Two exhibitions
dal 25/4/2012 al 25/5/2012
Segnalato da
25/4/2012
Two exhibitions
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (new space), London
A Tethered Swarm, Rachel Goodyear's second solo exhibition with the gallery, features drawings on a larger scale, sculptural pieces and animations: ambiguous scenarios, where uncanny figurative elements appear to both produce and emerge from her abstract compositions. Ai Weiwei presents a living work, conceived specifically for The Box, a gallery's project space consisting of a floating white cube set inside a black vertical opening.
Rachel Goodyear
A Tethered Swarm
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to present Rachel Goodyear’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, A
Tethered Swarm, from 27 April to 26 May 2012. The absurd, microcosmic and anthropomorphic worlds of
Goodyear's drawn figures multiply and evolve in this ambitious new body of work, comprising drawings on a larger
scale, sculptural pieces and animations.
Through repetition, looser lines and an engagement with the plane and the objecthood of the paper, Goodyear
draws the viewer’s attention to the abstractness of the narrative space for which she is known. Her new body of
work creates ambiguous scenarios, where uncanny figurative elements appear to both produce and emerge from
her abstract compositions.
Across sizeable sheets of paper, a multiplied and differentiated figure is embedded within webs of connecting
lines. Red threads, and streams of organic, anonymous forms sweep across the page, engaging the figures in a
surreal set of ‘games’. Swarming, her largest work to date, retains an intimate scale within the details of the
drawing, whilst exploring movement through space. Individual figures are multiplied to suggest gangs or multiple
possibilities within evolving scenarios.
A humming in the ears brings together ceramic, paper and graphite. Laser cut paper shapes, originating in
drawings made from inkblots, swarm around a figure’s head, or are an extension or growth from within her. Upon
closer inspection, the figure’s features are vague, like a light sketch, but visible enough to see that her ears are
bleeding from the sound we are invited to imagine as she stands in her glass dome.
Small faces appear amongst the details, echoing the playful nature of the animated Dancing Devils. In Blossom,
the season suggests that two bears have just emerged from hibernation, only to be greeted with the torment of
shape-shifting blossom. Fortune Teller and Leak see tendrils with mischievous faces emerging from a curious
horned boy and leaking from a pile of rocks, whereas Cordyceps suggest something a little more dark and
malevolent. The title itself refers to a particular type of fungus that alters the mind of its host before fruiting in a
violent and terminal way.
Goodyear has recently exhibited at the ICA, London; Tate Liverpool; The Drawing Room, London; Nassauischer
Kunstverein, Wiesbaden; Collective Gallery, Edinburgh; Contemporary Art Society, London; Cornerhouse,
Manchester; ME Collectors Room, Berlin; Leeds City Art Gallery, and Neue Galerie, Innsbruck. She had a solo
exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, in Autumn 2011, and will be showing a selection of works in
Drawing Stories, at Museum Folkwang, Essen, from 19 May to 15 July 2012. Her work is represented in
Collections including the Olbricht Collection, Essen; Progressive Art Collection, Ohio; West Collection,
Pennsylvania; Colecção Madeira Corporate Services; Olbricht Collection, Berlin; and Victoria & Albert Museum,
London.
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Ai Weiwei
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to present a new commission by Ai Weiwei in The Box from 27 April to 26
May 2012.
Weiwei will present a living work, conceived specifically for The Box, Pippy Houldsworth’s micro project space.
After his recent large-scale installation in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, this will be a unique opportunity to see
Weiwei working on a miniature scale.
The Box is a project space consisting of a floating white cube set inside a black vertical opening. It is a unique
architectural space through which the gallery facilitates new projects with important emerging and established
artists.
Renowned conceptual artist, architect and activist, Ai Weiwei is one of the world's most prominent contemporary
cultural figures. Recent solo exhibitions include Jeu de Paume, Paris; Victoria & Albert Museum, London;
Somerset House, London; Pulitzer Fountain, Grand Army Plaza at Central Park, New York; Fotomuseum
Winterthur, Winterthur; Haus der Kunst, Munich; The Unilever Series, Tate Modern, London; and Galerie Urs
Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne.
Weiwei’s collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron for this year's Serpentine Pavilion will be unveiled in June.
Image: Rachel Goodyear, Truants 2012, pencil and watercolour on paper, 3 parts, 72 x 168 cm, 28.3 x 66.1 in
For further information, please contact Claire Nichols on +44 (0)20 7734 7760 or claire@houldsworth.co.uk.
Private View: Thursday 26 April 2012, 6-8pm
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
6 Heddon Street London W1B 4BT
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4