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ECONOMIST presented by Contemporary Art Society |
25 St. James's Street |
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21 November 2002 - 12 January 2003 Jeremy Deadman
Deadman's practice has involved imbuing familiar 'everyday' objects with both comic and sinister characteristics by hiding audio equipment inside them that emit inventive and surprising sounds, made by the artist himself. These have included Flayed (2000), a typical bland office clock from which emanates sharp yelps of pain in time to the relentless red second hand; and Anomaly (1998), a gagged garden gnome which emits the sound of a muffled voice imploring, "I don't want to be a gnome." Deadman will be showing twosuch sound pieces: Rat Race (2000), and You will be Successful (1999). Alongside these Deadman will also be exhibiting a selection of
collages fabricated from self-adhesive coloured vinyl. These postcard-sized
works depict various symbolic figurative scenes that appear, when
viewed individually, or en masse, to tell stories through their
rich language of Deadman lives and works in London and has exhibited widely in London, including Geometers (2002) at Nylon, Plinth (2002) at The Trade Apartment, Ouch! (solo) (2000) at Five Years and These Epic Islands (2000) at Vilma Gold. He has also exhibited internationally, including Sentient Cog (2002) at 5th, Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Let's Get to Work (2001) at Susquehanna Art Museum in Pennsylvania, and The Toy Show (2000) at Nikolai Fine Art, New York. Rory MacBeth
The figure will stand alone and motionless in the Plaza, plying its trade amidst the passers-by hurrying to get indoors away from the winter weather. Doubly defiant, the sculpture braves not only the elements but also the conspicuous lack of street artists and performers, as well as beggars and the homeless, in the City of Westminster, particularly St. James's – kept out of the area by the strict enforcement of prohibitive by-laws. Through its witty mimicry, Thank You also acts as a parody of both monumental statuary and decorative 'corporate' sculpture. This piece follows a series of other similar such works produced by MacBeth, alone and in collaboration with artist Darren Phizacklea and the group Twenteenth Century. These include Statue (2001) shown in London at VTO; and Waxwork of a Brian Sewell Lookalike (2000), recently exhibited as part of Matthew Collings' Art Crazy Nation exhibition at Milton Keynes Art Gallery. MacBeth lives and works in London. |
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STUCK
is a selection of sound works and collages by Jeremy Deadman, on
display in the foyer exhibition space at The Economist Tower.
Outside
at The Economist Plaza over the Christmas period we will be exhibiting
a new sculptural work by Rory Macbeth. Thank You, 2002, is
a hyper-real representation of a street performer imitating a statue,
as found in great numbers in places such as Covent Garden piazza
and along Las Ramblas in Barcelona.