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20 Hoxton Square Projects
Posted on: Wed, 3 Mar 2010
Exhibition: 12 March to 10 April 2010.
20 Hoxton Square Projects & Vito Schnabel are pleased to present Mr. Big Ben a show of new work by Vahakn Arslanian. On display will be the delicately rendered mixed-media pieces that comprise Arslanians unique vision. Almost entirely self-trained, Arslanians work has developed a following of dedicated supporters intrigued by his enigmatic approach to the production of art.
Mr. Big Ben represents a new direction for the artist whilst at the same time building upon established themes. Arslanians fascination with distinctive iconography, such as candles, birds, subway trains and planes, is here displayed as savagely beautiful markings on layered paper collages set into discarded window frames worked with glass fractions and solder. Often the picture surface itself is burned, branding the piece with evocative marks of decay and ruin. Through this enigmatic visual language the mundane is transformed into the uncanny. A sparrow is perched on a branch. A candle is burning its paper. We immediately recognize these subjects from our daily lives, but the understanding we apply is suddenly stretched and distorted by Arslanian's surrealist logic. Deaf since birth and a true outsider in his artistry, Arslanian shows us an impossible view into a world of silent obsessions.
Since childhood Arslanian has displayed a propensity towards destructiveness, shattering glass objects and clay pots and shredding other materials. The works in Mr. Big Ben, fashioned using the resulting damaged materials alongside found objects, articulate the logic behind these seemingly random acts of destruction. They exist at the intersection between the precious and the ruined, the created and the destroyed. From the broken fragments emerges something new and innocent, raising the archetypal to the status of the sacred. In the context of his work the act of demolition is wholly cathartic, part of the methodology of his art-practice and the means by which he constructs and communicates with the world.
Born in Belgium in 1975, Vahakn Arslanian now lives and works in New York. He has previously exhibited at Andrew Eldin Galley, New York, Maccarone Gallery, New York and in group shows and fairs around the world.
Note to Editors
About 20 Hoxton Square Projects
Launched in 2007 by Alexander Dellal, 20 Hoxton Square Projects is a collaborative project space and a creative hub for independent projects. Since its inception the gallery has gained a reputation as a dynamic space, working with established artists, galleries and guest curators, whilst nurturing its own stable of artists in a progressive artistic environment.
www.20hoxtonsquare.com
This is the second collaboration between 20 Hoxton Square Projects and Vito Schnabel. A New York based art dealer and curator, Schnabel organised his first show in 2003. His most recent project, Happy Endings, was in collaboration with The Bruce High Quality Foundation at W Hotel, Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009. Schnabel currently has a private exhibition space in the West Village in Manhattan and he regularly curates exhibitions in partnership with galleries and art venues internationally.
Exhibition Facts
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday: 11am-6pm
First Thursdays: open until 9pm
Saturday: 12pm to 6pm
Location: 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London N1 6NT
Tel: +44 (0)20 7729 2687
Admission Free
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For press information and images please contact:
Kara Reaney and Chloe Kinsman at JBPelhamPR
Tel: +44 20 89693959
Email: kara@jbpelhampr.com and chloe@jbpelhampr.com
20 Hoxton Square Projects & Vito Schnabel are pleased to present Mr. Big Ben a show of new work by Vahakn Arslanian. On display will be the delicately rendered mixed-media pieces that comprise Arslanians unique vision. Almost entirely self-trained, Arslanians work has developed a following of dedicated supporters intrigued by his enigmatic approach to the production of art.
Mr. Big Ben represents a new direction for the artist whilst at the same time building upon established themes. Arslanians fascination with distinctive iconography, such as candles, birds, subway trains and planes, is here displayed as savagely beautiful markings on layered paper collages set into discarded window frames worked with glass fractions and solder. Often the picture surface itself is burned, branding the piece with evocative marks of decay and ruin. Through this enigmatic visual language the mundane is transformed into the uncanny. A sparrow is perched on a branch. A candle is burning its paper. We immediately recognize these subjects from our daily lives, but the understanding we apply is suddenly stretched and distorted by Arslanian's surrealist logic. Deaf since birth and a true outsider in his artistry, Arslanian shows us an impossible view into a world of silent obsessions.
Since childhood Arslanian has displayed a propensity towards destructiveness, shattering glass objects and clay pots and shredding other materials. The works in Mr. Big Ben, fashioned using the resulting damaged materials alongside found objects, articulate the logic behind these seemingly random acts of destruction. They exist at the intersection between the precious and the ruined, the created and the destroyed. From the broken fragments emerges something new and innocent, raising the archetypal to the status of the sacred. In the context of his work the act of demolition is wholly cathartic, part of the methodology of his art-practice and the means by which he constructs and communicates with the world.
Born in Belgium in 1975, Vahakn Arslanian now lives and works in New York. He has previously exhibited at Andrew Eldin Galley, New York, Maccarone Gallery, New York and in group shows and fairs around the world.
Note to Editors
About 20 Hoxton Square Projects
Launched in 2007 by Alexander Dellal, 20 Hoxton Square Projects is a collaborative project space and a creative hub for independent projects. Since its inception the gallery has gained a reputation as a dynamic space, working with established artists, galleries and guest curators, whilst nurturing its own stable of artists in a progressive artistic environment.
www.20hoxtonsquare.com
This is the second collaboration between 20 Hoxton Square Projects and Vito Schnabel. A New York based art dealer and curator, Schnabel organised his first show in 2003. His most recent project, Happy Endings, was in collaboration with The Bruce High Quality Foundation at W Hotel, Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009. Schnabel currently has a private exhibition space in the West Village in Manhattan and he regularly curates exhibitions in partnership with galleries and art venues internationally.
Exhibition Facts
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday: 11am-6pm
First Thursdays: open until 9pm
Saturday: 12pm to 6pm
Location: 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London N1 6NT
Tel: +44 (0)20 7729 2687
Admission Free
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For press information and images please contact:
Kara Reaney and Chloe Kinsman at JBPelhamPR
Tel: +44 20 89693959
Email: kara@jbpelhampr.com and chloe@jbpelhampr.com
Andrzej Klimowski
Posted on: Wed, 3 Mar 2010
Talking Graphics Open Lecture series presents:
Andrzej Klimowski
in association with the Twarda Sztuka Foundation
Thursday 4 March 2010
6.30-8.30pm
Main Lecture Theatre
London College of Communication
Places will be first come first serve on the evening
Tickets are £8 (£5 for UAL students and staff with valid ID cards) cash only on the door - tickets include a beer after the lecture.
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Andrzej Klimowski
Andrzej Klimowski will be joined onstage with David Crowley, Royal College of Art. The talk is in association with the Twarda Sztuka Foundation. Copies of the book 77 posters/77 plakatow featuring essays and beautiful reproductions of Polish and British poster designs will be available after the discussion. For more information on the book go to www.twarda-sztuka.pl
Klimowski studied at St Martin?s School of Art in London between 1968 and 1972, and won a scholarship to study in the Graphics Department of Warsaw ASP under Tomaszewski and Urbanski (1973/4 and 1974/5), respectively. He is active in graphic design, poster art and painting and the author of books and experimental films. Klimowski is currently a professor at the Royal College of Art, London. He has designed posters for several Polish Film posters including A Clockwork Orange, The Duellists and Institute Benjamenta.
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Andrzej Klimowski
in association with the Twarda Sztuka Foundation
Thursday 4 March 2010
6.30-8.30pm
Main Lecture Theatre
London College of Communication
Places will be first come first serve on the evening
Tickets are £8 (£5 for UAL students and staff with valid ID cards) cash only on the door - tickets include a beer after the lecture.
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Andrzej Klimowski
Andrzej Klimowski will be joined onstage with David Crowley, Royal College of Art. The talk is in association with the Twarda Sztuka Foundation. Copies of the book 77 posters/77 plakatow featuring essays and beautiful reproductions of Polish and British poster designs will be available after the discussion. For more information on the book go to www.twarda-sztuka.pl
Klimowski studied at St Martin?s School of Art in London between 1968 and 1972, and won a scholarship to study in the Graphics Department of Warsaw ASP under Tomaszewski and Urbanski (1973/4 and 1974/5), respectively. He is active in graphic design, poster art and painting and the author of books and experimental films. Klimowski is currently a professor at the Royal College of Art, London. He has designed posters for several Polish Film posters including A Clockwork Orange, The Duellists and Institute Benjamenta.
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Smile for London
Posted on: Wed, 3 Mar 2010
More information to follow
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