Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom
dal 4/2/2009 al 28/2/2009
Segnalato da
4/2/2009
Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom
Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Backwash. In the artist work, the ready-made object is used to instigate a performance, where an irrepressible form or movement is enforced upon it. The uncontrollable act allows the object to exceed its parameters subsequent to the imposed action, gradually gaining pulse, momentum and life of its own.
Gallery Primo Alonso is delighted to present backwash, Appau Junior
Boakye-Yiadom's first solo show after graduating from the Royal
Academy of Art. This show comes as a result of the Gallery's first
residency program allowing Boakye-Yiadom complete freedom to create
his work within the gallery space for two months.
In Boakye-Yiadom's work, the ready-made object is used to instigate
a performance, where an irrepressible form or movement is enforced
upon it. The uncontrollable act allows the object to exceed its
parameters subsequent to the imposed action, gradually gaining
pulse, momentum and life of its own; exploring the expansion of the
past and present existing in the moment. Each piece undergoes an
individual transformation, existing within the moment of transition
from object to sculpture and sculpture to installation and is also
expressed in video.
Examining nostalgia, the admirable from art archive and the
accessible object, he draws influences from painting, the ready
made, the domestic, window display and monumental architecture.
This accumulation of visual reference creates humanistic, beautiful
pieces. The enigmatic absence of the artist in the action
undermines the dogmatic act that transforms the object. The idea
brought into conversation short-circuited by form.
Private View- Thursday 5th February 6pm-9pm
Gallery Primo Alonso
395-7 Hackney Road - London
Open Friday until Sunday 11am - 6pm or by appointment
Free admission