Sue Tompkins
03 Mar - 07 Apr 2007
SUE TOMPKINS
"Performance 'More Cola Wars' 18.00H
Keisuke Maeda in the Backspace
Sue Tompkins' (Glasgow, UK, 1971) object-based works include collages and sculptures formed from the pages of high fashion magazines, and assemblages. She uses found objects, magazines and text to create her own very unique and individual aesthetic. Since the late 90s the majority of Tompkins' work has been in the field of live spoken word performances and musical recordings. Tompkins was lead singer in the acclaimed art-rock band Life Without Buildings from 1999-2002. In her performances she uses repetition and rhythm to create a genuinely emotive reading.
Sue Tompkins uses the spoken and written word delivered in a direct fashion. The written word comes first: she accumulates copious notes over a period of time then edits and refines them to create texts that combine repeated words with constructed phrases to evoke imagery, emotion and ideas. These eclectic fragments are presented in the gallery as text on newsprint paper or as spoken word performances. In Galerie Diana Stigter the gallery walls are covered with newspaper sheets with printed words on them. Sometimes just a single word on a big sheet, sometimes a few sentences. The way the words are put on the sheets is remarkable – diagonal, blurry, in repetition – and acclaims for Tompkins unique and subtle iconography.
Rhythm and style of Tompkins texts are notable for their hypnotizing delivery. Performances such as More Cola Wars - which she will perform during the opening on Saturday 3 March at 18.00H - are read from up to 300 pages worth of notes: while some pages might contain one word others might have many.
In the backspace Keisuke Maeda (Nagoya, Japan, 1972 ) shows works on paper. Keisuke draws upon western comics and children's books such as Winnie the Pooh, Peanuts and Sesame Street. By creating pictures of pictures with the fictional protagonists of childhood, Maeda raises questions about the nature of narratives and stories. In his various drawings and paintings, Maeda destroys the childlike motifs such as fairies, either by allowing it to be partially or entirely consumed by flames, or by crumpling it, tearing it up or crossing it out. Maeda's works are created with a great deal of precision. The small formats and thick frames give the works the appearance of painted objects. The works, which are both traditional and incredibly sophisticated in technical terms, point back towards the process of artistic creation.
"Performance 'More Cola Wars' 18.00H
Keisuke Maeda in the Backspace
Sue Tompkins' (Glasgow, UK, 1971) object-based works include collages and sculptures formed from the pages of high fashion magazines, and assemblages. She uses found objects, magazines and text to create her own very unique and individual aesthetic. Since the late 90s the majority of Tompkins' work has been in the field of live spoken word performances and musical recordings. Tompkins was lead singer in the acclaimed art-rock band Life Without Buildings from 1999-2002. In her performances she uses repetition and rhythm to create a genuinely emotive reading.
Sue Tompkins uses the spoken and written word delivered in a direct fashion. The written word comes first: she accumulates copious notes over a period of time then edits and refines them to create texts that combine repeated words with constructed phrases to evoke imagery, emotion and ideas. These eclectic fragments are presented in the gallery as text on newsprint paper or as spoken word performances. In Galerie Diana Stigter the gallery walls are covered with newspaper sheets with printed words on them. Sometimes just a single word on a big sheet, sometimes a few sentences. The way the words are put on the sheets is remarkable – diagonal, blurry, in repetition – and acclaims for Tompkins unique and subtle iconography.
Rhythm and style of Tompkins texts are notable for their hypnotizing delivery. Performances such as More Cola Wars - which she will perform during the opening on Saturday 3 March at 18.00H - are read from up to 300 pages worth of notes: while some pages might contain one word others might have many.
In the backspace Keisuke Maeda (Nagoya, Japan, 1972 ) shows works on paper. Keisuke draws upon western comics and children's books such as Winnie the Pooh, Peanuts and Sesame Street. By creating pictures of pictures with the fictional protagonists of childhood, Maeda raises questions about the nature of narratives and stories. In his various drawings and paintings, Maeda destroys the childlike motifs such as fairies, either by allowing it to be partially or entirely consumed by flames, or by crumpling it, tearing it up or crossing it out. Maeda's works are created with a great deal of precision. The small formats and thick frames give the works the appearance of painted objects. The works, which are both traditional and incredibly sophisticated in technical terms, point back towards the process of artistic creation.