Event overview
I work with art as a suspect activity. I am involved in a relationship with a representational language that aims to form a tension between what we might know intuitively and how we might conduct ourselves as contemporary artists and audiences. I work closely with pictorial devices, to allow for a humorous exchange between the quotidian and the miraculous, between soviet realism and surrealism.
I am interested in who magic belongs to, as a kind of cultural lost property.
My work refers to an emblematic language, ceremonial, ritualistic and social artefacts of affiliation in the form of woodcarving, hand embroidery, drawing and film.
My work has a long- term allegiance with St Copertino, the patron saint of astronauts; renowned for his levitation skills and nicknamed The Gaper for being open-mouthed and elsewhere. I am working on a project that explores modern gapers, as a tribe of painted woodcarvings, with a capacity to travel without moving, who can excuse themselves from material presence but can't escape their own comedy.
Annie Whiles has exhibited widely in London and beyond, including solo shows at Danielle Arnaud Gallery 2007 & 2011 Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool and Liberty in Regent Street (both 2007), as well as in group shows in Ernst Fine Art London, York College Gallery, Space Station 65, and Latitude Film Festival.
Dates & times
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22 Oct 2014 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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