The Last Call...
The Last Call’ is a body of work and now an exhibition of Philippa Stanton’s photographs intended to open our eyes to the beauty of all things overlooked, but in particular the telephone kiosk. She celebrates telephone kiosks; their design, their personalities, their function, and their disappearance through a collection of work curated from a large personal archive she has been building for nearly 3 decades.This exhibition showcases a number of Philippa’s telephone kiosk portraits, many of which no longer exist, with the photographs often taking on an abstract quality where Philippa utilises found textures like scratched glass, cracked plastic, peeling paint and rusted metal which she finds within the kiosks. She has also created 2 paintings for the exhibition inspired by multiple angles, details, graffiti and geographical references both inside and around kiosks.There are also some small ceramic KX100's made especially for the exhibition by artist Alice Mara who has used Philippa's images to create the unique transfers for the pieces. Philippa Stanton has been fascinated by telephone boxes throughout her whole adult life and they have provided her with both a specialist, trainspotter-ish type knowledge about their design, as well as a constant creative trigger