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Patmos and the War at Sea (2008-2011)
Arts writer Mary Corrigall has described Patmos and the War at Sea as a series of “astute statements…about the relationship between language and imagery that challenge our expectations of photography.”
Antawan Byrd, Curatorial Assistant at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos in his review of Borders: 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennial highlights Alastair Whitton’s work as showing “real critical and conceptual engagement”.Patmos and the War at Sea was shown as a solo exhibition at David Krut Projects Johannesburg in October 2009 and at iART Gallery Wembley: A Project Room for Contemporary Art in Cape Town in October / November 2010. Selected works from the project were chosen for the 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennial exhibition entitled Borders in 2009. This Panafrican exhibition, which premiered at Musee du National in Bamako, Mali was curated by Michket Krifa and Laura Serani and co-produced by the Malian Ministry of Culture and CulturesFrance, Paris in partnership with the European Union, Bollore Africa Logistics, AFD, OIF and puma.creative. The exhibition toured to FotoMuseum, Antwerp, The Johannesburg Art Gallery, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon and The Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania. Selected works from the project were also included in the 2009 Joburg Art Fair and Editions/Artist’s Book Fair in New York; Lees tussen die Lyne at the University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery; Works in Series: Alastair Whitton, Diane Victor & William Kentridge at David Krut Projects Johannesburg in 2010; and Conflict Zones: The Language of War at David Krut Projects Cape Town in 2011.
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