Gordon Cheung / Nick Goulis / Lakis
and Aris Ionas / Toine Klaassen / Mathijs Lieshout / Mauricio
Lupini / Alicia Paz / Jorge Rivera / Andro Semeiko / Sheena
Macrae / Yu-Chen Wang
Curated by BasementArtProject.com
Private view: Thurs 12 April
2007 6-9pm (performance by Para-Site
7pm)
Catalogue launch and artists’ talk: Sat 5 May 2007 2pm
(text by JJ Charlesworth)
Curated by BasementArtProject.com, New Life and the Dream
Garden takes place in Fieldgate Gallery, London. This vibrant
group exhibition brings together recent and newly commissioned
works by 12 international emerging artists, six UK-based and
six from abroad. Drawing inspiration from Thomas More’s
16th century book, the show is a satirical reflection of contemporary
life cast in the form of the elusive search for the fantastical
utopian dream. The view shifts from a focus on unattainable
idealism to an exploration of the real world. In migrating
and relocating to these new territories, the artists’
vainly constructed ‘dream gardens’ can only collapse
looking towards ‘ou topos’ (no place), ultimately
mirroring our society.
BasementArtProject.com is a contemporary art network run
by London-based artist, Yu-Chen Wang. BasementArtProject.com
uses the online project space to collaborate with international
artists and develop progressive work, as well as organises
events and exhibitions across the UK and Europe.
A series of activities on the preview evening will include
performances by Para-Site Theatre Company and Helen Arney;
Utopian Map Project (including work by Sebastian Lowsley-Williams,
Cyril Lepetit, Maurice Bogaert and Matthew Draper); text by
Grae Cleugh and The Callas’ live gig. The launch of
exhibition catalogue with essay by JJ Charlesworth and artists’
talk will take place Saturday 5th May 2007 2-6pm.
For further information, please contact Yu-Chen Wang info@BasementArtProject.com
Fieldgate
Gallery
14 Fieldgate Street
Whitechapel
London E1 1ES
UK
www.fieldgategallery.com
BasementArtProject.com
www.basementartproject.com/newlife
Gallery open:
Fri/Sat/Sun 1-6pm
Thanks for the support from:
Arts Council of England, Royal Netherlands Embassy London,
Cultural Division Taipei Office in the UK, PROduction NETwork,
Embassy of Mexico United Kingdom
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