My dear friend and flatmate Kate Ward is going to be helping Claire Loder on friday at Ceramics Art London which is quite exciting. This I am seeing as an opportunity to maybe go and tag along (perhaps not to the the ceramics show but to other galleries).
We'll see what happens though as I have a cold atm and I'm unfortunately quite busy.
Nevertheless I thought it would be interesting to post the exhibitions that I'm interested in...
The Tate has got two good ones on at the moment -
Susan Hiller at Tate Britain
Hiller addresses themes such as death, time, memory and representation all keen themes in my own work and so I would be very interested to see her take on these.
'The subject for this piece is taken from a series of Victorian ceramic tiles photographed by Hiller in a London park. These commemorate acts of courage by ordinary men, women and children. Hiller's greatly enlarged photographs draw attention to changes wrought by time and have a powerful formal presence. The sound track, which the viewer should listen to after looking at the photographs, is crucial to an understanding of work; it makes the viewer/listener an active participant and an integral part of the installation when seen by other spectators. Hiller pioneered installation in the early 1980s. The combination here of sound and image was innovatory.'
'Born in the United States in 1940, Susan Hiller has lived and worked in Britain for over 30 years and is one of the most influential artists of her generation. This major survey exhibition will provide a timely focus on a selection of her key works, from assembled postcard images made in the 1970s to her pioneering mixed-media installations and video projections. The exhibition will focus on Hiller's interest in the subconscious or unconscious mind, whether in the form of dreams and memories or as supernatural or visionary experiences. Highlights include the menacing video installation AnEntertainment 1990 and the compelling audio-sculpture Witness 2000, alongside many other examples of her extraordinary and diverse practice' From Tate website.
| © Susan Hiller | |
| From the Freud Museum 1991-6 |
Tate site has a page on how it was set up which is quite interesting have a peek : Tate Susan Hiller
Gabriel Orozko at Tate Modern
My Hands Are My Heart 1991
For one of his early sculptures Orozco picked up a chunk of clay and pressed it with both hands to give it the form of the space between them. The clearly visible imprint preserves the impromptu moment of creation, what he has described as 'a gesture of spontaneity'. Orozco's use of regular brick factory clay, rather than a specialist sculptor's material, is typical of his penchant for the humble and everyday.
'Creative, playful and inventive, Gabriel Orozco creates art in the streets, his apartment or wherever he is inspired. Born in Mexico but working across the globe, Orozco is renowned for his endless experimentation with found objects, which he subtly alters.
His sculptures, often made of everyday things that have interested him, reveal new ways of looking at something familiar. A skull with a geometric pattern carefully drawn onto it, a classic Citroën DS car which the artist sliced into thirds, removing the central part to exaggerate its streamlined design, and a scroll filled with numbers cut out of a phone book are just some of his unique sculptures.
Orozco’s photos are also on display, capturing the beauty of fleeting moments: water collecting in a punctured football, tins of cat food arranged on top of watermelons in a supermarket, or condensed breath disappearing from the surface of a piano show Orozco’s eye for simple but surprising and powerful images.
His art also shows his fascination with game-playing, for example a billiard table with no pockets and a pendulum-like hanging ball, or Knights Running Endlessly, an extended chess board filled with an army of horses, both of which are well-known games to which he has added an element of futility. This kind of unexpected twist makes Orozco’s work interesting to both contemporary art lovers and also anyone who wants an unusual and captivating art experience.'
Widely recognised as the most ambitious and influential exhibition of contemporary British art, British Art Show is organised by the Hayward Gallery and has taken place every five years since 1979. Curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton, British Art Show 7 opened in Nottingham. Following its London showing at the Hayward Gallery, it travels on to venues in Glasgow and Plymouth.
I want to go to some of the lecture performances!!
Also I am quite interested in seeing how the show has been curated - there are quite a lot of artists participating with completely different works.
'Video artist, performance artist, composer and visionary: Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century. Tate Liverpool, in collaboration with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) present the first major retrospective since the artist’s death, and the first exhibition of Paik’s work in the UK since 1988.
Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool showcases around ninety works from all phases of his career, many shown in the UK for the first time, alongside a rich selection of documentary materials from Paik’s performances and early exhibitions.'
TV Buddha (1974) Closed Circuit video installation with bronze sculpture
Those are the four major exhibitions I would like to go and see in the next month or so, so keep a look our for when that happens!
In the meantime I will keep you updated with all the smaller exhibitions I attend.
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