Graham Hudson
Graham Hudson – The Ruins
Opening February 28th 2009, 7-9 p.m.
(Italian text below)
Two years after his first solo show in Italy, Graham Hudson returns to MONITOR’s new premises with new series of sculptures and a monumental installation: The Ruins.
The result of two weeks accumulation of industrial materials, and stratification result in this large fragile installation made of scaffold, pallets, ladders, strip-lights and a series of turntables that flash into life for one second at a time, creating a new and ever changing score. The work is a fusion of architecture and theatre, equally a sculpture and a sound work, a bridge between the landscape of the environment and that of the psyche. The Ruins takes up one of the gallery’s two rooms.
The other room functions as a kind of antithesis to the The Ruins, displaying a series of more intimate pieces, here the provided light comes from a rotating light box in the work ; The look of the future (The 80,s ) – stripped of its advertising content it creates a serene atmosphere, delicately propped against it a decommissioned Fruit machine whose guts of jackpot signs, cash trays and broken glass lay scattered across the floor.
The other two works on display Industrial Revolution (8.34 secs) and The justification for political authority, demonstrate Hudson’s work to be becoming increasingly racked with tensions and a sense of equilibrium, expressing “the vibration of challenge on the verge of a collapse” (A. Antolini) – a precarious series of impossible balancing acts that, ultimately, through a mysterious alchemical composition, appear to breathe life into matter itself.
Monitors new large space is able for the first time to present the two inter-linked strands of Hudons research. The large constructions which require extensive space, logistics and materials creating a visceral experience, alongside the studio based works which focus on a simplicity of materials and construction. Presented together the works show a commitment to the materials of the everyday – industrial and domestic, the works are alive with the making action of the artist, combining the delicate with the brutal, both a traditional enquiry into the nature of the artwork and the politics of our society.
Graham Hudson
Born in 1977, Graham Hudson lives and works in London.
Solo Shows:
2009 Zinger Presents, Amsterdam (upcoming); 2009 Monitor, Rome; 2008 Jan Cunen Museum, Oss, The Netherlands; 2007, LISTE Basel, Zinger Presents
Group Shows:
2010 Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London (upcoming); 2009 Ctl Alt Shift, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (upcoming); 2008 Material Presence, 176/Zabludowicz Collection, London; 2008 6 of 1: Live Art Performance, Camden Art Centre, London.
Hudsons own website portfolio is online at http://web.mac.com/grahamhudson
Until April 5th 2009
Graham Hudson – The Ruins
Opening 28 Febbraio 2009, ore 19.00-21.00
A due anni dalla sua prima personale in Italia, Graham Hudson torna nei nuovi spazi della galleria MONITOR con un monumentale progetto site specific.
Una grande e complessa installazione scultorea realizzata con materiale industriale invaderà una delle due stanze della galleria, risultato di un processo di stratificazione, accumulo e studio protrattosi nell’arco di due settimane di residenza nella Capitale. Gli spazi di Monitor saranno concepiti come un vero e proprio antidoto l’uno dell’altro: la seconda stanza sarà teatro di lavori intimi, quasi un momento di stasi e raccoglimento dopo il chiasso assordante di un concerto. L’elemento sonoro ha infatti una parte fondamentale della ricerca di Graham Hudson. Il fascino dei vecchi vinili si unisce all’idea di movimento perpetuo e continuo che altera ogni percezione generando architetture impossibili, fragili e imponenti al tempo stesso.
Ancora pochi mesi fa, un caos di luci, suoni e colori davano vita alla grandiosa installazione realizzata da Graham Hudson per la mostra Material Presence presso lo spazio 176, prestigioso project space londinese della Collezione Zabludowicz.
Riprendendo la tradizione delle grandi opere del passato, dal Mezbau alla Tatlin’s Tower, l’opera di Graham Hudson è sempre più percorsa da tensioni e bilanciamenti, in cui si avverte “il vibrare della sfida sull’orlo di un collasso” (A. Antolini), il gioco precario di equilibri impossibili che alla fine, per un misterioso combinarsi d’alchimie, danno vita alla materia.
Graham Hudson
Graham Hudson 1977, vive e lavora a Londra.
Solo Shows:
2009 Zinger Presents, Amsterdam (upcoming); Monitor Rome; 2008 Jan Cunen Museum, Oss, The Netherlands; 2007 Rokeby, Londra, Liste 07, Basilea, Zinger Presents
Group Shows:
2010 Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, Londra (upcoming); 2009 Ctl Alt Shift, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (upcoming); 2008 Material Presence, 176/Zabludowicz Collection, Londra; 2008 6 of 1: Live Art Performance, Camden Art Center, Londra
Fino al 5 aprile 2009
