Following his hugely successful show, Jack Off Johnny, photo-artist Jamie Mcleod returns to the Dalston Superstore next year with a new show of his portraits of Turkish Oil Wrestlers, Ottoman Fight Club.
Mcleod’s images were taken over a eight-year period at the annual Kirkpinar tournament, held in Edirne, Turkey. This is in what was the ancient area of Thrace where Ottoman soldiers prepared for warfare and instilling fear into the hearts of neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria even before the era of Alexander the Great.
Shot in black and white and screen-printed in a panoramic style on a 10-metre ream of canvas, the images have the appearance of stills from a Pasolini movie and are another 'tour de force' from this hugely talented photo artist.
Ottoman Fight Club will be at the Dalston Superstore from January 12 to February 29 2012 - check out more of Jamie McLeod's work on his website, www.jamiemcleod.co.uk
