Two exhibitions
dal 19/2/2009 al 18/4/2009
Segnalato da
19/2/2009
Two exhibitions
Camden Arts Centre, London
Mircea Cantor's new sculptural installation elaborates on the theme of uncertainty. Giant golden cages are inhabited by two peacocks prompting reflections on worlds within worlds, on freedom and its limitations. Liz Arnold's carefully crafted canvases depict cartoon-like animals seemingly imbued with human emotions. They inhabit a world that is both fantastical and familiar.
Mircea Cantor
Mircea Cantor's new sculptural installation elaborates on the theme of uncertainty. Giant golden cages are inhabited by two peacocks prompting reflections on worlds within worlds, on freedom and its limitations.
He also uses objects such as a flying carpet woven with motifs of angels and aeroplanes.
Exhibition in critic's round-up of the most exciting shows in 2009, Evening Standard
Cantor's video and mixed media installations address the notion of displacement and co-existent worlds. He has achieved international status since he first began exhibiting in 1999. His video 'Deeparture' (2005) was a highlight of the 2006 Berlin Biennial, it recorded the unsettling meeting of a deer and a wolf in a pristine white gallery space. Beyond the suspense, Cantor discreetly evokes the uneasy confrontation of ideology, people and culture.
"Cantor's poetic use of materials, images, animals and places offers an eloquent meditation on the contradictions of our contemporary world and the human condition. His work has a beauty and immediacy that resonates long after the encounter." Suzanne Cotter, Curator
Commissioned by Camden Arts Centre, Modern Art Oxford and Arnolfini as part of the 3 Series: 3 artists, 3 spaces, 3 years.
Funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and the Ratiu Foundation.
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Liz Arnold
Liz Arnold (1964-2001) was one of the most original painters to emerge onto the London art scene in the 1990s. Her carefully crafted canvases depict cartoon-like animals seemingly imbued with human emotions. They inhabit a world that is both fantastical and familiar. Selected for the 1996 New Contemporaries at Camden Arts Centre, and for Becks Futures at the ICA in 2000, Arnold's paintings have proved irresistible to both the critics and the public alike.
"most promising painter and, by common consent, the star of her generation"
The Independent on Liz Arnold in the New Contemporaries exhibition
'Mythic Heaven' (1995), a painting of a smoking ladybird, and 'Field Trip' (1999), a toxic landscape punctuated by green, drooping, phallic plants, are typical of her wit and unique vision. Arnold described her paintings as "little worlds", created to both escape from, and refer to, the real world.
The exhibition includes works which have never been exhibited before and is curated by four artists: Richard Kirwan, Brighid Lowe, Bridget Smith and Daniel Sturgis.
Liz Arnold died in 2001, aged just 36.
Supported by The Elephant Trust.
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Image: Mircea Cantor
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