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Two exhibitions
dal 4/6/2004 al 3/7/2004
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4/6/2004

Two exhibitions

Lisson Gallery, London

Angela de la Cruz At first glance, de la Cruz's paintings appear to have been vandalised or flagrantly abused. Mangled stretchers, slashed canvases, twisted and violated, are hung on the wall like macabre trophies, and yet it is this deliberate and systematic desecration of the canvases, which informs the end result. Lisson New Space is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Fernando Ortega in the UK, previewing at 29 Bell Street on June 4th from 6-9pm. Ortega's work brings to the attention of the viewer the balancing act, between sensory experience and intellectual understanding, which underlies our interpretations of the world.


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Angela de la Cruz

"The first time I cut the canvas, which was in 1996, I hung it in the corner and it became like an animated object, but it retained all the characteristics of painting. The painting was called Ashamed. So even though the paintings have got this object-like quality they still remain paintings. It's very important that painting is stationed within the parameters of tradition, otherwise it has no meaning. I am trying to research the language of painting."

At first glance, de la Cruz's paintings appear to have been vandalised or flagrantly abused. Mangled stretchers, slashed canvases, twisted and violated, are hung on the wall like macabre trophies, and yet it is this deliberate and systematic desecration of the canvases, which informs the end result. Emotionally raw, yet canny and sharply ironic, de la Cruz confronts the 'problem' with painting by incorporating it's very destruction into the work itself. "The moment I cut through the canvas I get rid of the grandiosity of painting." Violent, unapologetic and often darkly humorous, her work unabashedly exposes a visceral emotionalism, breaking the barriers of the established norms of painting. Implicit is the sense that a scene of frenetic violent activity has just taken place leaving in it's wake the strangely paradoxical feeling of spent energy and a sense of calm; a visual catharsis.

Overtly playing on the commercial side of art, de la Cruz categorises her paintings by serialising them. In her 'Commodity' paintings she produces multiples of the same work, each serving to activate and feed the other paintings, some even having a "parasitic" nature. Because of this they can be repeated and made in different sizes large, medium and small, the common denominator being that they each represent the other. "As part of the process I often use every part of my work-- every bit of every painting can often be used in another painting, so I kind of 'recycle'." This new work is distinguishable from earlier series in that none of the paintings are recycled as such, but are used as containers of other paintings -"clutter bags".

In Clutter, de la Cruz reintroduces aluminium and metal objects. These works are based on paintings that stood neglected outside her studio for a couple of years. "I covered them with a very new canvas and called [the new work] "Clutter with blanket". In another work she puts twelve complete 'paintings in waiting' she collected from around the studio, into a metal box. "I took every single painting that was a real object, put it back in the frame, folded it, and then put it in a box. I call the entire series Clutter, which relates to painting, the absurdity and excess of painting. I'm not looking for any kind of spiritual sense of being for the painting. But the excess, the abject is beautiful."

Angela de la Cruz lives and works in London. Forthcoming projects in 2004 include Forum, Barcelona in May, 'Manifesta V', San Sebastian, Spain in June and a one-person exhibition at the Annex Space, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, MARCO, Spain, in September.

For more information Miriam Amari 020 535 0807. For press enquiries contact Lynne Gentle 020 7535 0818.

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Fernando Ortega

Lisson New Space is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Fernando Ortega in the UK, previewing at 29 Bell Street on June 4th from 6-9pm.

Fernando Ortega (born 1971) lives and works in Mexico City. Ortega works in a wide range of media; including video, installation and sound interventions. At last year's Venice Biennale, Ortega installed a fly electrocuting device in the Arsenale exhibition hall. Each time a fly passed through the grills and was electrocuted, the power supply of the entire exhibition hall was interrupted, resulting in a momentary blackout within the space. Visually anonymous and entirely ruled by chance, the work set in motion a chain of random effects and responses in relation to the other works in the hall and the viewers within the space. An earlier sound piece, installed for one week in a busy restaurant in Mexico City, similarly displayed this combination of minimal approach with unpredictable results; on the first day of the intervention, the ambient sound of the restaurant and diners was recorded. The following day, the recording was played back in the restaurant whilst the artist simultaneously recorded the sound of that day's activities. In this way, the ambient noise of the restaurant was amplified over the course of the week, confusing the distinction between past and present and creating an indefinably strange, yet familiar, atmosphere. In this work, Ortega is playing between the tangible and that of which we go unaware; seeking to redefine what, in a moment, is taken for granted. Ortega's work brings to the attention of the viewer the balancing act, between sensory experience and intellectual understanding, which underlies our interpretations of the world.

Fernando Ortega's work has been included in group shows world wide as well as at the Venice Biennale (2003), Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Museo Carrilo Gil, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo , San Juan, Puerto Rico (2001), Havana Biennale (1998). At Lisson Gallery Fernando Ortega will show a new body of work. This is his first solo exhibition in the UK and Europe.

For more information please contact Lisa Rosendahl on 020 7535 0808 or Lynne Gentle on 020 7535 0818.

Image: Fernando Ortega, Mosquito, Magazine Project

Venues:
Lisson Gallery, 52-54 & 29 Bell Street - London
Lisson New Space, 29 Bell Street - London

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