"The length of a piece of string cut at the width of its circumference"
Athanasios Argianas
PRIVATE VIEW: THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2011, 8-10 pm EXHIBITION DATES: 10 FEBRUARY 2011 - 19 MARCH 2011 OPENING HOURS: TUESDAY TO SATURDAY 12-6 pm
The Breeder is pleased to present Athanasios Argianas’ second solo exhibition at the gallery. Argianas’ new body of work stems from an interest in the use of linear strands of information like cassette tapes, musical scores, as analogies for how we perceive things. Texts engraved on sculptures which in turn describe open 'virtual' sculptures, fabrics folded on three-dimensional 'hangers' and scans of dust etched on mirrors, Argianas’ work proposes “a broadening of the category of things we might consider to be instruments of mensuration”, explains writer and curator Tom Morton in his review of the artist’s work in Frieze magazine and concludes that what Athanasios Argianas is calling for through his work is actually “new yardsticks and new clocks”.
Athanasios Argianas (Athens, 1976) is based in London and is a graduate of Goldsmiths College in London. He has presented his work in the 2nd Athens Biennial Heaven in the exhibition “For the straight way is lost” curated by Diana Baldon, Athens (2009). Argianas was nominated for the DESTE Prize 2009, which was presented in the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. Currently he is working towards two different installations and performances, that will be respectively shown at Tate Britain, Art Now Live (London, March 2011) and in Barbican Art Gallery (London, April 2011). Argianas’ selected solo exhibitions and projects include: “The Length of a Strand of Your Hair, of the Width of Your Arms Unfolded”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, EMST, Athens (2009), project room commission, curated by Dafni Vitali, We All Turn This Way, The Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, The Serpentine Gallery, London, and La Galerie, Noisy Le Sec, France. He has also presented his works in numerous group shows in institutional and private spaces in Europe.
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Athanasios Argianas 10.02.11 - 19.03.11
The Armory Show, New York 3-6 March 2011 Pier 94, booth 904
