Katie Holten

Liam O’Callaghan

REMOTE

Preview 30 July 6-9 pm

30 July - 27 August 2005

John Beattie, Joel Croxson, Sophia Greff, Katie Holten, Garrett Phelan, Liam O'Callaghan, Niamh O'Malley, David Sherry and David Shrigley

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REMOTE is an exhibition of wall drawings and projections. The artists in the show have been invited by LOT member Eamon O'Kane to exhibit works that can be carried out 'remotely' according to their instructions and/or to respond to the meaning of the word Remote. The exhibition intends to question ideas around the production of an artwork and how it relates to the architecture of the space. Most of the artists in the exhibition have not previously shown in Bristol.

'In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.'

Sol LeWitt Paragraphs on Conceptual Art (1967)

REMOTE takes LeWitt's premise as a starting point but in a less robotic way. The exhibition will come into being through a mediation of the instructions provided and the decisions that will have to be made about placement, scale and the architecture of the exhibition space.

On the ground floor Katie Holten's drawing 'A RARE PSYCHEDELIC' starts off very small and, through following very simple rules, gradually expands until it potentially takes over the space.

David Shrigley's text-based work 'Today' is presented on a bright yellow background echoing the commercial signage on the outside street.

Joel Croxson's numerous small wall drawings/paintings of heads and teeth will be scattered throughout the LOT space.

David Sherry's wall drawing entitled 'Fuck It' depicts a group of disgruntled animals that seem isolated and out of place and obviously not happy about it.

On the first floor Garrett Phelan will present a small projected animated drawing without sound.

John Beattie presents a video projection, which is rooted within the traditions of painting and drawing processes, yet extends to other possibilities that challenge the viewer.

Sophia Greff's drawings of everyday life include self portraits and portraits of friends and family. They embody the performative gesture of process and feel as if they are still in a state of flux.

Niamh O'Malley's hybrid of a wall drawing and an OHP projection investigates structures for the perception and appraisal of visual qualities in nature as landscape.

Liam O'Callaghan's slide projections are in themselves tiny sculptures which question what we value and why, notions of success, preciousness, of beauty, quality and importance, while also investigating aesthetics and the aesthetic experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Niamh O’Malley

Garrett Phelan

John Beattie

Sophia Greff

Joel Croxson

David Shrigley

David Sherry