Malcolm LE GRICE b. 1940

Richard Saltoun Gallery will participate to LOOP Fair 2016 with Berlin Horse by British artist Malcolm Le Grice (1940). Berlin Horse (1970) is based on two sequences: one shot originally by Malcolm Le Grice in 8mm, and re-filmed in 16mm; the other is a piece of early newsreel by Thomas Edison found discarded in Wardour Street, London. The common subject is horses: the first, a horse being exercised; and the second, horses being led from a burning stable. Le Grice visually transformed and re-coloured both sequences through various loop film...