Alongside its consideration of
what might constitute current Concrete Art activity, this exhibition
declares a concrete sense of ‘now’ (2008).
Grounded in an awareness of the history of the Concrete Art movement and
its various off-shoots; Concrete Poetry, Concrete Music and the more
heterogeneous groupings it influenced, such as Nouveaux Realistes, Arte
Povera, MAC, Fluxus, Minimalists etcetara, each work in the show is open
to concrete interpretation.
As a group, the pieces combine in various ways to suggest further
understandings. These allow reflections on the nature of the space, the
gallery’s location and its wider context. Investigating the processes that
cause these connections and, ultimately, why the show is the way it is, in
the place it is, becomes the work of the exhibition. |
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David
Bellingham
Richard Couzins
Alec Finlay
Peter Suchin
Chris Tosic |
