 Claudia & Julia Müller Claudia & Julia Müller are sisters, born in Switzerland in 1964 and 1965, currently residing in Switzerland. Their work has been shown in solo and group shows all over Europe and in New York. In 1999 Claudia & Julia Müller have been awarded the International Studio Program of the P.S.1 Museum in New York. The work of Claudia & Julia Müller is mainly based on drawings and installations with mural drawings. By drawing or using existing photos and pictures from different contexts they implicitly establish a different focus on the perception of images in general. Using a wide range of images with an emblematic character such as portraits of models, beauty queens, American Indians to advertisements and even mountains, they engage discussion about existing perceptions about those subjects. Through drawings or video they investigate and alter the contents of an original image to propose new approaches. The essence of their cumulated drawings is to discuss and to incite the observer to question existing forms of representation in our culture. In the installation work they often combine their subjects, in huge mural drawings, with an architectural transformation of space, for example by inserting furniture or using special lights to reinforce the atmosphere of the drawings. "We explore images and the different layers within them, to analyze their structure and discover new levels. The results are not necessarily straightforward answers but rather indicators of possibilities. In a way we never quite trust these images and try to strip them down." Richard Wright Richard Wright is currently a research fellow at Edinburgh College of Art and a visiting lecturer in painting at the California Institute of the Arts. Projects in the forthcoming year include shows in London, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York, Bern and Cologne. Richard Wright is a painter. His body of work consists mainly of site-specific wall paintings, that will be wiped out after the exhibitions close down. The fugitive character of his work contrasts the time consuming process of his paintings and marks him as an artist Both artists will show site-specific work. Regular Opening Hours: March 15, 2001 through April 7, 2001 Thursday and Friday noon to 6pm, Saturday 1 to 5pm Hot Coco Lab 1348 Abbot Kinney Blvd.,Venice, CA 90291 Phone: 001 310 581 1000, Fax: 001 310 581 8066 www.hotcocolab.com |
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