PRESS RELEASE INSTALLATION VIEWS ARTWORKS ARTist INFORMATION
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6 JULY — 29 JULY 2017
OPENING RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY, 6—8 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Press preview in presence of the curators Damian Griffiths and Annka Kultys: Wednesday, 5 July, 5 PM
Annka Kultys Gallery is pleased to present ] [, a group exhibition exploring the relationship between the camera and art, investigating the camera’s dual nature as both a tool for producing art and as technical apparatus for reproducing artworks and exhibitions to further the ancillary functions necessary to support the art world (such as archiving, advertising, publication, sales, etc.).
Organised in collaboration with Damian Griffiths, an artist and commercial photographer specialising in the documentation of artworks and exhibitions, the show intends to invert the normal curatorial process. Rather than employ the traditional approach to curation which has the curator hanging the works with the photographer later interpreting the show for the documentation, ] [ will be hung in relation to a camera set up in the gallery with the ideal frame already set.
This process will be continually performed throughout the exhibition as the show unfolds. New works will be added, submitted, hung and reintroduced for the duration of the show, all on public view and the process continually documented. It is a gesture that highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the gallery; where technicians, curators, administrative staff and directors are all enmeshed in the system of presenting art. In a world where artworks are increasingly viewed online rather than in person, ] [ questions the complicity inherent within the camera artwork.
Participating artists present work across a broad spectrum of media, including painting, photography, sculpture and video and include Ivana Basic, Gabriele Beveridge, Martin Creed, Dustin Ericksen, Olga Mikh Fedorova, Damian Griffiths, KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers), Romain Mader, Jimmy Merris, Jean-Luc Moulène, Signe Pierce (with Alli Coates), Carl Slater, Molly Soda, and Richard Wentworth.
SELECTED PRESS
INSTALLATION VIEWS
ARTWORKS
In my scarred fevered skin you see the end.
In your healthy flesh I see the same.
2015
Silicone
Dimensions variable
Unique
(IBas015.15)
Prophetic Souls (I)
2017
Chrome shop fittings, and hand-blown glass
132 x 103 x 45 cm (52 x 40 1/1 x 17 3/4 in)
Unique
(GBev001.17)
Untitled
2017
Found poster, minerals, and artist frame
95 x 67 x 10 cm (37 3/8 x 26 3/8 x 4 in)
Unique
(GBev002.17)
Work No. 2811
What the fuck am I doing
2017
Digital Film, 4 min 21 sec
Dimensions variable
(MCre001.17)
Untitled (Painted Box Set, green/orange)
2015
Wood, glue, nails, and paint
38.5 × 30.5 × 51 cm (15 x 12 x 20 in) (full set in 4 parts)
Unique
(DEri001.15)
Untitled (Painted Box Set, red/blue)
2015
Wood, glue, nails, and paint
38.5 × 30.5 × 51 cm (15 x 12 x 20 in) (full set in 4 parts)
Unique
(DEri002.15)
Brainwashing
2015
C-type print with plexi face mounting
60 x 80 cm (23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in)
Edition of 1 + 1AP
(OFed001.15)
2015
2017
C-type print on aluminium, and frame
86 x 61 cm (34 x 24 in) (framed)
Edition of 3 + 2AP
(DGri001.17)
A2, A1 | B1, B2
2017
4 digital C-type prints on aluminium
61 x 41 cm (24 x 16 in) (each)
Unique composition selected by the artist
(DGri002.17)
Moi avec des filles #4
2009
C-type print on metallic paper mounted on
aluminium
30 x 45 cm (11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
(RMad001.09)
El patio del amor
2017
Acrylic on canvas
160 x 280 cm (63 x 110 1/4 in)
Unique
(RMad002.17)
Untitled
2016
Animatronics, battery, sound in 16 parts
47 x 228 x 220 cm (18 1/2 x 89 3/4 x 96 5/8 in)
Unique
(JMer001.16)
SIGNE PIERCE (dir. Alli Coates)
American Reflexxx
2013
Video, 14 min 03 sec
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3 + 2AP
(SPie035.13)
Hellboy, Paris
2014
Polished concrete, and blanket
38 x 24 x 28 cm (15 x 9 1/2 x 11 1/8 in)
Unique
(JMou001.14)
peek-a-boo
2017
HD Video, 9 min (3840 x 2160)
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3 + 1AP
(CSla001.17)
MOLLY SODA
Art Unboxing!
2017
Video, 22 min 03 sec
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3 + 1AP
(MSod084.17)
South West France, December 2016
2016
C-type print on aluminium, and aluminium rail
40.5 x 30.5 cm (image) and 6 x 190 x 2 cm (rail) (16 x 12 in (image) and 2 3/8 x 74 3/4 x 3/4 in (rail))
Unique
(RWen001.16)
ARTIST INFORMATION
Signe Pierce’s full profile
Molly Soda’s full profile
Ivana Basic’s website
Gabriele Beveridge’s website
Martin Creed’s website
Dustin Ericksen’s website
Olga Mikh Fedorova’s website
Damian Griffiths’s website
KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers)’s website
Romain Mader’s website
Jimmy Merris’s website
Jean-Luc Moulène’s website
Carl Slater’s website
Richard Wentworth’s website
