Vision for the future
dal 9/10/2003 al 29/11/2003
Segnalato da
9/10/2003
Vision for the future
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
The Fruitmarket Gallery s flagship series of exhibitions that commissions and publishes new art in Scotland culminates this autumn with the work of Edinburgh-based artists Paul Carter and Chad McCail.
VI FINAL EXHIBITIONS IN SERIES OF COMMISSIONS OF NEW ART IN SCOTLAND PAUL CARTER | CHAD McCAIL
VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE, The Fruitmarket Gallery s flagship series of exhibitions that commissions and publishes new art in Scotland culminates this autumn with the work of Edinburgh-based artists Paul Carter and Chad McCail.
Paul Carter will show new work, in an exhibition called Edge of Darkness. Three installations, Source, Shrine and Burial Chamber, re-imagine Scotland as uncharted territory still to be explored by would-be adventurers.The works mimic the language of old-fashioned museum displays, bringing together objects and artefacts to illustrate forgotten, or illusory, geographical conquests.
Of the exhibition, the artist says that he has constructed three museum dioramas, depicting archaeological finds from a future exploration to the heart of Scotland .
Throughout his career, Carter has taken on the role of the everyman, adopting the language of the self-styled amateur including guerilla tactics, radio broadcasts and survival skills. He uses everyday items and popular knowledge, setting up practical models to reclaim ownership of ideals or beliefs lost to official forces such as governments or global corporate and scientific enterprise. He has beamed messages into outer space, recognized the face of Christ and Che Guevara in an accidental paint spill, and constructed a mobile allotment in case of a nuclear disaster. His work involves the audience in its search for answers via practical, home-made experiments.
Chad McCail s exhibition, Life is driven by the desire for pleasure, is the culmination of a three-year project. Seven sequences of digital prints depict cycles of life, work and pleasure-seeking in intricatelydetailed fictional worlds that bear resemblance to our own. Zombies serve and despise Wealthy Parasites whilst children learn to curb their natural exuberance and to recognize the natural hierarchies of modern society within McCail s episodic narrative.
McCail says he wants to present two visions: ''One where people have a harmonious and dynamic understanding of their desires and another, where desire is inhibited and bound up with violence in the interests of a wealthy elite. I m asking viewers to recognise themselves in both worlds, to choose which one they d rather develop.''
McCail transports the medium of drawing into the realm of public service signage, conveying social and political messages within a completely realised vision of a simplified class structure. His work is drawn freehand in gouache and ink before being digitized on the computer to produce large-format prints. McCail s style steers close to the comic book and graphic novel yet draws on eastern philosophy, psychoanalysis and the Judeo-Christian ethic to frame complex utopian and dystopian themes.
An MFA graduate of Glasgow School of Art in 1995, Carter s solo exhibitions include Icaro Menippus, Chapter, Cardiff, 2002;The Modern Babylon, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 1998; Wheels of Steel, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 1998. His work has featured in group shows Art In The Home,Yamaguchi, Japan, 2001; and A Square of Ground, Jerwood Gallery, London, 2000. In 1996, he completed a six-month residency at Willem II Fabric, Den Bosch,The Netherlands. Carter teaches sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art.
McCail completed a Fine Art Degree at Goldsmith s College, University of London, in 1989. Solo exhibitions include Snake, currently showing at Des Moines Art Centre, Iowa, and Chad McCail, BALTIC, Newcastle 2003, resulting from a fourmonth residency in 2002. Group shows include Better than the real thing, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, 2002, and Beck s Futures 1, ICA, London, 2000. His work features in the collections of the City Art Centre, Edinburgh and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh,The British Council,The Cake Foundation, Zurich, and Muse D Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg. New publications accompany each artist s exhibition. Carter s book, Bend Sinister, examines his new work forThe Fruitmarket Gallery in the context of his career to date. McCail s publication, Life is driven by the desire for pleasure, is part artist s book part graphic novel, recording his major threeyear work project. The Visions For The Future series has to date featured the work of ten artists who live and work in Scotland, including Michelle Naismith and Rosalind Nashashibi (Beck s Future 4 Winner 2003), May July 2003; Graham Fagen (Archibald Campbell and Harley WS Photography Prize Winner 2000) and Victoria Morton, November 2002 January 2003; Annette Heyer and Steve Hollingsworth, October November 2000; Anne Bevan and Graeme Todd, February April 2000; and Ross Sinclair and Martin Boyce, (Archibald Campbell and Harley WS Photography Prize Winner 2003, September November 1999. The series selection panel included previous Visions artists and representitives from Duncan Jordanstone College of Art and Design, the British Council Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art and The Fruitmarket Gallery. Visions For The Future IV is supported by Esme Faibairn Foundation, The Roberson Trust and The Russell Trust. The Fruitmarket Gallery is a registered charity that is supported by the Scottish Arts Council. Scottish Charity No. SC005576. Chad McCail, Life is driven by the desire for pleasure, 2003 Paul Carter, Source, 2003
Image: Chad McCail, Life is driven by the desire for pleasure, 2003
PREVIEW Friday 10 October 6.30
EXHIBITION Mon - Sat 11am 6pm Sun 12pm 5pm Admission free
ARTISTS TALKS Sat 11 Oct, 2pm Chad McCail Thurs 30 Nov, 6pm
Paul Carter
Admission free Advance booking recommended
NEW PUBLICATIONS Paul Carter pp64, full colour, 225 x 170mm Texts by Gordon Dalton, Will Bradley, Neil Mulholland Price 10 Chad McCail pp64, full colour, 225 x 170mm Price 10
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