My still life as a personal object
dal 7/11/2007 al 15/12/2007
Segnalato da
7/11/2007
My still life as a personal object
Alma Enterprises, London
Group show. The concept of still life as an art form and the use of collecting and recreating objects in contemporary artists' practice. Here the objects include merely inanimate or commonplace objects.
Group show
Nick Goulis
Yu-Chen Wang
Andro Semeiko
David Blandy
Lakis and Aris Ionas
The exhibition links up the concept of still life as an art form and the use of collecting and recreating objects in contemporary artists’ practice. Here the objects include merely inanimate or commonplace objects, as well as abstract concepts of objects such as fictional characters or someone’s dreams.
The artist creates his own universe of symbolic meaning. He finds his private world of perception through various objects and discerns his own ‘self’ attached/ projected upon them. The artist becomes the object of his work. Like Nick Goulis’ monologue is transformed into solid chunks of text juxtaposing the 80s computer game products which he often associates with the “gateways to the hidden techno-universe. Without any words, Yu-Chen Wang’s pictorial fiction is like never-ending stories of her obsession and indulgence.
The artist shifts his standpoint to see himself from others’ perspective, and sometimes even changes the voice from the first person to the third person. The personal response of the self is opened up in the social realm so the private meaning of the self becomes a shared one. The self is in both individual and social contexts. Andro Semeiko transforms his fascination with personal mundane objects into a world of idealism and space-travel.
David Blandy searches for the true ‘soul’ and the invisible distance between the real life and exploratory world. Lakis and Aris Ionas operate dual identities through their two-man rock band, The Callas, projecting themselves onto the super-hero character and the fictional fan club.
Image: Yu-Chen Wang Tell No One 2007
Alma Enterprises
1 Vyner Street - London