Paul Reas
Flogging a Dead Horse, Redundant Miner, 1993
Lightjet print
50.8 x 60.96 cms
20 x 24 ins
270659
From the edition of 5 From the series Flogging a Dead Horse 1985-1993 A redundant miner now emplowed to show tourists around the coal face he once worked in the...
From the edition of 5
From the series Flogging a Dead Horse 1985-1993
A redundant miner now emplowed to show tourists around the coal face he once worked in the North East of England.
Paul Reas is part of a pioneering generation of photographers who exposed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s. Reas' seminal body of work, I Can Help (1988)examines the impact of the consumer boom of the 1980s, which resulted in a proliferation of American-style shopping malls and the rise of the new middle class. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.
From the series Flogging a Dead Horse 1985-1993
A redundant miner now emplowed to show tourists around the coal face he once worked in the North East of England.
Paul Reas is part of a pioneering generation of photographers who exposed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s. Reas' seminal body of work, I Can Help (1988)examines the impact of the consumer boom of the 1980s, which resulted in a proliferation of American-style shopping malls and the rise of the new middle class. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.
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