Daniel Andersson and Tseng Yu-Chin Exhibition
Location One
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Mine is a condition that could be described as a nostalgia created by a contemporary mind for something that probably never existed. Daniel Andersson exhibition consists of new collages made out of old postcards predominantly depicting European monuments, churches, castles, ruins and other historically or mythologically charged/burdened places. Through the use of these images access is gained to times and places lost to us: a link is established between now and (an idea of) what once was. The images are dissected and rearranged according to varying geometric systems in an almost ritualistic way. In this new constellation, structures (both architectural and geometric) that manifest human belief, longing and desire are merged with forms reminiscent of a process of crystallization. These prismatic formations can be viewed both as representations of how things take physical shape but also as symbols of an inner world.
"Fever" by Taiwanese artist Tseng Yu-Chin consists of twenty-one triptych color photographs of children from diverse social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in New York. Each portrait combines an image of a young sitter hiding under the bed and an image of his or her bedroom. To add complexity and depth to the series, Tseng has asked each child to take a photograph from this unusual vantage point. Technically, the dark and mysterious atmosphere results in part from the artist's manual intervention on each print as he coats them with layers and layers of digital ink, in the manner of an oil painting.
Tseng compares this layering process to coming to terms with his own emotions. The idea behind Fever sprung from the artist’s exacerbated reactions in his initial contact with the city. In his desire to counterbalance personal feelings of alienation and displacement prompted by an unfamiliar terrain, the artist chose to create these photographs, which attempt to translate what a child might do and feel in this type of situation.
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Schedule
from June 04, 2008 to June 14, 2008