PHILIPPE BRADSHAW
Chains and Videos
Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
May 31 — September 13, 2003
image credit: Three Blind Mice in a Superstore hanging sublime unique
work, 2001. Anodised aluminum chains and video projection, 184 x
122 x 8 inches. Courtesy of the collection of Claudio Cesar and the Cesar
Foundation for the Preservation of Digital Art Media. Image courtesy of
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.
CLOSING RECEPTION
Saturday, September 13, 2003
7- 9 p.m.
Multiple-exhibition reception
Mexican Folk Art in Context:
Selections from the Vanesian Collection (Opening)
Museum Store Collects (Closing)
Ceramics Faculty Selects:
Clay from the Collection (Closing)
PHILIPPE BRADSHAW: Chains and Videos
Made from anodised aluminum chains, Philippe Bradshaw’s rendition
of Mona Lisa hangs from the gallery ceiling like colorful beaded curtains
or macramé from the early 70s. Video projections onto the chain
surface create unlikely pairings. From video art and the Mona Lisa, to
driving dance club music and a museum setting, Bradshaw re-examines traditional
perception and environmental settings.
About the Artist
Philippe Bradshaw was born in Lincolnshire, UK, in 1965. He studied at
Leicester Polytechnic from 1984-85, and at Goldsmith’s College from
1985-88. From 1993-98 he worked with Andrea Mason as the collaborative
partnership Andrea + Philippe. Their work involved numerous site-specific
non-gallery projects, most famously glazing the apertures of wartime bunkers
around the countryside, culminating in the solo show Landfill at
the Independent Art Space, London, 1997, where they created a faux estate
agent to sell the concept. Bradshaw has been working independently since
1998. In 2000 he was named one of the recipients of the prestigious Paul
Hamlyn Foundation Award. Solo shows have included: The Waiting Room,
Wolverhampton, 1998; The Showroom, London, 1999; and Deitch
Projects, New York, 2001. Philippe Bradshaw lives and works in London
and is represented by Galeria Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris.
This will be Philippe Bradshaw’s first solo exhibition in a U.S. Museum.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by John Spiak, PHILIPPE BRADSHAW: Chains and Videos will be
installed in the ASU Art Museum's Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
PHILIPPE BRADSHAW: Chains and Videos (May 31 - September 13,
2003) is open at the Nelson Fine Arts Center: Tuesday through Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Claudio Cesar,
the Cesar Foundation for the Preservation of Digital Art Media and Friends
of the ASU Art Museum.
ASU Art Museum exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Adam Chodzko: Limbo Land and A Place for
‘The End’
Pipilotti Rist: Sip My Ocean and other videos
Not Quite Myself Today
William Kentridge: Ubu Tells the Truth
and Other Stories
PHACAEANS: Desktop Videos/Laptop Installation
by Sloane McFarland
Screenshots: Digital Drawings by Jon Haddock
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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