curated by andy wicks and david northedgesuperunknown is a group show of twelve artists who produce...
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EXHIBITION DATES: 6TH OCTOBER - 13TH NOVEMBER 2010OPEN WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY 12-6PM OR BY APPOINTMENT
PRIVATE VIEW: WEDNESDAY, 6TH OCTOBER 2010, 7-9PM
MICHAEL ASHCROFT | MATTHEW ATKINSON | GORDON CHEUNG | SAYSHUN JAYGRAHAM MCNAMARA | DAVID NORTHEDGE | ED PAYNE | JAMES ROPERR O B S H E R W O O D | D AV I D S M A L L | A N D Y W I C K S | R O S A L I E W I E S N E R
CUR ATED BY ANDY WICKS AND DAVID NORTHEDGE
SPONSORED BY:276 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROADLONDON SW1V 1BB
+44 (0)7786 453 544 / +44 (0)7876 701 542
MICHAEL ASHCROFT | MATTHEW ATKINSON | GORDON CHEUNG | SAYSHUN JAYGRAHAM MCNAMARA | DAVID NORTHEDGE | ED PAYNE | JAMES ROPERR O B S H E R W O O D | D AV I D S M A L L | A N D Y W I C K S | R O S A L I E W I E S N E R
CURATED BY ANDY WICKS AND DAVID NORTHEDGE
SPONSORED BY:276 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROADLONDON SW1V 1BB
+44 (0)7786 453 544 / +44 (0)7876 701 542
Edel Assanti is proud to present Superunknown, an exhibition curated by Andy Wicks and David
Northedge.
Literature and Hollywood have long been creating dark and empty visions of near future societies
in decline. In the present day, materials addressing this subject matter have once again found their
way onto reading lists and cinema screens, forming a focal point for contemporary popular culture.
Projections of our universal future are often delivered in cautionary tones and serve as warning of
how to avoid the total decimation of society. Notional futures of grim decaying interiors and bleak
grey landscapes populated by savage inhabitants are the cultural benchmark for a morbid moribund
world limping towards apocalypse.
Superunknown is a group show of twelve artists who produce work that addresses a future full of
dreams, illusions and fantasies, celebrating the neglected virtues of the glossy, lurid and bizarre. The
combined works on show articulate a hallucinatory collective vision of a future in which illicit vices
serve as the connective tissues for a population wheeling recklessly onwards with a stoic apathy
toward redemption and self-preservation.
This group show is formed predominately of painters whose work share a common aesthetic of semi
abstraction and contemporary landscape. The exhibition also features photography, video, sculpture
and installation based works.
Edel Assanti Project Space aims to establish a dynamic cultural hub in the centre of London for a new
generation of art practitioners. Split across six floors, this multi-purpose contemporary gallery space
presents an unprecedented collaborative ethos and approach to exhibition making.