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15/5/2006

Two exhibitions

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

Wang Du
The Space-Time Tunnel

BALTIC invites you on a multi-sensory journey through The Space-Time Tunnel, a 35 metre tunnel of newspapers, magazines and 66 television screens broadcasting global television programmes.

Chinese artist Wang Du’s first UK solo exhibition will introduce The Space-TimeTunnel, a large-scale sculptural installation which submerges the visitor into a giddying media flow. Exhibition visitors are invited to journey through a mass of newspapers and magazines combined with more than 66 TV-screens, incessantly broadcasting programmes from global television networks.

When he relocated to Paris in 1990, Wang Du was instantly startled by the intrusive presence of media images in the public sphere and their permanent meddling of reality and representation. Wang Du’s practice involves collecting media images and appropriating them into expansive sculptures. His curiosity about the media and what he terms the ‘international landscape’ - advertising hoardings, newstands overflowing with newspapers, bright multicoloured magazines and an endless flood of television - has become the main inspiration for his work. These sculptures are often overwhelming due to their immense stature and their critique on the power of mass media in contemporary society.

The Space-Time Tunnel is from the Collection of the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation

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Sam Taylor-Wood
Still Lives

One of the leading artists of her generation, Sam Taylor-Wood is acclaimed for her compelling psychological portraits in photography, film and video. This major BALTIC exhibition will present important new film & photographic works including one of a virtuoso cello performance as well as photographic portraits from her Crying Men series - arresting images of famous actors asked to perform and cry for the camera.

One of the leading artists of her generation, Sam Taylor-Wood is widely acclaimed for her compelling psychological portraits in photography, film and video. Creating ambiguous orchestrated scenarios that focus on the extremes of human emotion, ranging from desire to anger, and loneliness to boredom, she presents enigmatic situations loaded with latent but explosive energy. Taylor-Wood’s frequent depiction of screen icons poses intriguing questions about identity and performance.

This major BALTIC exhibition brings together renowned pieces presented alongside several new works. Premiering at BALTIC are Prelude and The Last Century. Prelude is a new film work in which the artist filmed a musician playing a piece of music by Bach. The musician appears at one with his instrument during the virtuoso performance, but the cello has been digitally erased. The Last Century is a 7 minute 12 second long film made inside a smoky pub that appears to stretch time and extend a single moment.

Shown alongside these works are Self-Portrait Suspended, a series of self portraits of the artist weightless and suspended in mid-air; the acclaimed work David - a video portrait of footballer David Beckham sleeping; Bram Stoker’s Chair series and the complete series of Crying Men. This series of 27 photographic portraits of international male film stars, who were each asked by the artist to cry for the camera features Tim Roth, Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Woody Harrelson, Michael Gambon, Jude Law, Hayden Christiansen, Ryan Gosling, Robert Downey Jr, Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Benicio Del Toro, Willem Dafoe and Kris Kristofferson. The exhibition also presents two large rarely seen works, Contact, a six and half metre installation of photographs made in 2000 and Atlantic, a three part film installation created in 1997. Testing our physical and emotional limits, Sam Taylor-Wood examines the vulnerability and fragility of the human body, addressing the major themes of life and death, and reflecting on our own mortality. Whilst contemporary in feel and presentation, her work references the symbolism of Dutch still life and Renaissance paintings. This exhibition consolidates Taylor-Wood as an artist whose work is magical, beguiling and constantly surprising.

Sam Taylor-Wood was born in London in 1967. She graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1990 and currently lives and works in London. Since her first solo show at White Cube in 1995, the artist has had numerous solo exhibitions including Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona; Kunsthalle, Zurich; Louisiana Museum, Humlebek; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Hayward Gallery, London. In 1997 she received the Illy Cafe' Prize for Most Promising Young Artist at the Venice Biennale and was nominated for the Turner Prize.

Her two most recent exhibitions have been at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

Events:
Short films by Sam Taylor-Wood
Wednesday 24 May, 18.30-20.00
FREE Level 1
A selection of short films by Sam Taylor-Wood, including music videos for Elton John and an interview with the artist made as part of 'the EYE’ series, produced by Illuminations in 2002. Curator Alessandro Vincentelli will introduce the films and lead a discussion in the cinema following the screenings.

Meet the Artist: Sam Taylor-Wood and Tim Marlow in conversation
Friday 30 June, 18.30-19.30
FREE Level 3
Sam Taylor Wood informally discusses her work with critic and broadcaster Tim Marlow and leads a walk through her exhibition.

Sam Taylor-Wood Selects... Film Season
June - July, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A season of films specially selected by Sam Taylor-Wood will be screened at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne, throughout June and July. The selection consists of the artists’ personal favourites and films featuring actors she has collaborated with. For the full film programme and more information visit http://www.tynecine.org telephone 0191 232 8289.

Exhibition Catalogue:
A two volume catalogue will accompany the exhibition published by Steidl in association with BALTIC. Book One features a catalogue of the work. Book Two is an artist book with text by Nick Cave, James Fox, Harland Miller, Rufus Wainwright and Ossian Ward. Available individually or together as a special slip-cased edition £30 Available from the BALTIC Shop


JAMES HUGONIN AND IAN STEPHENSON
08 April - 25 June 2006
And our eyes scan Time

Two exhibitions exploring the relationship between the work of James Hugonin and Ian Stephenson - both artists from the North East who have made significant contributions to British abstract painting.

PRESS VIEW Tuesday 16 May, 12.00-16.00 BALTIC Levels 3, 4 & 6, Rooftop Restaurant Viewing Box

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art South Shore Road Gateshead Quays NE8 3BA UK
OPENING TIMES: Monday-Sunday 10.00-18.00. Wednesday 10.00-20.00 Last entry 15 minutes before closing.

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