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  Elusive
Yu-Chen Wang
Cyril Lepetit
Andro Semeiko
Mamuka Japaridze
 
about Elusive
publication
20 January - 24 February 2008
Private View: Saturday 19 January 5-9pm
performance on the night by Cyril Lepetit from 7pm
Gallery Opening Times: Sundays 12 – 6pm or by appointment
The Parlour Studios & Project Space
185 Queens Crescent, London NW5 4DS
Chalk Farm Tube / follow the signs to Queens Crescent Market
Curated by BasementArtProject.com
Yu-Chen Wang
Yu-Chen Wang Together or Apart 24x24cm
colour pencil on paper mounted on MDF 2007

Elusive presents a world where things are not quite what they seem. These things are not illusions; they appear to be like fleeting elements in the world made up of symbols and distorted meanings. Elusive brings together newly commissioned works by London-based artists Yu-Chen Wang, Cyril Lepetit and Andro Semeiko, and Tbilisi-based artist Mamuka Japaridze.

A thread of surrealism links the works in this exhibition. The representational and distorted quality of Yu-Chen Wang’s drawing engages us in a non-narrative story telling. In contrast to her work, Cyril Lepetit places himself in manipulated situations in his performances questioning contemporary gendered hierarchies. In his paintings Andro Semeiko is puppeteering a knight in armour on his tragicomic quests. Along with these, Mamuka Japaridze’s film and prints present us with visual and language puzzles, which let us adopt sensitivity and appreciation of the process of recreating meanings.
 
PRESS INFO
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images Yu-Chen Wang Together or Apart (jpg 492KB)
Cyril Lepetit Untitled Sleep (jpg 540KB)
publication exhibition publication with the article by Alasdair Duncan ...more
   
For further information please contact Andro on 07950126156 or email asemeiko@yahoo.com
Supported by the London Borough of Camden
 
 
   
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