Henry Roy - Impossible Island 2024

when: 30 November 2024 - 18 May 2025 | venue: The Art Gallery of Western Australia | cost: Free event | address: Perth Cultural Centre Perth WA Australia | website: https://artgallery.wa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/henry-roy-impossible-island

published: 18 Dec 2024, 5 min read

In a world-first, legendary photographer Henry Roy will hold his first survey at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Henry Roy - Impossible Island draws on 40-years of recollections and observations as it brings together 113 photos taken from 1983 to 2023. The images were shot in places such as his native Haiti, Ibiza, Paris, Dakar, Cameroon, Normandy, Marrakesh, Thailand, and the Ivory Coast.

Impossible Island channels the many influences that have shaped Roy's artistic journey including his exile from his homeland of Haiti to his love of literature and passion for New Wave French cinema.

Henry Roy's work has been of international interest since the 1990s because of the incredible beauty and richness of his imagery, qualities that have made him a sought-after photographer in magazine editorial and exhibition contexts.

His photographic vision was a key component of the new publishing trends in the late 1990s, specifically as a contributor to Purple, and later in the 2000s Hobo magazine.

Image credit - Henry Roy Flowers and beach, Ibiza, Spain 2004. Inkjet print on Baryta paper, 113 x 164 cm. With kind permission of the artist. © Henry Roy.

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In a world-first, legendary photographer Henry Roy will hold his first survey at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

His photographic vision was a key component of the new publishing trends in the late 1990s, specifically as a contributor to Purple, and later in the 2000s Hobo magazine.

Image credit - Henry Roy Flowers and beach, Ibiza, Spain 2004. Inkjet print on Baryta paper, 113 x 164 cm. With kind permission of the artist. © Henry Roy.

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Henry Roy - Impossible Island 2024 | What's on in Perth

Henry Roy - Impossible Island 2024 is on 30 November 2024 - 18 May 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Perth. Visit their website at https://artgallery.wa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/henry-roy-impossible-island.

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Event Details

what: Henry Roy - Impossible Island 2024

when: 30 November 2024 - 18 May 2025

start time/end time: 30 Nov - 18 May | 10am-5pm, Closed Tuesdays, Christmas Day and Good Friday.

venue: The Art Gallery of Western Australia

website: https://artgallery.wa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/henry-roy-impossible-island

city/suburb: Perth WA

address: Perth Cultural Centre Perth WA Australia

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