Two exhibitions
dal 12/12/2007 al 26/1/2008
Segnalato da
12/12/2007
Two exhibitions
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall
Pickering's exhibition includes a selection of sculptures and related drawings from the past 30 years of artist's career. Jane & Louise Wilson's exhibition consists of 8 large-scale photographs and a multi-screen installation.
John Pickering, MP MO=MR²
This exhibition includes a selection of sculptures and related drawings from the past 30 years of John Pickering's career. The title of the exhibition, MP•MO=MR², derives from what is known to mathematicians as 'the inversion principle'.
This equation, when applied to geometric figures (cylinders, spheres, cones) can generate an infinite number of points, which Pickering uses to map out three dimensional sculptures; turning the numerical data of an equation into a finely formed sculpture. Due to the mathematical formula that underpins the creation of the models, they are rational, engineered and build-able, yet have a strange, magical and fantastic quality.
John Pickering lives and works in Wolverhampton.
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Jane & Louise Wilson
Jane and Louise have frequently explored relationships with architectural space and particularly those spaces which resonate with associations of power and control.
This exhibition, originally shown at Haunch of Venison in Zurich, consists of eight large-scale photographs and a multi-screen installation.
Black and white photographs show decayed, abandoned coastal bunkers. Though molithic and compelling, these now useless edifices have become merely repositories for graffiti and litter, perhaps a place for shelter for local tramps. They occupy a place between land and sea. Though they carry the scars of battle, they now seem to defy any sense of time and place.
In the multi-screen installation, an exploration of the bunkers is inter-cut with footage of a rare deep sea squid, the Vampire Squid, which possesses the largest eye proportional to its body of any known creature. The eye of the squid seems to embody both the eye of the spectator and also of the camera as it moves constantly and fluidly through the sea or over the surfaces of the bunkers.
In Conversation:
Jane & Louise Wilson
Saturday 12 January, 2pm
The New Art Gallery Walsall is proud to present an opportunity to meet with Jane and Louise Wilson
as they lead a tour of their exhibition.
Places are limited please reserve your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.
Image by John Pickering
Private View Thursday 13 December, 6pm-8pm.
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square, Walsall
Free admission