Richard & Famous curated by Martin Parr, examines celebrity culture and showcases a selection of work by photographers Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck.

Simpkin is an Australian photographer and ‘star-hunter' whose work questions identity and social boundaries. What began as a personal urge to photograph himself with celebrities soon became a lifelong project resulting in a vast collection of over 1000 images. "Knowing how difficult it is to get access to celebrities in this day and age, it is an awesome achievement, and turns his whole game into a compelling piece of art", Parr says of the work.

LA-based Lueck's work reflects on ideas of gender, self-image and mortality. Her project The Once and Future Queens sees the results of what happened when the artist posted an advert on Craigslist inviting older women to be photographed in the guise of their favourite film star.

1995 - Pierce Brosnan © Richard Simpkin.

Running along side the main exhibition, Parr also curates Painted Photographs - an archive exhibition of celebrity photographs from his private collection. Having spent many years putting together a collection of objects relating to the popular culture of photography found in flea markets and second-hand stores, his ‘painted photographs' consist of press prints and publicity shots of actors, musicians and sports stars from the post-war decades. Pictures include stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Yoko Ono and James Dean.

The exhibition takes its name from the process of editing newspapers and magazines used in a pre-Photoshop era- the images were ‘painted' to improve their reproduction or indicate areas for cropping.

Both exhibitions run from 13 January to 18 March 2012.

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