Whitechapel
London
77-82 Whitechapel High Street
+44 (0)20 75227888 FAX +44 (0)20 73777887
WEB
Claire Barclay
dal 25/5/2010 al 1/5/2011
Tuesday to Sunday 11am-6pm Thursday 11am-9pm Monday Closed

Segnalato da

Elizabeth Flanagan


approfondimenti

Claire Barclay
Kirsty Og



 
calendario eventi  :: 




25/5/2010

Claire Barclay

Whitechapel, London

Shadow Spans. With its bare brick walls and concrete floor, Barclay has imagined the former Reading Room of the Whitechapel Library as a space turned outside in. This proximity to exterior spaces and the street is explored formally through Shadow Spans in the use of door and window like forms and a graphic interpretation of the brickwork that is repeated on fabric. The artist also refers to the legacy of surrealism: in her combination of forms and materials, and through the use of language in the titling.


comunicato stampa

A new site-specific artwork by leading artist Claire Barclay

Claire Barclay is a leading figure in a generation of young sculptors that have defined a re-engagement with materials and the process of making artwork. For her new installation, Shadow Spans, Barclay will create a large-scale installation in direct response to The Commission Gallery.

With its bare brick walls and concrete floor, Barclay has imagined the space turned outside in. The proximity to exterior spaces and the street is explored formally through the use of door and window like forms and a graphic interpretation of the brickwork that is repeated on fabric.

From the beginning of July Shadow Spans will be animated throughout the year by a series of dance performances devised by leading choreographers in response to her work.

Claire Barclay is a Glasgow-based artist well known for her large-scale sculptural installations that combine highly formalised elements with a scatter aesthetic, using platforms, screens and other structures around which crafted objects lie in carefully gathered constellations. She draws from both craft and industrial processes, often combining metal forms with intricately woven corn dollies or delicately printed fabric. The artist also refers to the legacy of surrealism: in her combination of forms and materials, and through the use of language in the titling. These suggest a series of dualities at the heart of her work including function and dysfunction, sense and nonsense, attraction and repulsion. The Bloomberg Commission invites an international artist to create a year-long site-specific artwork inspired by the rich history of The Commission Gallery: Gallery 2, the former Reading Room of the Whitechapel Library, which is now part of the expanded Whitechapel Gallery. Bloomberg’s support reflects its commitment to innovation, and its ongoing efforts to expand access to art, science and the humanities.

Claire Barclay was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1968 and is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, where she studied Fine Art at both BA and MA levels. Since graduating in 1993, her work has been included in several high-profile national and international exhibitions. Most notably these have included Material Intelligence, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK (2009), Contemporary Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland (2008), British Art Show 6 (touring exhibition), Baltic, Gateshead, UK (2005), Zenomap, Palazzo Guistinian-Lolin, Venice Biennale, Italy (2003), Any Where, Centre for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, USA (2002) and Circles 4, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany (2001).
Barclay has also made numerous significant solo shows including Pale Heights, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Claire Barclay, Fruitmarket Gallery*, Edinburgh, Scotland (both 2009), Fault on the Right Side*, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany (2007), Silver Gilt, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (2005), Half-Light, Art Now, Tate Britain, London (2004), Homemaking, Project Space, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2000) and Dream Catcher, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia (1998).
In 2007, Claire Barclay was a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Artist’s Award and has also received a number of grants, awards and residencies supported by such organisations and institutions as Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow School of Art. Barclay currently lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland

The Bloomberg Commission: Claire Barclay is curated by Kirsty Og, Curator, Whitechapel Gallery.

There will be a publication to accompany the commission.

As a leading global financial information services company that has made its mark by championing innovation, Bloomberg is deeply committed to education and creativity, and to expanding access to art, science and the humanities. Through support of educational and cultural institutions worldwide, Bloomberg fosters a broad range of creative initiatives - from exhibitions and audio tour programmes to student fellowships and public art installations - that promote public awareness and appreciation of the arts.

For further press information or images please contact:
Rachel Mapplebeck on 020 7522 7880; 07811 456 806 or Email RachelMapplebeck@whitechapelgallery.org
Elizabeth Flanagan on 020 7522 7871 or email ElizabethFlangan@whitechapelgallery.org

Whitechapel Gallery
77 – 82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX.
Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm, Thursdays, 11am – 9pm.
Admission free

IN ARCHIVIO [117]
Emily Jacir / Artists' Film International
dal 29/9/2015 al 23/1/2016

Attiva la tua LINEA DIRETTA con questa sede