Take Back Years, 2004 Mirrorstyrene and foam, 140 x 105 cm David Burrows In his second solo show at f a projects, David Burrows presents a series of mirror works and other assemblages in an exhibition concerned with mirroring, doubling and the breakdown of figure and ground. This new work distils themes developed in his exhibition "New Life" which opened at the Chisenhale Gallery in the Spring, in which reflective surfaces, glitter and mobiles created a "haptic" experience amidst hand-made assemblages of brand-new ruins. Now Burrows distils the mirror motif, creating both Baroque mirrors that exist as autonomous objects, and photographic works that use reflection as structural armature. In the work "Take Back Years", the works uplifting slogan is inscribed through the playful slicing-up of a "faux" Baroque mirror, made from foam and mirror-styrene; the text interrupting the form and coherence of the mirror. The words, cut into the mirrors surface, become both image and absence. The photographic diptych, "Play All Sides", reworks Duchamps canonical work "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)" as a staged photograph, mirroring negative and positive image of the remains of a bachelor's party. Alongside these works will be shown new foam wall sculptures and a single new mobile. These works, which flirt with the idea of being without substance or sense, affirm a desire for the new through the processes of subtraction, multiplication and destruction whilst sustaining a dialogue with art from the past and mass media culture. Exhibition: 13 October - 20 November 2004 Gallery hours: Tue-Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 12 - 5pm f a projects 1-2 Bear Gardens GB-London SE1 9ED Telephone +44 020.7928 3228 Fax +44 020.7928 5123 Email info@faprojects.com www.faprojects.com |
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