Graeme Todd K.W.A.N.G 23.5. - 7.7.2007 Deep in our Minds: First Blue, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm Flow my Tears: Green Sky, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm K.W.A.N.G, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm W.H.A.E, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm Untitled, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm Deep in our Minds: First Blue, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 70 x 90 cm Deep in our Minds: White, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 70 x 90 cm Deep in our Minds: Yellow, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 70 x 90 cm Flow my Tears: Purple Stones, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 30 x 40 cm Two Heads are Better than One, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm Fall from your Springs, 2007 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm Untitled, 2006 Acrylic, ink, varnish on board, 105 x 120 cm Die Galerie Brigitte Weiss zeigt in einer weiteren Einzelausstellung neue Werke des in East Lothian (Schottland) lebenden Künstlers Graeme Todd (geb. 1962 in Glasgow). Graeme Todd verbindet in seinen Bildern Zeichnungen, eingefärbte Lackschichten und dreidimensionale Effekte zu illusionistischen Raumerlebnissen. Zu seiner jüngsten Werkgruppe, in der zeichnerische Elemente dominieren und zum Ausstellungstitel äussert sich der Künstler wie folgt: .....IN THIS MOST RECENT BODY OF WORK ,I HAVE MADE EXTENSIVE REFERENCE TO THE WOODCUTS AND ETCHINGS OF ALBRECHT DURER.THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY GRAPHIC WORLD OF DURER IS EXPLORED IN A 'MICRO MAN' FASHION... SEEING THE DETAIL AND NEVER THE PLAN, MOVING AROUND THE IMAGE SECTION BY SECTION, LIFTING INFORMATION AND RELEASING IT FROM IS ORIGINAL CONTEXT TO MAKE A NEW CONFIGURATION. IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY IN A STUDIO ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND THE INFORMATION SO GLEANED IS RE-DRAWN IN INK ON ACRYLIC PAINTED PANEL AND IS MIXED WITH THE VERNACULAR LANDSCAPE OF EAST LOTHIAN....... ....TWO KEY PAINTINGS IN THIS COLLECTION: K.W.A.N.G AND W.H.A.E,[ BOTH 2007] MAKE PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO "THE ABDUCTION OF A YOUNG WOMAN ON A UNICORN FROM 1516, AND FEATURE DIRECT REFERENCES TO DURERS VISION OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL BEAST........ ........"WE COULD BE FACE TO FACE WITH A UNICORN AND NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT IT WAS. WE KNOW THAT SUCH AND SUCH AN ANIMAL WITH A MANE IS A HORSE AND THAT SUCH AND SUCH AN ANIMAL WITH HORNS IS A BULL. BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE UNICORN IS LIKE"....(JORGE LUIS BORGES, LABYRINTHS) THE NAME K.W.A.N.G IS CORRUPTED FROM THE ACRONYM Q.A.N.G.O WHICH APPEARED IN BRITISH LIFE IN THE 1990'S, MEANING 'QUASI AUTONIMOUS NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION'. FEW PEOPLE REALLY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE AND MOST LIKELY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE... ________________________________________________ 4.8. - 9.9.2007 NO MORE STARS curated by Polarcap - Liz Adamson and Graeme Todd West Barns Studios Edinburgh in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art and Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich Works by: Liz Adamson, Boards of Canada, Charles Stiven, Christian Vetter, Graeme Todd, David Chieppo, Pail Keir, Edward Summerton, El Frauenfelder, Eri Itoi, San Keller, Alexander Guy, Soland Goose, Lee T O'Connor, Norman Shaw, Tommy Crooks, Michael Windle Catalogue: www.polarcap.org.uk Home