4 x 4. Four Galleries, Four Exhibitions, One Venue
Clockwise from top left: Shana Mouton 'Whispering Pines' / Colin Darke 'The Capital Paintings' / Anya Gallaccio 'I will walk down to the end with you if you will come all the way with me' / David Osbaldeston 'Your Answer is Mine'Opening on Friday 6 March and running until Sunday 10 May, 4x4 is the first in an occasional series of simultaneous exhibitions exploring the unique features of the new gallery spaces at the Bluecoat.
The artists featuring in the inaugural 4 x 4 exhibition are:
Shana Moulton
Colin Darke & David Mabb
David Osbaldeston
Anya Gallaccio
There will be free Exhibition tours at 12.00pm every Friday in March, and then every Saturday from April.
Programme of free 4 x 4 events
Friday 6 March, 12.00pmArtists' talk - Colin Darke & David Mabb
Wednesday 22 April, 6.00pmPerformance lecture - David Osbaldeston
Sunday 10 May, 4.00pmPerformance - Shana Moulton
Shana MoultonSelections from Whispering Pines
American artist Shana Moulton works in video and performance. In Whispering Pines she plays an anxiety-ridden hypochondriac who seeks comfort in new age remedies and shamanistic rituals. Infused with humour and pathos, Moulton's visual narratives are a surreal investigation of psychedelic fantasy and reality through low-tech video production and corny music.
Colin Darke & David MabbCommodity Form
The combination of two solo painting projects sets up a debate between the artists' social and political concerns. Colin darke presents The Capital Paintings, 480 A4-sized paintings on unprimed canvas depicting random objects, from product packaging to ticket stubs. The refer to a previous series where the artist copied volumes of Karl Marx's Das Capital onto flat objects. David Mabb's Rhythm 69 comprises 70 paintings influenced by the wallpaper designs of 19th century artist and writer William Morris, and referencing the work of artist/filmmaker Hans Richter.
David OsbaldestonYour Answer is Mine
David Osbaldeston presents a large-scale print housed within a billboard structure in the gallery space. The print is mainly text and was created over six months of intense labour, starting with a collage of collected materials, which Osbaldeston copied as a pencil drawing, photocopied and further enlarged through soft-ground etching. Through this time-consuming process and use of different media, Osbaldeston draws attention to the relationship between original and reproduced, the slowness of the hand-made and the speed of the machine-made.
Anya Gallaccio
Anya Gallaccio presents sculptures and a new installation for her exhibition at the Bluecoat. The highly regarded British artist will experiment further with makramé as a form of drawing in space by working with rope and intricate patterns of knots.
