Isolation Room/Gallery Kit: Friday, 16 September 2011 2011
Ross McDonnell: Mine
September 16 - October 12, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 2011 6pm-9pm
Lemp Brewery, Building 6***
Irish artist Ross McDonnell explores St Louis history through sublime sensations. The water becomes a 3D canvas on which light refracts, as illuminations glow, taking on a life of its own. What do you think about in front of art? If you have been drilled in art history or ruined by a taste for critical theory you are quickly capsized in sheer terror comprehending the experience by describing it to yourself in a narrative. We float in a world that is ruled by story, making it difficult to plunge into the senses directly. In the attempt to hold onto the nearest linguistic life raft, constantly trying to order experience in language so that we may repeat it to ourselves and to others the opportunity provided by simply 'plunging in' is forever lost. McDonnell will deconstruct the Gallery Kit form, projecting a new film work on and within its structure. Filmed while scuba diving in rural Missouri, this collaborative work will be installed in a cavernous basement space located in the Lemp Brewery complex.
Note: The curators and/or a gallery attendant will be escorting visitors down to view the work during the opening and throughout the exhibition. Hours: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: Noon-4pm or by appointment.
September 16 - October 12, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 2011 6pm-9pm
Lemp Brewery, Building 6***
Irish artist Ross McDonnell explores St Louis history through sublime sensations. The water becomes a 3D canvas on which light refracts, as illuminations glow, taking on a life of its own. What do you think about in front of art? If you have been drilled in art history or ruined by a taste for critical theory you are quickly capsized in sheer terror comprehending the experience by describing it to yourself in a narrative. We float in a world that is ruled by story, making it difficult to plunge into the senses directly. In the attempt to hold onto the nearest linguistic life raft, constantly trying to order experience in language so that we may repeat it to ourselves and to others the opportunity provided by simply 'plunging in' is forever lost. McDonnell will deconstruct the Gallery Kit form, projecting a new film work on and within its structure. Filmed while scuba diving in rural Missouri, this collaborative work will be installed in a cavernous basement space located in the Lemp Brewery complex.
Note: The curators and/or a gallery attendant will be escorting visitors down to view the work during the opening and throughout the exhibition. Hours: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: Noon-4pm or by appointment.
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