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21/4/2008

Stefano Scheggi & Wayne Mok

Gallery Fumi, London

The exhibition comprises photographs by Stefano Scheggi and paintings by Wayne Mok. Reflections on Desire reference minimalism and modernist dreams of the past. Architectural in form, the works provoke and challenge the viewer to go beyond the simple aesthetic and chart the limits and possibilities of the temporary, and temporal, relationship formed. Each work references relationships past and the present; art movements, art thoughts, old and new.

Born in Florence in 1970 Stefano Scheggi has lived in London since 1988, completing an MA at the Royal College of Art. He has contributed to several group shows, including at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, and five solo exhibitions. His 2002 installation at the Great Eastern Hotel, London was shortlisted for the Center Prize and his set designs for two operas of the same year performed at the Battersea Arts Centre, Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale and Milhaud's The Poor Sailor, garnered rave reviews.

The artist’s conceptual departure point is the collision between fantasy and reality. Scheggi’s unique vision combines autobiography, history and mythology. It creates an intensely private universe in which images and meanings are densely layered and intertwined.

In March 2007 Stefano Scheggi curated a group show entitled This is About You at the Whitecross Gallery in London, in which he exhibited a series of photographic prints called Reflections on Desire. The exhibition, also featuring works by Akiko Usami, Alexis Panayotou and Paolo Giardi, looked at the communication channels opened up between an artist and the viewer by each work produced.

A reprise of This is About You took place at The Gallery in London during the month of November 2007 as part of the Molten Arts Festival featuring works by Stefano Scheggi and Wayne Mok, as well as a new collaborative installation.

Wayne Mok was born in Hong Kong in 1962, lives and works in London.

The artist’s work is layered with difference in cultural identity, drawing on his personal history as a Chinese raised between Hong Kong, London and San Francisco. Wayne Mok lived in California for over ten years, completing a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Academy of Art University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at the California College of Arts and Crafts, and a Post-Baccalaureate program at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Each work by Wayne Mok references the infinite possibilities of art and the limitless nature of an artist’s endeavor. The works challenge the viewer to recognize the reference, with some being obvious and others impossible to distinguish. By hiding some of the references the artist is opening up the possibility of an infinite number of sources contained within the frame.

Fumi Gallery
87 - 89 Tabernacle Street - London

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