"I
did it my way"
is a group exhibition by 10 artists working in sculpture, video,
sound and photography.
Axel
Antas, Joanne Dennis, Lucille Power, Ellie Rees, Ray White, Robert
Grose, Paul Harper, Ida Akesson, Hannah Rickards, Joe Duggan
The work explores
identity, the illusions of freedom and intentionality and the physical
nature of an artist’s ‘being in the work’ through
strange and disquietening images, gestures, objects and activities.
The artist
is residually present in the work, but the physical presence is
elusive, perceived through traces of imagery, dreamlike and shifting
with time. The aesthetic and material nature of individual identity,
uniqueness versus anonymity, sexual repression and the limits of
freedom imposed by illness, culture and class society are explored
in works using representational puppets, outlines drawn in condensated
glass, a human voice masquerading as bird song, old trainers replicated,
self portraits in estranged and alien scenarios, sketches, interactive
and video performances. |