Dermot O'Brien
dal 12/1/2011 al 12/2/2011
Segnalato da
12/1/2011
Dermot O'Brien
Payne Shurvell, London
A new large-scale installation in iron and light by artist, curated by Michael Petry. O'Brien's work often takes the form of the transformation of everyday objects into something new, wonderful and often magical. He uses a visually poetic vocabulary that transcends the intended function and meaning of both the materials and the object.
curated by Michael Petry
PayneShurvell is pleased to present a new large-scale installation in iron and light by Dermot O’Brien, curated by Michael Petry of Museum of Contemporary Art. An accompanying exhibition at MOCA will feature ‘(untitled) Kit’, O’Brien’s iconic work which will be exhibited for the first time in London.
Dermot O’Brien’s work often takes the form of the transformation of everyday objects into something new, wonderful and often magical. He uses a visually poetic vocabulary that transcends the intended function and meaning of both the materials and the object. It is not simply an inversion but more often a true transformation.
Aristotle proposed the idea of substance and accident and Thomas Aquinas further developed the idea to incorporate parts of the catholic mass. Catholics believe that in their rites, bread and wine are transformed into the actual blood and body of their Christ in a cannibalistic rite. The accidents (the actual bread and wine, which is consumed) do not change, but their substance is said to.
O’Brien acts as the medieval alchemist in an attempt to transform base objects into something of value, corrugated iron becomes a shelter set alight by wit as well as electricity. An instrument for the production of sound becomes muffled, muted, neutered by flocking, yet is transformed into something that now speaks a different language, just as loudly but as visual noise.
His work intentionally incorporates the most ordinary or utilitarian items, things that are not initially culturally loaded. The work often juxtaposes polar opposites; darkness/lightness noise/silence.
PayneShurvell will also be showing drawings by O’Brien to accompany the exhibition. MOCA (www.mocalondon.co.uk) will present a selection of his original working notebooks, which are selected from over a 20-year period.
For further information and/or images, please contact Joanne Shurvell jo@payneshurvell.com / Mobile: +44 (0) 7977 996568
Private View Thursday 13 January 6-8pm
Payne Shurvell
16 Hewett Street, London
Open: Wednesday-Saturday 11am–6pm
admission free