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1/6/2001

Other Ways

Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen

It is a pleasure to present the installation Other Ways by Alex Villar at Gallery Tommy Lund. It is his first solo exhibition in Denmark.

Alex Villar was born in Brazil and has been working and living in New York for the last 12 years. He got his MFA from Hunter College in New York and in1999/2000 he participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program.

Villar's piece is a video installation that dwells on dead space and time - this portion of the day when one lives between places. The installation is comprised of a tubular structure wrapped in netting material that houses a video projection. The structure functions as a kind of provisional architecture. From the outside it refers to a construction site - a site where work is ongoing. Once inside, the visitor has to negotiate the interior space of the scaffolding structure. A diagonal pipe leads the visitor to a narrow corner, which connects his/her physical and visual experience. All the scenes were shot in the subway in New York City, this privatized portion of public space where the flow of people is thoroughly regulated. But Alex’s concern with these spaces follows a contrary orientation. He pursuits the spaces that exist on the edge of the rational logic governing the interior design of the subway system, those small pockets of incoherence and contradiction that can be accentuated.

Villar has been showing internationally since 1998. His last projects include exhibitions at Galeria Arsenal in Bialystok/Poland, Joanna Kamm Gallery in Berlin, New Art Center in Boston, Art Container in New York and upcoming Lichthaus in Bremen.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday 12 - 5, Saturday 12 - 3

Galleri Tommy Lund, Njalsgade 21 Build. 15, DK. 2300 Copenhagen S, ph. +45 32577957 f.+45 32578957

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