Introduction
dal 19/11/2003 al 14/12/2003
Segnalato da
19/11/2003
Introduction
Coleman Projects, London
The artists Edwina Ashton and Christiana Protto have been invited by glass to present new works for Coleman project space. 'Introduction' offers an opportunity to initiate a dialogue between two artists, whose practices differ but whose works have resonance and parallel concerns in often unsuspecting ways.
Edwina Ashton & Christiana Protto
curated by glass
The artists Edwina Ashton and Christiana Protto have been invited by glass to
present new works for Coleman project space.
'Introduction' offers an opportunity to initiate a dialogue between two artists,
whose practices differ but whose works have resonance and parallel concerns in
often unsuspecting ways.
Edwina Ashton's works are populated with characters that undertake absorbing yet
strangely inconsequential activities. In these bizarre encounters, social
interaction and etiquette are thrown off kilter as the inappropriate and awkward
become apparent. Seriousness and humour are juxtaposed giving these works a
troubling quality, with the characters acquiring an air of self-consciousness as
they sit uncomfortably between the animal and the human. Edwina will be making
new video works for this exhibition.
A traveller rather than a tourist, Christiana Protto's practice is thoroughly
informed by the experience of the journey. In her drawings, installations and
video works, found objects referring to mundane aspects of life are recollected
and relocated in constellations where social and historical routines and
conventions are questioned. In the tension between the falsely safe comfort of a
domestic environment and the thrill of an uncomfortable journey, a space is
dedicated to the useful (dis)orders of small bizarre pleasures and moments of
wit and eccentricity. At Coleman Christiana will produce a new installation.
Edwina Ashton lives and works in London. Recent solo shows include: Recognition
2 at the Arnolfini, Bristol, 2003 (curated by Simon Morrissey), and excusez moi,
hammer sidi gallery, London, 2002. Group exhibitions include: Drawings - Phase I
(curated by Lotta Hammer & Karolina Peterson), Hammer Sidi, Drawings - Phase II,
Mjellby Art Centre, Halmstad, Sweden, 2003, and Living in this Mess, Morley
College, London, 2003.
Christiana Protto lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1999 she initiated
the curatorial project "Home Abroad", collaborating with artists from Italy,
England, Switzerland, and other European countries. Amongst other projects, she
has shown at the Museum fur Modern Kunst in Frankfurt (1999), at the Turmgalerie
in Hochheim (2001), and at the Museum Folkwang in Essen (2001).
Private view: 20th November 2003, 6 - 9
Opening times: fri - sun, 12 - 6
'Introduction' is organised and produced by glass. For further information and
images please contact Irene Amore (07960 526849) or Anna Vickery (07870 626286).
For more information about C o l e m a n and its programme,
contact the Director, Frances Coleman, on 07930 37 77 34
Image: Christiana Protto, "Gehaus", 2001, Turmgalerie, Hochheim.
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