Monochrome Archive by David Batchelor

I went to Whitechapel Art Gallery at Aldgate East in London today and there was a photography and video exhibition about ‘Found Monochromes‘ – white rectangular and square panels through cities from London to Sao Paulo by David Batchelor.

‘Abstract art is the art of the city and the monochrome is its exemplary form.’
David Batchelor

There are over 500 images and each of them are either a central white rectangle or square with a wide range of backdrops such as brick walls, car windows, wooden doors, metal fences and the general city streets.

I liked how he put them all together and make it as a multi-screen installation. It is very interesting that the background of each picture is changing, but the central white rectangle or square remains the same.