 Apollo, 2003 C-print 30 x 45.5 cm Grazia Toderi For her second exhibition at f a projects, Grazia Toderi will be showing new video and photography. Places of play and performance are key subjects in Toderi's work. Visions of stadiums, theatres and cityscapes characterise her recent work, which articulate a path made up of personal and collective memories. These simple subjects are eloquently used to explore the relationships within the universe and man's place within it. Concurrently, Toderi will have a solo exhibition at West London Projects, where she will be exhibiting two other video works, previously unseen in this country. "The subtle movements and infinitesimal happenings in Grazia Toderi's video pieces create a world charged with magic. Objects and figures, always photographed in plan fixe, oscillate between the real and the unreal, implicated in plot sequences that do not actually correspond to our quotidian experience but nevertheless seem recognizable. As one looks on inthralled, almost hypnotically attracted, an elevated attention that one might call "disinterested pleasure", familiar from childhood, sets in. The enchanting power of Toderi's work lies in these calm spaces, invitations to immerse ourselves mentally in a world of remarkable events" (Bice Curiger, Fresh Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture, Phaidon, 2000, p610). Grazia Toderi has exhibited extensively internationally, and is one of the leading artists of the Italian contemporary art scene. She was born in 1963 in Padova, and lives and works in Milan. Recent exhibitions include Juan Mirò Foundation, Barcelona; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen; Museum of Contemporary Art, Serralves; the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. She has previously shown in London at the Chisenhale Gallery, The ICA and the Lux Centre. In 2004 she will have a solo exhibition at The Macro Museum, Rome. Grazia Toderi's work is in public and private collections internationally, including Museum of Contemporary Art, Serralves; the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 16 October - 22 November 2003 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 E-Mail info@faprojects.com www.faprojects.com |
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