My Still Life as a
Personal Object

David Blandy | Nick Goulis | Yu-Chen Wang | Andro Semeiko | Lakis and Aris Ionas

9th November - 16th December 2007
Opening Night: Thursday 8th November, 6-9pm (performance 8pm)

Open late for First Thursdays on Thursday 6th Dec 6-9pm

Curated by BasementArtProject.com

The exhibition links the concept of still life as an art form and the use of collecting and recreating objects in contemporary artists’ practice. Here the objects include merely inanimate or commonplace objects, as well as abstract concepts of objects such as fictional characters or someone’s dreams.

The artist creates his own universe of symbolic meaning. He finds his private world of perception through various objects and discerns his own ‘self’ attached/ projected upon them. The artist becomes the object of his work. Like Nick Goulis’ monologue is transformed into solid chunks of text juxtaposing the 80s computer game products which he often associates with the “gateways to the hidden techno-universe. Without any words, Yu-Chen Wang’s pictorial fiction is like never-ending stories of her obsession and indulgence.

The artist shifts his standpoint to see himself from others’ perspective, and sometimes even changes the voice from the first person to the third person. The personal response of the self is opened up in the social realm so the private meaning of the self becomes a shared one. The self is in both individual and social contexts. Andro Semeiko transforms his fascination with personal mundane objects into a world of idealism and space-travel.

David Blandy searches for the true ‘soul’ and the invisible distance between the real life and exploratory world. Lakis and Aris Ionas operate dual identities through their two-man rock band, The Callas, projecting themselves onto the super-hero character and the fictional fan club.

BasementArtProject.com is a contemporary art network led by London-based artist, Yu-Chen Wang, with a group of artists, curators and researchers. BasementArtProject.com collaborates with international artists to develop progressive work and organises events and exhibitions in various venues across the UK and Europe.

For further information please contact Yu-Chen on 07900 662781 or email info@BasementArtProject.com www.BasementArtProject.com

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