Curated by
Simon Woolham
Annabel Dover - Laura
Oldfield Ford - Reece Jones - David Miles
George Shaw - Stephen Walter
- Lisa Wilkens - Simon Woolham
Exhibition Dates: 2 August – 13 September 2014
Private View: Thursday 31 July 2014 6-9pm
Opening Times: Saturday 11am – 5pm
Unstable Ground considers howdrawing methods are related to
experiences of autobiographical memory.The exhibition features new work from a
number of artists who explore memory within their work, including Turner Prize nominee, George Shaw, Laura Oldfield Ford, who was recently included in Ruin Lust at Tate Britain, and Comics
Unmasked at the British Library,
Lisa Wilkens who exhibited in Paper at Saatchi Gallery.
Unstable Groundis a group show that explores the perplexing,
the fragile, the experiential, and the direct relationship between the paper
surface and the representation and manifestation of memory. Focussing onthe autobiographical
memory of each artist, their works create an emotional dialogue between place, drawing
methods, and the mediation between vision, hand, and brain.
The
artists presented in Unstable Ground offer insights and
glimpses into these important, discursive processes. They each have a
relationship with the concept of Unstable Groundin a variety of ways,from
Stephen Walter and Laura Oldfield
Ford’surban mappings, revealing the hidden and complex political and poetic
narratives of human life,to Annabel
Dover and Lisa Wilkens’s ‘drawn out’ relationship with the memories of
personal objectsand places. This is revealed in the works on many levels. The
image that is immediately presented in all these works is the first of many
layers. Unstable Ground attempts to dig deeper, present and open up a
dialogue with seams of artistic, social and political signifiers.
Virtual Memory Walks
As part of the process of creating this
exhibition, Woollham undertook a virtual memory walk with each artist. Using Google
Earth and Skype, and starting at the home where the artist grew up, Woolham
journeyed through time and space, guided by the memories that are drawn out and
unfold. Thisonline experience, utilised as a
curatorial tool with the artists and presented as a series of videos, is an
integral part of the presentation of the exhibition, unravelling and laying
bare the autobiographical and artistic details around why these artists are
working in a particular way. The processof the walk captureshow these artists
might dialogue and use memory as a catalyst for their work.
Notes
for Editor
About
the artists
Annabel
Dover was recently undertook a residency at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge.
Her work was included in the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2010. She recently
exhibited in Catalyst at the IWMN, Salford. Laura
Oldfield Ford is currently undertaking the Stanley
Picker Fellowship at Kingston University. She recently exhibited in Ruin Lust at Tate Britain, Comics Unmasked at the British Library,
and Soft Estates at the Bluecoat, Liverpool. Reece Jones recently had solo exhibitions at All Visual Arts,
London and Triumph Gallery, Moscow. David
Miles has had solo exhibitions at The Lowry in Salford, GimpelFils in
London and Brighton Museum. George
Shaw
was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011, which was presented at Baltic,
Gateshead. He was also included in the British Art Show 7 and the Tate
Triennial in 2003. Stephen Walter’s
map of Liverpool is currently on display at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Lisa Wilkens was included in Saatchi’s
Paper exhibition in 2013 and Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2012. Simon Woolham is has had solo
exhibitions at the Lowry in Salford and Chapter Gallery in Cardiff.He was
included inthe 2008 Tatton Park Biennial and in 2006 he was Artist-in-Residence
at the Baltic. He won the Mostyn Open 11 at OrielMostyn in 2001.
About PAPER
Based in Manchester’s Green Quarter near
Victoria Station, PAPER is an artist-run commercial gallery led by Andrea
Cotton, David Hancock, Simon Woolham, and Rachel Wrigley selling affordable and
accessible works on paper. PAPER represents a range of emerging and
mid-career artists whose practice is based around the medium of paper. This
ranges from drawing, painting, printmaking, artist's books, video, and
performance. The gallery opened in August 2012 and
has become a regular participant in the Manchester Contemporary. In 2013 PAPER
took part in Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, and Sluice Art Fair, London. In 2014
PAPER took part in Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm and the Project Space Collective
at the Affordable Art Fair, London and Leeds International Book Fair and the
Tetley. PAPER was one of the commissioned projects in this year’s Barnaby
Festival in Macclesfield.
PAPER has a regular programme of
exhibitions, presenting the work of gallery artists as well as providing a
platform for outside curatorial projects. PAPER also instigated an
Artist-in-Residence programme, Exploring PAPER, funded by the Arts Council of England.
PAPER is open every Saturday 11am-5pm.
For more information please contact
David Hancock on 07799813062
Address: PAPER, Unit 12 Mirabel Studios, 14-20 Mirabel
Street, Manchester, M3 1PJ
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