Oliver Bragg
dal 11/6/2008 al 26/7/2008
Segnalato da
11/6/2008
Oliver Bragg
Another Roadside Attraction Gallery, London
Diagram of the Universe. Part autobiographical and part sharp observations of the urban environments that he inhabits, the artist's drowings makes comment on everything from art history to Popular Culture.
Another Roadside Attraction Gallery is pleased to present the first UK solo
exhibition by artist Oliver Bragg.
A large part of Braggs practice in recent years has been the documentation
and cataloguing of the inane, innocuous and absurd. Making visual, events
and occurrences usually ignored, Oliver maps an askew view of the world that
teeters between the banal and fantastic. Bragg finds comedy and tragedy in
the inconsequential to produce his subjective history of the world that
emphasises the small stories over the headlines.
His drawing style is not limited to any particular idiom or style but
changes to suit the subject matter. Part autobiographical and part sharp
observations of the urban environments that he inhabits, his work makes
comment on everything from art history to Popular Culture, human
relationships to geography, aspiration to status.
His large drawing Diagram of the Universe, absurdly offers us the
possibility of answering any question. Bragg¹s work however does not supply
any resolutions, but only further enquiry. It is the chaos of the universe
that Bragg attempts to document, but not in an anthropological sense but as
an active participant in the world around him, sometimes merely recording an
event and other times as the catalyst in the unfolding narrative.
Using the methods of a childish prank in Phone home, Oliver calls his
childhood home telephone number and asks for himself. This playful piece
demonstrates with humour his interest in the futile and our relationship to
memory and place.
In Bet, he has placed a £10 bet that the end of the world will take place
in 2050. Although apocalyptic and paranoid it exists as a real fiscal
proposal but abstractly as a financial claim.
ARGHHH!!! a short onomatopoeic word of frustration has been extended by
Bragg to become something more laboured and process based. This usually
cathartic expression has been reverted to become the source of irritation.
Oliver Bragg was born in 1981 and graduated from Wimbledon College of Art in
2003. He has exhibited internationally and recently at Gasworks London in
the exhibition Holiday In.
Opening Thursday 12th June 6.30 - 9pm
Another Roadside Attraction Gallery
Bayford Street - London
Free admission