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Studio Voltaire: Nairy Baghramian Butcher, Barber, Angler & others - 27 Nov 2009 to 23 Jan 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Preparatory drawing, 2009
Nairy Baghramian Courtesy of the artist |
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Butcher, Barber, Angler & others Nairy Baghramian 27th November 2009 � 23rd January 2010, Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6pm Please note: The gallery will be closed 20th December 2009 to 5 January 2010 Preview: Thursday 26th November 2009, 7pm - 9pm Studio Voltaire is pleased to present a new commission by the Berlin based artist, Nairy Baghramian. The exhibition will be the artist�s first solo presentation in the United Kingdom and follows a year long residency in London made in collaboration with the Berlin Senate�s Cultural Affairs Department, the Whitechapel Gallery and Studio Voltaire. In her sculptures and installations, Nairy Baghramian often utilises and references modernist design and architecture to reveal aspects of social and political relationships. For her exhibition at Studio Voltaire, the artist will create a series of sculptures that refer to particular professions (for example, butchers and hairdressers), through the use of existing objects and forms that refer to functional objects, in particular a butcher�s table, waste paper baskets and a salon hairdryer. The allegorical nature of the works suggests Baghramian�s interest in ideas of labour, employment, identity and social space. Working at the threshold of design and sculpture, Baghramian has made a number of projects engaging with interior design. As a part of The Schinkel Pavillon programme at Berlin Biennale 5 (2008), 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structure elaborated on the particular non-functional elements central to Laverri�re�s practice, such as literary and historical references, bringing out different political and social resonances within the objects. Baghramian (born Iran, 1971) has an increasingly important presence within contemporary sculptural practice with Continental Europe following a number of major solo institutional exhibitions and inclusion in a number of international biennials. Previous solo exhibitions include The Walker�s Day Off, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2008) Affairen. Ein semiotisches Haus, das nie gebaut wurde, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (2008) and Es ist ausser Haus, Kunsthalle Basel (2006). This exhibition is a part of The International Residency Programme, in partnership with the Berlin Senate�s Cultural Affairs Department and the Whitechapel Gallery, London. Supported by The Henry Moore Foundation, Fatima Maleki and Valeria & Gregorio Napoleone. Studio Voltaire is pleased to announce Jennifer Higgie and Rebecca Warren as the next selectors for SV10 Studio Voltaire is pleased to announce that Jennifer Higgie (Writer, critic and co-Editor, frieze) and Rebecca Warren (artist) will be the next selectors for SV1o � Studio Voltaire�s open submission exhibition. SV10 aims to showcase the strength and vitality of Studio Voltaire�s artist membership. The exhibition is open to entry to all artists, working in any medium, who are studio or associate members of the organisation. The members� exhibition now takes place every two years and is selected by a changing panel, made up of artists, writers and curators. Previous selectors include Stuart Comer, Michael Bracewell, Enrico David, Linder, Emily Pethick, Polly Staple and Catherine Wood. Associate membership is open to all artists and applicants can become associate members at time of application. Studio Voltaire�s members� exhibitions have proved a key event for supporting emerging talent and often provide the artists with an early platform and exposure to the wider art community. Now in its seventh exhibition, previous artists include Juliette Blightman, Pablo Bronstein, Sonia Boyce, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth, Alex Frost, Anthea Hamilton, William Hunt, Pil and Galia Kollective, Duncan Marquiss, Public Works, Renee So and Stephen Sutcliffe. Exhibition information: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 9 January 2010 PROVISIONAL EXHIBITION DATES: 25 February � 27 March 2010 APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM: http://www.studiovoltaire.org/artist-mem.htm |
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