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Creating The NME Years – Chalkie Davies

Posted on Aug 30, 2015 by in Past Exhibitions

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Creating The NME Years

Chalkie Davies

 

14th September - 31st October

 

Welsh-born Chalkie Davies joined the Rock and Roll Circus in 1973 after photographing David Bowie's last night as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon. He worked as a staff photographer at the NME from 1975-79, shooting numerous iconic covers including The Clash, The Ramones and The Sex Pistols. In 1980, he helped launch The Face magazine. From 1977-85, he also shot record covers for Thin Lizzy, Elvis Costello, The Specials, The Pretenders, Pete Townshend and David Bowie.

He also made a series of formal portraits of many of the best musicians from this time. By the mid-1980s, Chalkie felt the need to change his focus and headed to the United States of America to pursue a new career as a still life photographer.

Before leaving the UK, Chalkie put all of his work for both NME and The Face into a vault, deciding to leave them unseen for thirty years, wondering what cultural relevance they may have when he finally decided to reassess his work.

Earlier this year, these unseen portraits and a large selection of his best work for the NME made up a stunning Retrospective at the National Museum Cardiff. (9th May–6th September 2015)
Many people traveled to see this Retrospective in Cardiff and now Oriel Colwyn, in conjunction with Chalkie, is pleased to bring some of his work to an audience in the north.

Chalkie has tried to replicate as closely as possible the original show, including the huge iconic images, and some of the specially prepared multimedia material. The show also includes ten photographs that he was unable to fit into the National Museum, and some photographs taken behind the scenes during the preparation of the original exhibition.

 

Opening days and times.

Oriel Colwyn is open most weekdays between 10am and 5pm, there are however sometimes a few changes due to events being held within the gallery.

To ensure Chalkie Davies: Creating the NME years is accessible to as many people as possible the gallery will also stay open until 9pm on most evenings.

Please check the dates below to confirm exhibition opening times for your visit:

SEPTEMBER

Tues 15: 10am - 9pm

Wed 16: 12:30pm - 9pm

Thur 17: 10am - 6pm

Fri 18: 10am - 9pm

Sat 19: 12pm - 9pm

Sun 20: CLOSED

Mon 21: 10am - 5pm

Tues 22: 10am - 9pm

Wed 23: 12:30pm - 9pm

Thur 24: 10am - 9pm

Fri 25: 10am - 9pm

Sat 26: 12:30pm - 9pm

Sun 27: CLOSED

Mon 28: 10am - 9pm

Tues 29: 6pm - 9pm

Wed 30: 12:30pm - 9pm

OCTOBER

Thur 01: 10am - 9pm

Fri 02: 10am - 9pm

Sat 03: 12pm - 9pm

Sun 04: CLOSED

Mon 05: 10am - 9pm

Tues 06: 1pm - 9pm

Wed 07: 12:30 - 9pm

Thur 08: 10am - 9pm

Fri 09: 10am - 9pm

Sat 10: 12pm - 9pm

Sun 11: CLOSED

Mon 12: 10am - 9pm

Tues 13: 10am - 9pm

Wed 14: 12:30pm - 9pm

Thur 15: 10am - 5pm

Fri 16: 10am - 9pm

OCTOBER

Sat 17: 12pm - 9pm

Sun 18: CLOSED

Mon 19: 10am - 2pm

+Mon 19:  4pm - 9pm

Tues 20: 10am - 9pm

Wed 21: 12:30pm - 9pm

Thur 22: 10am - 9pm

Fri 23: 10am - 9pm

Sat 24: 12pm - 9pm

Sun 25: CLOSED

Mon 26: 10am - 9pm

Tues 27: 10am - 9pm

Wed 28: 12:30pm - 9pm

Thur 29: 2:30pm - 9pm

Fri 30: 10am - 9pm

Sat 31: 12pm - 9pm