Matt Ager
dal 23/2/2011 al 9/4/2011
Segnalato da
23/2/2011
Matt Ager
Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Ager uses readymade, found and disregarded objects; elevating their position in the world, raising their stature and bringing them power. Reinventing objects through compositional and logistical problem solving is. In his practice spatial exploration frequently incorporates formalist concerns and decision-making.
Gallery Primo Alonso annual residency.
Matt Ager will be our artist in residence throughout January and February with the resulting show opening at the end of February. This year we will be running an open residency and invite people to get in touch with the artist and visit him working in his studio. To ask him any questions or arrange a visit please email him at: artist@primoalonso.com
Matt uses readymade, found and disregarded objects; elevating their position in the world, raising their stature and bringing them power. Reinventing objects through compositional and logistical problem solving is. In his practice spatial exploration frequently incorporates formalist concerns and decision-making. The detritus he works with dictates the function and personality within the sculptures, simultaneously constructing a narrative through a pre-existing history that the objects possess.
The work is about the reviving of objects in a new form, creating life through re-adjusting, building upon and manipulating; questioning the value of 'things'. Plans unfold as objects are made, composition of particular works evolve through experimentation and organic processes where decisions are made through assemblage. Plaster, resin and clay alongside scrap timber and steel allow him to bridge gaps between the numerous pieces of detritus and create archaeologic al clues in the excavation process of his practice.
Press info
Angelica Sule a.sule@primoalonso.com
Opening Thursday 24th February 2011, 6-9pm
Gallery Primo Alonso
397 Hackney Road, London, E2 8PP
Open Friday-Sunday 11am - 6pm or by appointment
Free admission