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Studio Voltaire: Henrik Olesen - 9 Oct 2009 to 7 Nov 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Henrik Olesen, Some Illustrations to the life of Alan Turing (5), 2008
16 computer printouts on newsprint (detail) Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne |
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Henrik Olesen 9th October � 7th November 2009, Wednesday � Saturday, 12 � 6pm Preview: Thursday 8th October 2009 Studio Voltaire is pleased to announce a new commission by the Danish artist Henrik Olesen. The exhibition will be the artist�s first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom. Henrik Olesen (born 1967) poses questions on the politics of sexuality through architectural interventions, sculptures and collages. Particularly important is his interest in social minorities, and related problems such as ostracism, stigmatisation and criminalisation. The formal theoretical points of departure in his work range from art historical references to the reduced formal vocabulary and reflections of minimal and conceptual art. A recent body of work has refers to the British mathematic and scientist Alan Turing (1912 � 1954) who is often considered the father of modern computer science. A somewhat tragic figure, Turing was criminally prosecuted for committing homosexual acts and, given the choice of imprisonment or �corrective treatment�, was given a course of oestrogen hormone injections, which acted as a chemical castration. This essentially ended his career and led to his suicide. Developing out of Olesen�s interest in sexuality and criminality, the work also extends his interest into identity and body politics. The project follows the artists solo exhibitions at Migros Museum (2007), Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne (2008, 2007 and 2005) and Wiener Secession, Vienna (2004). �Olesen has also curated Oh Girl, It�s a Boy! at Kunstverein Munchen, Munich and has been included in numerous group exhibitions including MACBA, Barcelona (2009), Dispersion, ICA, London (2008) and New Museum, New York (2007). Supported by The Danish Arts Council/ The International Committee for Visual Arts and The Henry Moore Foundation. With kind assistance from The Embassy of Denmark, London and the Goethe Institute, London FORTHCOMING PROGRAMME 2009/10: Nicholas Byrne & Anthea Hamilton Nairy Baghramian Phyllida Barlow Nicholas Byrne & Anthea Hamilton OFFSITE: Zoo 2009, 3 � 10 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 16th � 19th October 2009 Studio Voltaire has been invited by the producers of Zoo Art Fair to be one of the four curated projects at this years Zoo 2009, a newly adapted version of the fair that will take place in new location, housed in an unused Victorian industrial warehouse. Studio Voltaire has commissioned Nicholas Byrne and Anthea Hamilton to create a collaborative work. The resulting animation takes its inspiration from a record from their collection: Calypsos � Too Hot To Handle. This will be the artist�s first collaborative venture and one that brings together their separate practices of painting and sculptural installation in a new media. The animation will bring out some of their shared sensibilities and interests such as the representation of the human figure and the positioning the viewer within the work. Nicholas Byrne (Born 1979, Oldham) and Anthea Hamilton (Born 1978, London) both graduated from The Royal College of Art in 2005. Byrne�s recent solo exhibitions include Divider, Studio Voltaire, 2008) and Seven Metals Seven Planets Seven Days of the Week, Vilma Gold, London (2007). The artists are also included in the forthcoming group exhibition The Dark Monarch, at Tate St Ives (2009). Hamilton�s recent solo exhibitions include La Salle de Bains, Lyon, and Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg (both 2009), Chisenhale Gallery, London (2008) and IBID Projects, London. Recent group exhibitions include: Strange Solution, Tate Britain, London and Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London. Nairy Baghramian 19th November � 19th December 2009 Studio Voltaire is delighted to announce the first solo presentation of Iranian/German artist, Nairy Baghramian in the United Kingdom. The artist has an increasingly important presence within contemporary sculptural practice with Continental Europe following a number of major solo institutional exhibitions and inclusion in several international biennials. The works of Nairy Baghramian are complex sculptural installations including elements of re-worked furniture design, set design and fashion. Her installations involve referencing material history, re-contextualised and turned into political statement. For her exhibition at Studio Voltaire, the artist will create a series of sculptures that refer to particular professions (such as Butchers and Hairdressers), through the use of existing objects and forms that refer to functional objects, such as a butcher�s table. The allegorical nature of the works suggests ideas of labour, employment and identity. Often working at the threshold of design and sculpture, in recent years Baghramian has made a number of projects engaging with this area. As a part of The Schinkel Pavillon programme at last years Berlin Biennial, the artist collaborated with the designer Janette Laverri�re (Born 1909, Switzerland). The pair created a display structure that housed a number of Laverri�re�s design objects. The display structure elaborated on the particular non-functional elements central to Laverri�re�s practice, such as literary and historical references, bringing out different political and social resonances within the objects. The exhibition forms a part of an international residency programme made in collaboration with The Whitechapel Gallery and The Berlin Senate, providing a Berlin based artist will a studio, stipend, professional development and accommodation. Nairy Baghramian was born in Iran in 1971 and has been based in Berlin for the last 10 years. Her practice has gained significant interest in the United Kingdom and we are delighted to be working with her at this time in her career and in showing her first solo exhibition in the UK. Her solo exhibitions include Kunsthall Bergen, Bergen (2009); Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (both 2008), Kunstverein N�rnberg, N�rnberg (2007) and Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2006). Selected group exhibitions include De Appel, Amsterdam; 5. Berlin Biennale, Berlin (all 2008) and Skulptur Projekte M�nster 2007, M�nster (2007). In partnership with the Berlin Senate�s Cultural Affairs Department and the Whitechapel Gallery, London. Supported by The Henry Moore Foundation Phyllida Barlow Spring 2010 Studio Voltaire has invited Phyllida Barlow (Born 1944, Newcastle upon Tyne) to make a major new body of work responding to the unique architecture of our gallery space, a former Methodist chapel. Barlow�s recent work emerges from a 40-year practice in which she has explored many of the inquiries of post-Minimalism: the effect of gravity on materials, the relation of the sculpture to the viewing space, the impact of added colour on our perception of a structure, the push-and-pull between total abstraction and a work�s ability to evoke the body. Barlow makes her work from a range of materials, such as felt sheets, wooden pallets, polystyrene, red masking tape and foam boards. The sculptures are abstract and often absurd, and after construction many are painted in industrial and synthetic colours. Barlow tends not to preserve work once it is shown, instead recycling her materials to make the next set of sculptures. The artist has taught art since the 1960�s and is about to be made Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. She has proved an influential presence in a number of British art colleges and her former students include Rachel Whiteread, Steven Pippin, Douglas Gordon, Spartacus Chetwynd, Bill Woodrow, Angela De la Cruz and Eva Rothschild. In recent years her sculpture has achieved a new visibility with the publication of the monograph Objects For � And Other Things (Black Dog, 2005) and a number of solo exhibitions and commissions across the United Kingdom, including STINT, Mead Gallery, Warwick (2008); New Sculpture: In the Gallery and Grounds, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury (2007); Scape, Spacex, Exeter (2005) and Peninsula, Baltic, Gateshead (2004). For further information/images please contact Joe Scotland or Sarah McCrory on 020 7622 1294 or [email protected] / [email protected] ________________________________________________________ NEW LIMITED EDITION PRINTS A new series of specially commissioned artworks by leading contemporary artists at affordable prices:- Phyllida Barlow Nicholas Byrne & Anthea Hamilton Anne Collier Enrico David Donald Urquhart Available at: Zoo 2009, 3�10 Shoreditch High Street, London E1, 16�19 October 2009 From just �50 each Studio Voltaire is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of limited edition prints. Published by Studio Voltaire (www.studiovoltaire.org) and available at Zoo 2009, the new series of prints includes specially commissioned artworks by a number of leading international contemporary artists. In recent years, Studio Voltaire has developed a strong reputation for producing innovative and affordable editions and portfolios which have been collected by both individuals and institutions including:- Tate Collection, British Council Collection, Government Art Collection, South London Gallery Collection and Goss Michael Foundation, Dallas. This new series of editions have been specifically developed to make it affordable and straightforward for everyone to own and collect high quality contemporary art. All profits from the sales of the editions will directly support further development of Studio Voltaire�s innovative Education, Exhibition and Studio Programmes as well as the continued running of the organisation. Each print is a limited edition of 150, individually signed and numbered by the artist. The price of the first 100 is an incredible �50, with the remaining edition priced at �100. The artists included in this new series are firmly established and exhibit internationally. We are very proud to announce a collaboration with Enrico David who is of the artists nominated for this years Turner Prize. Many of the artists featured in the series are represented by galleries who participate in Frieze Art Fair, such as Anne Collier (Anton Kern Gallery, New York and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles), Nicholas Byrne (Vilma Gold, London) and Donald Urquhart (Herald St, London and Maureen Paley, London). All profits from the sales of the editions will directly support further development of Studio Voltaire�s innovative Education, Exhibition and Studio Programmes as well as the continued running of the organisation. Studio Voltaire is also a member of Own Art, an Arts Council England initiative designed to make it easy and affordable for everyone to own high quality contemporary art and craft. Under the scheme, individuals can apply for interest free loans. Credit from �100 to �2,000 is available, repayable in 10 monthly instalments, (Typical 0% APR). They need to be over 18, resident in UK, and have a bank or building society account that can operate standing orders. For further information/images please contact: Sarah McCrory/Joe Scotland on 020 7622 1294 or [email protected] / [email protected] |
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