 Measurement and Control for the Infinite, 2002 Wood, leather and glass, 30 x 130 x 30 cm each Edition of 7 Conrad Shawcross the nervous systems Conrad Shawcross is a 25 year-old British sculptor whose intricate sculptures and machines marry current and historical concerns of science and philosophy with those of contemporary art. For his first solo exhibition in London, Shawcross has constructed a two-part mechanised wooden sculpture that fills the ground floor gallery of Entwistle. These two fully-functioning, hand-made constructions rotate in symmetric opposition to create a double helix rope that gathers on the floor of the gallery for the duration of the show. Shawcross's preoccupation with time and the scientific, philosophical and cosmological issues encountered when representing it are the basis for this construction and the rope it manufactures. In the lower gallery Shawcross presents Pre-Retroscope, two sculptures designed to both film and project a 360 degree video work. Shawcross has filmed a complete rotation: a doomed attempt to capture a moment in its entirety. The first is a boat-like structure with a circular track supporting a video projector which runs its circumference. Like a beam from a lighthouse, it projects the film at the same rate of rotation that it was filmed. The second is the land-based model of its maritime counterpart. These two works form an installation that transforms the lower gallery into a hybrid space between laboratory and cinema. Shawcross's functioning sculptural machines blur the boundaries between artist and inventor, sculpture and folly, and lead us to question our conception of time and place. Conrad Shawcross was born in 1977 and currently lives and works in London. Ausstellungsdauer: 17.1. - 15.3.2003 Oeffnungszeiten: Di-Sa 10 - 17.30 Uhr Gallery Entwistle 6 Cork St GB-London W1S 3EE Telefon +44 20 7734 6440 E-Mail darren@entwistle.net www.entwistlegallery.com |
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