Dick 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 book, made to accompany the exhibition 

at Graces Mews, chronologically 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. It includes an introductory essay by Charlotte Cotton and a text by Nobuhiko Kitamura.

Size: 31 x 25cm
Cover Type: Softcover
No. of Pages: 494
Edition: 1500
Publisher: Graces Mews, 2025

Catalogue: Dick Jewell

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This instalment of Reely Film Club was held on the 14th of May 2025 at Graces Mews.

R&T Film Club

2025 May

John Stezaker

John Stezaker is a British artist known for his distinctive approach to collage and manipulation of appropriated imagery, most notably historic Hollywood film stills, actor's head shots and postcards. In 2012, he became the first non-photographer to win the Deutsche Börse Photo Prize, with a practice defined by cutting, splicing, and juxtaposing found photographs to create what he describes as “apertures into another world.”

Visit Stezaker at his home in London and studio in St Leonards-on-Sea as he prepares for a string of upcoming exhibitions whilst reflecting on his long career, the power of absence in collage in a culture overwhelmed by imagery and his mission to recapture the lost “magic power” of images.