JOHN GERRARD EN IVORYPRESS. CATALOGUE
08/03/2011.
Exhibition. IvoryPress. 15/2 - 4/4/2011 [MAD] Spain
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
One month ago we talked you about John Gerrard (Dublin, 1974), multidisciplinary artist's work combines new technologies with photography and poetic language, while also reflecting on political and social issues. Today we show you new photos from his website and the Catalogue. Enjoy!
Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado), 2009-10, by John Gerrard
Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado) 2009, by John Gerrard
Animated Scene (Oil Field), 2007 Pair of table-mounted monitors, each: 46 x 59 x 21 in (117 x 149 x 54 cm)
Dust Storm (Dalhart, Texas), 2007 Realtime 3D projection, 4.5m x 6m
Oil Stick Work (Angelo Martinez / Richfield, Kansas), 2008 Realtime 3D projection, 4.5m x 6m
Grow Finish Unit (near Elkhart, Kansas), 2008 Realtime 3D projection, 4.5m x 6m
Sow Farm (near Libbey, Oklahoma) 2009, 2009
Grow Finish Unit (Eva, Oklahoma), 2008
The catalogue that accompanies the first solo exhibition of John Gerrard in Spain, held at Ivorypress Art + Books Space I between 15 February and 2 April 2011; the publication is also the first monograph about this artist; it features a selection of his works, helping to discover his creative universe. His pieces depict architectonical landscapes that reflect as 'isolated, enigmatic structures whose interiors remain hidden', as Robin Mackay describes.
His creations show real sites whose 'surface [is] captured by Gerrard in thousands of digital photographs, which are then employed in a painstaking virtual reconstruction'. The book includes texts by Ed Keller (designer, professor, writer, musician and multimedia artist), Yoani Sánchez (writer), the philosophers Robin Mackay and Reza Negarestani as well as an in-depth conversation with Simon Groom (Director of The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Ivorypress c/Comandante Zorita 48, Madrid. Spain
