| Raúl Ortega Ayala |
| Bureaucratic Sonata |
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Raúl Ortega Ayala, Orange Post-Its,
Lift Alone, from Bureaucratic
Sonata,
2006 (images
courtesy the artist / Rokeby) |
| 27 September – 10 November 2006 |
| Private view: 26 September 2006,
6.30 - 8.30pm |
| Raúl
Ortega
Ayala focuses on varied habitual themes (as well as the
office, food and gardening are current concerns) and explores
them through an immersive process of research and direct
experience lasting at least a year. The objects he encounters
and his experiences become the materials to produce what he
calls “souvenirs”, that are components of a series. |
| Ortega Ayala exhibits a new work from “Bureaucratic
Sonata” for this site-specific commission, installing a
passenger lift in the centre of the plaza. The lift’s
unusual location becomes more intriguing as passers-by
discover a small opening, allowing them to peer inside.
Viewers discover an undulating arrangement of post-it notes
that make up a hypnotic and seemingly endless landscape inside
the lift. Ortega Ayala suggests the thought-provoking capacity
of a simple piece of paper intended for quick ideas and simple
reminders. The Economist
plaza is an ideal platform for Ortega Ayala’s work
because he believes that any environment, including the
office, can generate artistic creativity. |
| THE ARTIST: |
| London based, Mexican born Raúl Ortega Ayala
graduated in 2003 with an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art
and Hunter College, NY. Ortega
Ayala is currently exhibiting in “Orange”, a festival of
food and contemporary art in Montreal. Upcoming shows in 2007
include works from the gardening series at Laura Bartlett
Gallery. Rokeby
Gallery represents Ortega Ayala’s ‘Bureaucratic Sonata’,
exhibiting some 30 works from the series earlier this year. www.rokebygallery.com |
| From the “Bureaucratic Sonata” series: A
passenger lift, four mirrors and post-it notes combined to
create a contained infinite space. |
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