Leading actor Gary Oldman—the esteemed star of movies such as Sid & Nancy and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy—is also a keen and seemingly accomplished photographer. Fans of the UK film star can view his enigmatic black-and-white works in a two-hander show due to open at Flowers gallery in London this week (Slipping Glimpsers, 15 April-14 May), with Oldman’s images hanging alongside paintings by the British artist George Blacklock. The pair met on the set of the 1986 TV series Honest, Decent and True, when Blacklock’s abstract canvases, brimming with curvilinear shapes and motifs, were used as props. Photographs taken by Oldman on film sets such as The Book of Eli (2010) and Child 44 (2015) reveal “discreet details occurring at the edges”, says a press statement. “The panoramic aspect of Oldman’s photographs suggests a cinematic narrative, in which the viewer is positioned behind the scenes.”
