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5/6/2013

Ruth Claxton / Anton Henning

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (new space), London

Ruth Claxton
Specular Spectacular

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to host Ruth Claxton's first solo exhibition in London. Claxton will present a new installation, Specular Spectacular (Cheryl, Jo, Joanne, Elinor, Claire, Anna), made specifically for the gallery. Specular Spectacular is a complex maze that occupies the 'centre stage' of the gallery. Interconnecting structures hold mirrors that both become part of and reflect the installation itself. Worlds within worlds are housed here, and inhabited by found figurines that are themselves swallowed up by amorphous reflective masks. [more...]

Ruth Claxton was awarded the 2012 Arts Foundation Sculpture Fellowship. She was commissioned to make a site-specific installation for the Guangzhou Triennial 2012, China, and has recently completed a permanent sculptural installation for the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, acquired by the Contemporary Art Society, London. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe; Spike Island, Bristol; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales; Faye Fleming and Partner, Geneva; and Ingleby, Edinburgh. Other shows and projects include Undone, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; Remake, Remodel, National Glass Centre, Sunderland; The Figurine Dialogue, Crystal Palace, Stockholm; Known Unknowns, Gallery Loop, Seoul; Daybreakers, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; and An Archaeology, Zabludowicz Collection, London. She has completed public art works for Situations (Wonders of Weston, Weston-super-Mare) and Meadow Arts (House of Beasts, Attingham Park).

Ruth Claxton in Conversation with Sally Shaw, Head of Programme, Modern Art Oxford
Thursday 27 June, 6.30 pm for 7 pm

Ninth in the series of 'In Conversations' at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, artist Ruth Claxton is in discussion with Sally Shaw, Head of Programme, Modern Art Oxford, talking about Claxton's new installation, Specular Spectacular (Cheryl, Jo, Joanne, Elinor, Claire, Anna).

Sally Shaw is currently Head of Programme at Modern Art Oxford. Previously, she was Deputy Head of the Mayor of London's Culture team, which involved projects such as overseeing the Fourth Plinth programme and commissioning a series of high profile contemporary artworks for the London 2012 Festival. Between 2006-10 Sally was a Curator for Art on the Underground, where she implemented a range of strategic programmes across the capital.

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Anton Henning
The Beholders through the Peep-Hole of the Beautiful Artist 07

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to present a special commission in The Box by Anton Henning. The Beholders through the Peep-Hole of the Beautiful Artist 2013, is a miniature gallery installation of his paintings – one that gives a glimpse into his line of thinking in the lead up to his first solo exhibition at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in November 2013. Viewed through a peep-hole, one sees a stage set inhabited by a group of Simpsons characters. Henning introduces us to the animated cast that will become the subjects of his new paintings. He says of this installation:

‘Homer is distracted by a donut which he holds dangerously close to a painting, Mr. Burns puts his pointy beak into Pin-up No. 141 (2009)’s cleavage, Barney is looking at something that caught his interest (or thinking about his well deserved beer) while Apu is contemplating the moral aspects of nude painting. Of the group, Mr. Burns is the only visitor who could potentially make substantial purchases. This installation refers to the sensitive and complicated relationship between artist and viewer, and angst and Romantic irony as conditions in artistic production. My exhibition at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in November will be highlighting the possibilities of portrait, nude and interior painting, using the characters of the Simpsons as live models.’

Henning's practice develops and explores the possibilities of a Gesamtkunstwerk - a total work of art. Spanning painting, sculpture, photography and film, his works in one sense continue the 'Modernist project', expanding upon the styles and tropes of Modern Masters from Courbet to Picasso, whilst also drawing on contemporary culture.

Anton Henning was born in 1964. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Magasin 3, Stockholm; Mamco, Geneva; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Gemeente Museum, Den Haag; S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; MARTa Herford, Herford; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; and Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne.

His work is represented in important international collections, including Arp Museum, Remagen; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Berlinische Galerie, Berlin; Centre National des Arts, Paris; Daros Collection, Zurich; De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main; Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg; Frieder Burda Museum, Baden Baden; Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma; Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig; Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne; LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden; MOCA, Los Angeles; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; National Museum of Art, Osaka; Neues Museum, Nürnberg; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; The Menil Collection, Houston; UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Valencia Art Contemporaneo, Valencia.

The Box is a unique architectural space through which the gallery facilitates new projects with important emerging and established artists. Other commissions include Ai Weiwei, Martha Rosler, Daniel Arsham, Olaf Breuning, Trenton Doyle Hancock, David Batchelor and Hussein Chalayan.

Opening 6 June 6-8 pm

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
6 Heddon Street, London
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4
Free Admission

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