 Diann Bauer Necrotroph-optopolis Necrotroph-optopolis: A city of scavenging eyes infected with macular degeneration / a sober and awesome spectacle / of Perspex and painted paper / a realm in which flesh and stone collide / where the ghosts of Old Masters and fevered utopian dreamers huddle together for protection from the spastic golden rays of an unforgiving sun / where fictive binary opposites melt in material confusion / a squirming mass / undifferentiated, undone and unconcerned. In "Necrotroph-optopolis" Diann Bauer presents a large, site-specific installation which boasts Perspex and paper panels on corresponding curved walls bearing both abstract and figurative elements interrupted by a model of a suspended cityscape weaving it's way between them... elements that variously draw on the work and imagery of the architectural practices of Lebbeus Woods, Zaha Hadid, Coop-Himmelblau combined and interwoven with European History Painting... An amalgamation that proves to be a seductive vision of the inevitable triumph of entropy and decay... Exhibition: 10 October - 17 November 2007 Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 12 - 6 pm Paradise Row 17 Hereford St, (off Cheshire St) GB-London E2 6EX Telephone +44 (0)207 6133311 Email info@paradiserow.com www.paradiserow.com |
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