Cut and Paste
dal 25/4/2007 al 23/6/2007
Segnalato da
25/4/2007
Cut and Paste
Wings Projects Art Space, St-Prex
Tessa Payne - Guy Shoham. In a playful manner both approach collage in a completely different way, creating colourful and convincing out of context worlds from their imagination. The exhibition explores the potential given by both traditional and new media in the creation of collage and investigates how, in the age of computer-technology, the original cutting and pasting can still be invigorating.
Tessa Payne - Guy Shoham
For its forthcoming show, Cut - Paste, Wings Projects Art Space has invited Lisa
Bosse, an independent curator, working in Berlin and London. Cut - Paste is a
dialogue between two contemporary artists, Tessa Payne and Guy Shoham. In a playful
manner both approach collage in a completely different way, creating colourful and
convincing out of context worlds from their imagination. The exhibition explores the
potential given by both traditional and new media in the creation of collage and
investigates how, in the age of computer-technology, the original cutting and
pasting can still be invigorating. Collage has developed throughout every major art
movement since Braque and Picasso. Today, the variety within the media has expanded
and digital manipulation has given new dimensions to these processes. Although both
artists explore their playful ideas in different media, Payne and Shoham share a
humorous approach to their work, which is rich in aesthetic feel and imagina
tion.
Tessa Payne’s work combines manual cutting and pasting with photography. She creates
layered multi-media images, which are built up from magazines and photo clippings,
altered with spray paint and computer techniques and finally mounted on board and
sealed with resin. Her artworks have a three-dimensional feel to them, enticing the
viewer into an “Alice in Wonderland” world that fascinates with the subtle borders
between the collage and the original images.
Guy Shoham imitates collage in painting. He devises decorative objects or porcelain
figurines, which are staged in imaginative environments against patterned and
colourful wallpaper. The created narrative captures an evident sentimentality, while
the naturally broken limbs and cracked surfaces fuel the atmosphere with eeriness.
The torn and layered imagery is reminiscent of collage, emphasised by the sharp
quality of the paint, which creates a tactile surface.
Wings Projects Art Space is a dynamic concept for showing contemporary art. Located
in a private residence overlooking Lake Geneva, it creates a platform for the
production and exhibition of contemporary art in an informal setting and promotes
discussion in contemporary culture.
It promotes cultural interchange within Switzerland and its different linguistic
regions; invites international artists to exhibit and discuss their work: encourages
cooperation between public and private art institutions in the region and provides
studio space and accommodation for artists, writers and curators.
Private View April 26 2007 h. 19
Wings Projects Art Space
Ch. de la Moraine, 36 - St-Prex
Free admission