This is the front room
dal 9/7/2009 al 18/7/2009
Segnalato da
9/7/2009
This is the front room
Madame Lillies, London
The first group exhibition organised by the London based collective 'The Elephant in the Corne'. The group was founded in March 2008, through a mutual interest in testing what female collectivism can evoke today.
An exhibition by Zoe Anspach, Katie Aston, Amy Croft, Virginia Phongsathorn and Eira Szadurski
This is the front room is the first group exhibition organised by the
predominantly London based collective 'The Elephant in the Corner'. The
group was founded in March 2008, through a mutual interest in testing
what female collectivism can evoke today. The exhibition presents new
works by each of the founding artists, Zoe Anspach, Katie Aston, Amy
Croft, Virginia Phongsathorn and Eira Szadurski.
Within the group each artist maintains her own practice and autonomy. As
such, This is the front room suggests no overarching theme but is a live
experiment in how sustained debate can manifest in an exhibition. In its
nature, this approach tests what the counterpoints are between the
artists' collective identification with certain references or opinions
and the more individual concerns held personally and expressed within
the work.
Of the same title, is the inaugural publication of Interval Publishing.
The book 'This is the front room' includes selected material from the
Elephant in the Corner wikispace
http://www.theelephantinthecorner.wikispaces.com and has been edited
by Gemma Sharpe, after ongoing and close dialogues with the group. The
publication assembles and contrasts various points of interest that have
informed 'This is the front room', in light of the group's collaboration
to date.
While developing both the exhibition and publication the short story
/The Yellow Wallpaper/ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892) has been a key
discussion point. Drawing on the themes of this text, the artists have
selected a number of video works to be screened at an informal
gathering, on the final day of the exhibition. Selected works include,
/Key//Lines/ by Peter Venus (2007, 2'00"), /Dear Tom; A Chapter founded
upon common Observations, in which is contained a few curious Matters/
by Mayling To (2009, 9'10") and /Broad Travel/, by Virginia Phongsathorn
(2009, 3'00", 16mm).
Opening Friday 10 July, 6.30-9pm
Event Sunday 19 July, 2-4pm; Publication launch and film screening
Madame Lillie
10 Cazenove Road - Stoke Newington - London N16 6BD
Open 12-6pm Fri-Sun
Admission is free