UNDERWATER
17 July–11 September 2010
This exhibition includes work by ten international artists: Daniel Gustav Cramer, Dorothy Cross, Cut and Scrape, Ellen Gallagher, Shirley Kaneda, Klaus Osterwald, Ed Pien, Janaina Tschäpe, Bill Viola, Seunghyun Woo.
Bill Viola presents a mesmerising video where two lovers intertwine as they slowly descend into dark waters, exhaling their last breath together.
A drawing by Ellen Gallagher conjectures a monstrous creature that has evolved in the far depths – part natural history specimen, part science fiction. Other drawings by Ed Pien suggest a nightmarish underwater realm, in which ghastly creatures do battle.
More abstractly, Shirley Kaneda’s paintings are concerned with the state of liquidity – her precise yet free squiggles are a play on refraction and reflection.
LAUNCH EVENT
Saturday 17 July 3–5pm, with a talk at 4pmby Angela Kingston, curator of the exhibition.
Admission free, no need to book.
A Towner touring exhibition curated by Angela Kingston.
Spacex is a contemporary art space and registered educational charity.