8/7/2004
Crossing
Platform3, London
Mariella Bettineschi & Marco Bettoni. In both their work there is a common interest in the investigation of light where the light crosses the boundary between elucidator (that which illuminates) and subject (that which is shown). Both works in Crossing have a symmetry which comes from the use of the sphere in Bettineschi's case and 'mirroring' which Bettoni seeks to capture in many of his photographs.
Mariella Bettineschi & Marco Bettoni
Private View: Friday 09 July, 7.00-9.00 pm
Crossing brings together work by Marco Bettoni and Mariella Bettineschi. This exhibition was proposed by the two artists who have been in dialogue for a number of years.
In both their work there is a common interest in the investigation of light where the light crosses the boundary between elucidator (that which illuminates) and subject (that which is shown). Both works in Crossing have a symmetry which comes from the use of the sphere in Bettineschi’s case and “mirroring†which Bettoni seeks to capture in many of his photographs. Bettoni’s work is a meditation on a place while Bettineschi’s is a meditation on a form. Writing about Bettoni’s work Stella Santacatterina offers us her own meditation:
â€The work offers movement and repose... And it is there, suspended in a moment of time, that the work is absorbed in the expectation of creating a place where a human being may dwell poetically. The forms immersed in a play of light and shade express the idea of quietness. It sets itself up as the horizon, as a screen that alludes to a potential space. It is an apparition which gives to things without a name the property of form and to the image a language with which it may recount its own shadows.â€
The artists have produced a catalogue and have commissioned texts by Laura Jane Culpan and Stella Santacatterina. The catalogue will be available from Platform for the duration of the exhibition.
The gallery is open Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm or by appointment.
Platform
3 Wilkes Street, London E1 6QF