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14/11/2001

Martin Richman

Rhodes + Mann, London

Come To Light

Presented by Rhodes + Mann
Dominic Berning Fine Art

Sponsored by habitat

New installation work at Rhodes + Mann
Domestic scale work at Dominic Berning Fine Art
Installations at the King's Road (London) and Pont Neuf (Paris) Habitats
Come to Light will tour to Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth; Site Gallery, Sheffield

Martin Richman comes from an English seaside town. His early ex periences were played out against the backdrop of exotic fairgrounds and gre y seascapes made alive with summer lights. He started his professional life in the Rock and Roll business as a top lighting man working for acts s uch as Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and The Ramones. He subsequently decid ed to become an artist and now uses a variety of materials that conduct or c hannel light to create magical artworks.

Richman's work deals with altering perceptions of the normal, rendering the m fantastical and full of imaginative possibilities.
He comments: 'A space recalled in memory affects our perceptions of the ones we live in now. These are transitional spaces that take us outside of our daily life and are perhaps fleetingly retrieved, allowing slippage through a mental membrane.'

At Dominic Berning's intimate salon space, domestic scale pieces will be on view. Berning's space is above the Electricity Showrooms on Hoxton Square, the original power supply source for the East End of London.
For the duration of the show, Richman window installations and a towering structure of light columns on the roof will light up thespace, making it a beacon for passers-by.

At Rhodes + Mann a monumental set of steps carved out of a light conducting plastic will glow at the front of the gallery; a massive, floor to ceiling whirligig, studded with fairy lights, will spin round in the main space, whi le a more contemplative, subdued space at the rear of the gallery will be us ed as a projection room for a layered film of old family photographs.
Dichromatic film on the Gallery windows will create spectacular kaleidoscopic light effects, visible from the street.

The exhibition will tour to Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth and The Customs House ,South Shields.

Recent exhibitions include 'The Wreck of The Hope' Nunnery Gallery, London (curated by Simon Morley) (2000), 'Light and Space' Homer Gallery, New York (99/2000), 'Chora' 30 Underwood Street, London (touring 99/2000) ;'Psycodilia', Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels (curated by Jerome Jacobs) (20 01).

Commissions include the transformation of Tyseley Energy From Waste Facilit y, Birmingham (1997) in collaboration with architect Ray Perry which receive d a RSA award; Hackney Community College, Bethnal Green Bridge, Abingdon Pol ice Station and the new Hampstead Theatre with Rab Bennett Associates (completing Summer 2002.)

For visuals and further information please contact Theresa Simon
t 020 7731 3979

Editors' notes
Martin Richman was commissioned by Habitat to create three dimensional pieces to be displayed in their King'
s Road and Pont Neuf (Paris) stores for the Christmas season. Richman uses Habitat fairy lights to create a w hirling showpiece that will be positioned in the centre of both stores.
Habitat is proud to be sponsoring Martin Richman for his exhibition 'Come t o Light'. This continues Habitat's involvement in contemporary art, wh ich has spanned more than 30 years.

For further information:
Habitat Press Office, Berna Sermet / Emma Underhil l,
Telephone 0207 255 6099,
Email: berna.sermet@hab itat.co.uk / Emma.Underhill@habitat.co.uk

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