Nothing to Lose
dal 19/9/2002 al 20/10/2002
Segnalato da
19/9/2002
Nothing to Lose
Gasworks Gallery, London
Stephanie Majoral and Lina Jabbour. Nothing to Lose at Gasworks will see both Majoral and Jabbour working in and around the Gallery space in order to make a site-specific exhibition. By transforming Gasworks Gallery into a studio for six weeks, Nothing to Lose presents the artists with an opportunity to respond to the architecture and dynamics of the space and places risk, experimentation and artistic process at the forefront of the project.
Stéphanie Majoral and Lina Jabbour
Nothing to Lose sees an unprecedented
collaboration between Gasworks, London and
La Friche, Marseilles. Drawing on both
organisations commitment to international
exchange, Nothing to Lose will include four six
week artists' residencies, with Gasworks
hosting Stéphanie Majoral and Lina Jabbour
from Marseilles, and La Friche hosting James
Ireland and Caroline McCarthy, who are based
in Liverpool and London respectively. Both sets
of residencies will culminate in an exhibition at
both venues.
Nothing to Lose at Gasworks will see both
Majoral and Jabbour working in and around the
Gallery space in order to make a site-specific
exhibition. By transforming Gasworks Gallery
into a studio for six weeks, Nothing to Lose
presents the artists with an opportunity to
respond to the architecture and dynamics of
the space and places risk, experimentation and
artistic process at the forefront of the project.
Working in photography, drawing and
installation, Stéphanie Majoral creates
situations which challenge spectators'
perceptions of reality and presents an
alternative relationship between the viewer and
the space that surrounds them. Recent works
include Chambre Blanche where Majoral
recreated the former domestic use of the
exhibition space in a subtle wall-based gesso
drawing, which depicted a life-size
representation of the previous interior.
Lina Jabbour draws on her experience of
travel and displacement by creating
installations that explore nomadic
architecture and the relationships between
an individual and their 'home'. By exploring
her own personal experience of moving from
the Lebanon to Marseilles, Jabbour
questions the need for a permanent fixed
address and through her installations offers
a series of alternatives which are both
humorous and topical.
Both Majoral and Jabbour live and work in
Marseille. Lina Jabbour is a graduate from
the DNSEP Ã l'Ecole Nationale des
Beaux-Arts de Bourges and has exhibited
throughout France, as well as
internationally including Festival Infernal,
Berlin (1997), Lighbulbdelight, Oslo (1997)
and Show-room No. 9, Barcelona, (2000).
Stéphanie Majoral, graduate of DNSEP Ã
l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, also has
exhibited widely in France and Europe in
both solo and group exhibitions, including
Entre Chien et Loup, Montpellier (1995),
Reflex, Barcelona and Fictionary, Paris
(both 2000) and Hangar, Barcelona (2001).
Preview: Thursday 19th September 6-9pm
Nothing to Lose is supported by AFAA, the
French Embassy and
the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.
Image: Stéphanie Majoral
The Eye at the Window, 1998
b/w photographic print 490 x 230 cm
Gasworks Gallery
155 Vauxhall Street
London