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Andrzej Wróblewski • René Daniels • Luc Tuymans
Adrian Searle, Guardian, 26 May 2015
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DE. FI. CIEN. CY – Andrzej Wróblewski, René Daniels, Luc Tuymans │ Drawing Room, London → 11 July 2015
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RICHARD BILLINGHAM: PANORAMIC │ Towner, Eastbourne → 28 June 2015
“Tânr z dlîtd t priznt a mêjr xibišn bî Ñgliš ātist n ftogṛfr Ričd Bilñm, šowñ tgɖr fr ɖ frst tîm hiz paṇramic fôtgṛafs n vidiowrc fṛm 2002 t 2014.
Capčrñ ɖ Britiš cuntrisîd, fṛm ɖ Sâʈ Dânz t ɖ Nwf̣c Fen n Cunstbl Cuntri v Īst Ñgḷnd, ɖz imrsv wrcs xplor ɖ rič txčrz v ɖz landsceps. Hiz paṇramic vyz unŕʈ ɖ ptklr jiolji, vejtešn, čenjñ wɖr n lît v ɖz plêsz, sm v ẇč h vizitd ovr a pirı̣d v yirz.
Ɖ c̣lctd wrcs in Paṇramic hv a visṛl isʈetc, rvilñ Bilñm’z imošnl n crietv rlešnšp t nêčr n landscep, drōñ on hiz bacgrând n sensbiḷtiz az a pêntr. Ɖ wrcs refṛns ɖ pictwrı̣l reṭric v Britiš landscep pêntrz, fṛm ɖ 19ʈ senčri t ɖ preznt, Jon Cunstbl t Dêvid Hocni. Ɖe xplor riɖm, patn, reṗtišn, dnamic comṗzišn az wel az ɖ tablo in nêčr, n ofn rcwd a trnsfwmtv mmnt in ɖ landscep.
Tânr wl olso b šowñ Bilñm’z 2004 filmwrc Swīp, ẇč pwtrez triz muvñ in ɖ wind, cmišnd bî ĀtSwe. Ɖ xibišn hz bn ṣpwtd bî Midlsx Ynivrsti n ɖ Ynivrsti v Glostršr.
Ričd Bilñm (born 25 Septmbr 1970) z an Ñgliš ftogṛfr n ātist hu z bst nôn fr hiz fôtobc Re’z A Laf, ẇč dokments ɖ lîf v hiz alc̣holic faɖr Re, n obīs, hevli ttūd muɖr, Liz. Bilñm wz born in Brmñm n studid az a pêntr at Bwnvil Colij v Āt n ɖ Ynivrsti v Sunḍlnd.
H cem t prominns ʈru hiz candid ftogṛfi v hiz famli in Crêdli Hīʈ, a bodi v wrc lêtr add t n publišt in ɖ aclemd bc Ray’z A Laf (1996). Ray’z a Laf z a ptreyl v ɖ povti n deprivešn in ẇč h gru p. Ɖ fôtgrafs, ẇč wr têcn on ɖ čīpist film h cd fînd, pṛvîd braš culrz n bd fôc̣s, ẇč adz t ɖ oʈntisti n francṇs v ɖ siriz.
In 1997, Bilñm wz includd in ɖ xibišn Sensešn at ɖ Royl Acaḍmi v Āt, ẇč šôcest ɖ ātc̣lẋn v Čālz Sāči n includd mni v ɖ Yuñ Britiš Ātists. Olso in 1997, Bilñm wun ɖ Sitīgrūp Ftogṛfīprîz. H wz šwtlistd fr ɖ 2001 Trnr Prîz, fr hiz sôlo šo at ɖ Îcon Gaḷri in Brmñm.
H hz olso md landscepfôtgṛafs at plêsz v prsnl significns arnd ɖ Blac Cuntri, n mr v ɖz wr cmišnd in 2003 bî ɖ ātsōgnîzešn Ɖ Public, rzultñ in a bc. H hz olso xperimentd wɖ vidiofilmz n vidiopṛjẋnz.
In lêt 2006, Bilñm xibitd a mêjr ny siriz v fôtgṛafs n vidioz inspîrd bî hiz memriz v vizitñ Dudli Zu az a čîld. Ɖ siriz, intîtld Zu, wz cmišnd bî Brmñm-bêst ātsōġnîzešn, VIVID, n wz xibitd at Comtn Vrni Ātgaḷri in Woricšr.
In ɖ folowñ yir h crietd a siriz v fôtgṛafs v Cunstbl Cuntri, ɖ eria on ɖ Esx/Suf̣c bwdr pêntd bî Jon Cunstbl. Ɖz wr xibitd at ɖ Tânhwl Gaḷriz, Ipswič.
H nâ livz nir Swonzi, n travlz wîdli. H z a lecčrr in Fîn Āt Ftogṛfi at ɖ Ynivrsti v Glostršr n a pṛfesr at Midlsx Ynivrsti (2012).”
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KARLA BLACK │ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin → 26 July 2015
“Cāla Blac z rgādd az wn v ɖ pạniyrñ cntmprri ātists v hr jeṇrešn. A Trnr Prîz nominī in 2011, š practisz a cnd v liricl ōtoṇms sculpčr, inflụnst bî sîcownaḷsis, feminizm n its impact on vižl āt. Blac’s wrc drwz fṛm a mulṭplisti v ātistc tṛdišnz, fṛm xprešnist pêntñ, landāt n pfwmns, t fwṃlizm. Blac qesčnz ɖ rigrz v sculpčṛl fwm, n hr lj-scêl sculpčrz incwṗret modist evrde substnsz, alñ wɖ vri tṛdišnl āt-mcñ mtirı̣lz, t criet abstract fwmešnz.
Ɖ sait-sṗsific xibišn at IMMA wl priznt Cāla Blac’s xtrōdnri crietv âtpt, rvilñ ɖ ātist’s constnt čaḷnjz t privelñ consepts v sculpčr. Hr intrest in prôses hz led hr t xpand ɖ psbltiz v ẇčvr mtirı̣l š implýz; fṛm plastr, poḷʈīn, čwcdust n pâdr t îšado, nêlvāniš, fêc tan or tuʈpêst. Blac čuzz hr mīdia fr ɖer tactîl isʈetc apīl: ɖ fmiliaṛti v ɖ txčr v seḷfen or ɖ sént v czmetcs brijz ɖ xpirı̣ns v tanjbl matr wɖ ɖ intiṃsi v memri v ɖ sbconšs. Blac’s wrcñ prôses z intnsli fizicl n ɖs eṇji z cnved ʈru wrcs ɖt emfsîz hr fri, xperimntl wrcñ meʈd, cmbînd wɖ ɖ editñ, mytñ n rėnñ in v cerfl isʈetc jujmnt. Č eḷmnt in hr asmbḷjz inṭcncts fizicl, sîc̣lojicl, n ʈı̣reticl stimylî ẇč r bʈ slfref̣rnšl n rlet t āt az a wîdr-wrld xpirı̣ns.
Xperimentñ wɖ wez t flôt mtirı̣l, fwm n culr at îlevl rmenz a constnt priokpešn in Blac’s wrc, n ɖs priokpešn rmenz az a ʈred in ɖ xibišn at IMMA, ẇč wl priznt Blac’s xtrōdnri crietv âtpt ʈru a siriz v ny wrcs têlrd fr ɖ spêsz at IMMA.
Cāla Blac hz stêtd in rlešn t hr xibišn at IMMA I am priokpîd wɖ trayñ t fînd wez t flôt mtirı̣l, fwm n culr at îlevl. Ovr ɖ yirz, I hv dscuvrd mc-šift sculpčṛl ṣlušnz ɖt alâ ɖs t hapn, ẇl actvli avýdñ ɖ obvı̣s tṛdišnl trôps – pêntñ a canvs n putñ it on a wōl, plêsñ an objct on a plinʈ or šelf ets. Ɖs priokpešn rmenz az I dveḷp xperimentešn fr ɖ IMMA šo.
Blac hz sd prīvı̣sli v hr wrc: Ẇl ɖr r îdiyz abt sîc̣lojicl n imošnl dveḷpmntl prôsesz held wɖn ɖ sculpčrz I mc, ɖ ʈñz ɖmslvz r acčl fizicl xpḷrešns intu ʈncñ, fīlñ, cmynicetñ n rletñ.
Abt ɖ Ātist
Cāla Blac (b. 1972 Alixandria, Scotḷnd) livz n wrcs in Glazgo. Š atndd Ɖ Glazgo Scūl v Āt (1995–2000 n 2002–04), cmplitñ BA (Hons), MPhil (Āt in Ōgnîzešnl Contxts), n MFA dgriz. In 2011, Blac reprizntd Scotḷnd at ɖ 54ʈ Venis Bienāle (Cāla Blac. Scotḷnd n Venis) n wz nominetd fr ɖ Trnr Prîz. Cāla Blac hz rīsntli md sôlo xibišnz at instityšnz includñ Kestnergesellschaft, Haṇvr, Jrṃni (2014); Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Fiḷdelfia, FA, YSA, n Gemeentemuseum, Ɖ Hêg, Neɖrḷndz (bʈ 2013); Daḷs Myziym v Āt, Daḷs, TX, YSA; Schinkel Pavillon, Brlin, Jrṃni, n Gaḷri v Modn Āt, Glazgo (ol 2012); Kunsthalle Nurnbrg, Nyṛmbrg, Jrṃni (2010); Modn Āt Oxfd, Oxfd; Kunstverein Hambrg, Hambrg, Jrṃni n Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zŭrih, Switsḷnd (2009), amñ uɖrz. Hr wrcs r held wɖn mni prestijs c̣lẋns wrldwîd, includñ ɖ Scotiš Našnl Gaḷri v Modn Āt, Edinbra; Ɖ Hamr Myziym, LA; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zŭrih; n Têt Gaḷri, Lundn.
Ātiststêtmnt
Ɖ sculpčrz I mc r îɖr olmst objcts or onli jst objcts. I scrt in btwn mīdı̣mz, n ɖ wrcs r ofn nirli pêntñz, nirli insṭlešnz, nirli pfwmnsāt bt olwz, in ɖ end, vri defiṇtli sculpčrz.
Sculpčr z most xîtñ t m ẇn it stez clôs t ɖ fizicl truʈ ɖt ɖ objct z a faḷsi. I lîc t ʈnc abt hâ evrʈñ in ɖ fizicl wrld z îɖr flayñ tgɖr or flayñ apāt, az in mas bcmz eṇji bcmz mas bcmz eṇji agn. Fṛm âr limitd, hymn psepšn v tîm w cn’t acčli si ɖt hapnñ bt ɖt dz’nt čenj ɖ fact ɖt it z hapnñ. I lîc t rtād ɖ ptnšl v ɖ mtirı̣l wɖn ɖ sculpčr, so ɖt it rtenz its eṇji n its cpasti fr trnsfmešn.
I prîoṛtîz mtirı̣l xpirı̣ns ovr lanĝj az a we t lrn abt n undrstand ɖ wrld. T m, fr ol its obvı̣s acumplišmnts, lanĝj z an inadiqt n primitv tool.
Cāla Blac, 2015”
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