by Evangelia Pantoula