Mathew Hale
dal 11/10/2007 al 16/11/2007
Segnalato da
11/10/2007
Mathew Hale
Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Tasuk! Tsukku-san! Solo exhibition. The artist presents a selection of drawings/collages from his series entitled The Miriam Books. Theese works are associative improvisations where the images emerge during their making.
Tasuk! Tsukku-san!
Galerie Michel Rein is proud to announce Mathew Hale's first solo
show in Paris. He will present a selection of drawings/ collages from
his series entitled "The MIRIAM Books". According to Jordan Kantor:
"Hale's appropriation and repositioning of the book page triggers a
dizzying, recursive loop between drawing and writing - and between
reading and viewing." (in Pissing Ink: 80 Pages from the MIRIAM Books
by Mathew Hale, ed. DAAD Berlin, 2004)
Born in 1962 in Swindon (England), Mathew Hale has shown his works at
the DAAD galerie (Berlin) and at the Whitechapel Gallery (London).
The Pages from 'The MIRIAM Books’
- These drawings and/or collages are associative improvisations. I
follow my hand as much as I guide my hand. The images emerge during
their making. When I begin I have no idea of what, if anything, will
appear. ‘The discovery of their subject is their
subject.’ (Jeffrey Eugenides).
- The process of making a series of these works begins when I cut all
the pages from a chosen “host” book. I then shuffle the loose
sheets and place them in a pile. Each time I want to begin a new
drawing I split the pile and draw on the page that comes out on top.
- There is only one rule; that there can be no failures. I must find
my way through to some kind of satisfactory result in each case.
Some of the best drawings and/or collages have endured long periods
of failure, others appeared swiftly and fluently. Some pages remain
unresolved for a long time, others are complete in a few minutes.
- I always begin a new page by drawing on it in ink. Collage usually
enters into a work at a point when drawing has begun fail.
- A quotation: ‘I really do think with my pen, for the head often
knows nothing of what my hand is writing.’ (Ludwig Wittgenstein).
Mathew Hale, Oct. 2007
Opening reception: Friday, October 12., 6-9 pm
Galerie Michel Rein
42 rue de Turenne - Paris
Open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-7pm
Free admission