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Exhibition - Oscar Marzaroli

Visited 18.09.2020

How does the flyer/poster advertise the exhibition?, 

“Street Level Photoworks - 30 Years of Photography in Scotland” 

The flyer for this exhibition briefly charts Marzaroli’s life from his birth in Italy in 1933 until his early death in 1988. It outlines his brief career and its significance in capturing the essence of Glasgow, its industry, its people and its social context. It talks of his body of work and the role of the Gallery in pulling the exhibition together.

The brief bio of the photographer’s work encompasses many of his achievements and signposts the reader to other sources of his work including books, record covers, documentaries and college archives including the huge collection gifted by his family* to Glasgow Caledonia University *The Marzaroli Collection.

In addition to the flyer the gallery also provides a leaflet which opens up to an A2 double sided sheet with extracts from the gallery’s display and further information on the artist.

*https://vimeo.com/392431586  

What is the suitability of the gallery space?

Street Level Photoworks is a Glasgow photography gallery, and as such is a perfect venue for Marzaroli’s homage to his adopted city.  

The gallery space is ideal, not only is it situated in one of the main streets in Glasgow with direct access from 2 ground floor entrances, but its large windows give passers-by a glimpse of the exhibition which entices them in. The two rooms which house the exhibition are well lit and the walls provide sufficient space for images to be divided into groups (people, places, industry, Gorbals, portraits) allowing the viewer to explore and move from one context to another without breaking the narrative of the work.

How is the exhibition laid out?

The gallery has used a variety of methods to display the work, all of which have been printed in black and white and mounted on white card before being placed in a simple black frame. The backdrops for the frames are varied, some hang neatly in parallel rows against a plain white or green wall, others are clustered together, and several others are placed in front of huge prints of football crowds or music concerts which have been pasted, billboard style, directly onto the walls. Large posters of contact sheets are interspersed amongst the prints complete with annotations and there are also central displays with artefacts from his work including records of shoots, contact sheets, negatives and equipment.

The whole exhibition has an eclectic feel to it which seems to me to mirror Marzaroli’s style of photography where he collected images and scenes as they arose whilst exploring Glasgow.

How has the work been mounted? Is this appropriate for the work?

The work is mounted and framed using a simple white mount and black frame and is very appropriate for this type of work which is unembellished and captures life as it was in the 1960s, 70s and 80s Glasgow.

Who made the work?

Although the work was originally created by Oscar Marzaroli, he died in 1988 and left behind a huge archive of over 50,000 negatives. These were often unfinished images, and many were scanned, edited and printed specifically for the exhibition.

Who did they make it for, who is the audience?

The viewer gets the impression that the images were made in the first instance for Marzaroli, shooting things that interested him as he moved around Glasgow from this, themes seem to have arisen, and as such he has developed his focus on them. Later as interest grew in his work, he put together a collection to accompany the Poetry anthology “Noise and Smokey Breath” and had a solo exhibition at the (…very hip, gosh I miss that place!) Third Eye Centre in both 1984 and 1987.

Posters from his exhibitions in the Third Eye Centre

Since his early death in 1988 his work has been in the care of his family and more recently (2019) donated to Glasgow Caledonian University. His family are very keen to have his work shared with a wider audience and have worked cooperatively with all concerned to see this realised.

How does it make you feel?

For me the work evokes feelings of nostalgia, growing up in the 60’s and 70’s many of the scenes are familiar to me and very relatable. I have walked through these streets, participated in these playground games, worn these fashions, and seeing them captured I remember how much fun I had as a child and teenager. It also makes me want to share the experience of the exhibition, to visit again with my childhood friends and in particular with my brother who still works in shipyards and would fit into many of the industry scenes to this day.

John Smith Bookshop , St Vincent street 1962

memory - my dad used to take us here every month to spend our pocket money.

Gorbals 1963 

Memory, my cousins and me were always coming home with our clothes ripped from climbing up on the walls behind my Gran’s tenement in Anderson.

If the work has a title does it make you think about the image/s differently?

The title is simply “Oscar Marzaroli” which implies the photographer needs no further introduction, this is true as even those who don’t know who he is will be familiar with at least one of his iconic portrayals of Glasgow.

How would I describe it to someone later?

As an uplifting experience and an opportunity not to be missed. The photographs cover such a wide range of topics that it is unlikely that a visitor will not find an image they can relate to.

Does the photograph make you want to ask questions, what are these questions?

Yes, it makes me want to ask the photographer how he managed to discover so much about the City and its people? I imagine him walking around for hours slowly getting to know every nook and cranny. The record of the conversation between Oscar Marzaroli and Jennie Renton in the book of the Exhibition (Oscar Marzaroli, 2020) sheds considerable insight on his motivation and his own influences.

Is the photograph valuable? How do you know? Is the work for sale and who might buy it?

According to the curator, prints are sold from a variety of sources. The prints vary in value from a few hundred to thousands, and some are available in the gallery shop at reasonably accessible prices, some rarer prints, signed copies and limited editions command much higher prices and can be purchased from the trust or websites such as McTears Auctioneers.  

What information is available about the artist/s?

There is a lot of information available about the artist including books, videos, and websites. A simple google search brings up pages of information and the gallery has provided information both in print and digitally.

Who organised the exhibition and who selected the work?

The exhibition was organised by Street Level Photoworks in collaboration with, Glasgow Caledonian University and the family of Oscar Marzaroli.

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