Sam Taylor-Wood
dal 24/4/2002 al 21/6/2002
Segnalato da
24/4/2002
Sam Taylor-Wood
Hayward Gallery, London
This is the first major London showing for Sam Taylor-Wood, an artist at the forefront of contemporary art. Taylor-Wood works with photography, film and video installation, testing the limits of her media, fusing genres and drawing freely on a variety of sources, from Renaissance painting to Hollywood cinema.
This is the first major London showing for Sam Taylor-Wood, an artist at the forefront of contemporary art. Taylor-Wood works with photography, film and video installation, testing the limits of her media, fusing genres and drawing freely on a variety of sources, from Renaissance painting to Hollywood cinema.
In Pietà (2001), a large-scale video projection based on Michelangelos Vatican sculpture, the artist struggles to hold actor Robert Downey Jr. in the pose of the dying Christ. Third Party (1999), shown for the first time in Britain, is an absorbing seven-screen video installation that propels the viewer into the midst of a dysfunctional cocktail party where ultimate party girl Marianne Faithfull surveys the scene impassively and Ray Winstone sulks in jealous rage.
More than any other artist of her generation, Taylor-Wood has investigated the mechanics of portraiture, exploring the manner in which facial and bodily expression, language and soundtrack can be manipulated to reveal the frailty, or strength, of an inner, psychological condition.
The exhibition will occupy the entire space of the Hayward, transforming it into a compelling theatre of the emotions, punctuated throughout with self portraits,which provide a biographical subtext for the rest of the work
The Royal Festival Hall foyers are open from 10am to 11pm every day.
Hayward Gallery
Royal Festival Hall & Hayward Gallery
Belvedere Road SE1 8XX
London
Tel: 020 79210600
Fax: 020 79280063
http://www.sbc.org.uk