exhibition at UAL Camberwell Space 8 Oct - 14 Nov 2013
curated by Mike Cooter who uses pre-existing artworks and cultural artifacts in his interdisciplinary practice mikecooter.org
Objects have been brought together to create an exhibition. And here I am trying to make sense of it. Is it Art? Does it have to be? What did I expect? I found myself considering the process of arranging objects in an artificial setting or art context in order to develop a narrative. These objects were made by different people at different times. Do they have anything in common? Considered as a whole what meaning do they bring to the exhibition?
The exhibition notes state 'this exhibition presents a subjective overview of the potential forms and working methodologies that speculatively demarcate the boundaries of what might be considered a 'sculptural practice'. 'In form express and admirable' is a quote from Hamlet 'What a piece of work man is!'
I found John Penn's Light Machine 1971 very beautiful (below)
I sat on one of the Cast Concrete benches for the Haywood Gallery 1993 Julian Opie and found it very comfortable whilst I watched Chillida (Forms and Feelings )2006 Falke Pisano (below)
Its a video of an artist looking through a sculpture book with her thoughts forming the soundtrack via the headphones. From a book art perspective its a very good way of enabling viewers to see every page of a book with helpful commentary to aid understanding whilst the actual book could be in a encased.
The video explores how we perceive and identify with sculpture and how sculpture gains autonomy. Sculpture is concentrated energy and form in space.
I left the exhibition thinking about the value we place on objects in different contexts. Its very open-ended and requires more thought
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