Jack Davison at Cob Gallery
Jack Davison’s 'The Darker the Face' is on view at Cob Gallery — a 90‑portrait series shot in three days and etched in copper, framed as intimate, ritualistic votive offerings. The black‑and‑white portraits have been singled out for their raw immediacy and the unusual copper etching process. (blind-magazine.com)
Cob Gallery bills the show as "Portraits: 14–16 November" and lists the exhibition run as 6 March–2 April 2026. (cobgallery.com) The gallery states the prints were made via photopolymer gravure/photopolymer intaglio, a printmaking route the copy says gives the images extra tactile depth. (cobgallery.com) Cob’s press text says Davison collaborated with casting director Coco Wu and street‑cast the sitters across London for this chapter of the project. (cobgallery.com) The works are described by the gallery as intentionally modest in scale and are compared in the wall text to early mugshots, medieval icons and Victorian silhouettes to prompt close inspection. (cobgallery.com) Cob frames the series as the “first chapter” of an ongoing portrait project that Davison intends to develop in other cities beyond London. (cobgallery.com) Davison’s artist profile notes he previously showed a photogravure/etching body of work at Cob in 2022 and is represented in print inquiries by Mini‑Title, according to his site and the gallery. (cobgallery.com)
