De Rijke/De Rooij
dal 30/5/2002 al 7/7/2002
Segnalato da
30/5/2002
De Rijke/De Rooij
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
3 Films. The ICA London is proud to present the first major UK exhibition of Dutch artists Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij. They work in 16mm and 35mm film that recalls elaborate pictures reminiscent of those seen in a museum or in a cinema. The artists have been making films together since 1995. Their subjects are taken from religion, history, the environment and geology.
Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij
`They chose their medium as a way of
coercing viewers to look closely at images we
might otherwise process in a glance'
Los
Angeles Times
The ICA London is proud to present the first major UK exhibition of Dutch
artists Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij. They work in 16mm and 35mm film
that recalls elaborate pictures reminiscent of those seen in a museum or in a
cinema.
The artists have been making films together since
1995. Their subjects are taken from religion,
history, the environment and geology.
By using the film medium's inherent quality of time
and light to intensify subject matter, the artists'
almost static camera-work infuses their chosen
subject with a meditative quality.
De Rijke and de
Rooij will show three short films: Of Three Men
(1998), 35mm; Bantar Gebang (2000), 35mm;
Chun Tian (1994), 16mm.
The exhibition will be
presented as a series of programmed screenings in
the form of a tour from one film to the next.
Bantar Gebang was premiered at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam in 2000 and
shown at the Basel Art Fair in June 2001, where the artists were awarded the
prestigious Bâloise Art Prize for young art.
De Rijke/De Rooij are represented
by Galerie Daniel Bucholz in Köln and have previously shown at the Kunsthalle in
Hamburg and Regen Projects in Los Angeles. They will also be showing this year
at Villa Arson in Nice.
Fri 31 May - Sun 07 Jul
12:00
Lower Gallery
Free : with day membership.
Venue(s) : Lower Gallery.
Upper Gallery.
ICA
12 Carlton House Terrace
London