SOLUS LOCUS BENAKI MUSEUM ATHENS opening September 22 2010
I will be showing a new work entitled THE GOLDEN BRAIN - RETRACING ARIADNE
Curated by Sozita Goudouna
VOLCANO: COMPTON VERNEY July 24 - 31 Oct 2010
A 2 screen version of IDDU entitled "Iddu - study in 60 degrees" is to be exhibited in a special installation within the VOLCANO SHOW AT COMPTON VERNEY, Warwickshire, UK opening 24th July. This is the first exhibition to celebrate the extraordinary artistic outpourings that volcanic eruptions have triggered over the past five centuries and will include works by J M W Turner, Jacques Volaire, Joseph Wright of Derby, Hiroshige, Pierre Fabris, & Andy Warhol, as well as more recent living artists such as Michael Sandle, David Clarkson, Ilana Halperin & James P Graham. Curated by James Hamilton
BUSAN BIENNIAL SOUTH KOREA: Sept - Dec 2010
JPG has been selected to show two works at the forthcoming BUSAN BIENNIAL opening September 11th 2010 in South Korea. IDDU will be shown along with a new 6.5 metre SUSPENDED ANIMATION sculpture.
THE SEARCH FOR EMPEDOCLES: 8th - 12th Dec 2009
THE SEARCH FOR EMPEDOCLES is the title of the first solo show by JPG which was held at Islington Metalworks, 7 Torrens St, Islington, EC1V 1NQ from 8th December until 13th December 2009. Exhibited around this reknown recycling plant was film installation, sculpture, photography and single screen work. Iddu was displayed in a dodecahedral space 6 metre diameter, first time in the UK. The reaction to the work can be seen through the WINKBALL video walls, interviews courtesy of Rachel Lewis.
SPACE NOW: Jun - Sept 2008
This opens 12th June 2008 at the Triangle, 129-131 Mare St, E8 & I will be showing a new sculpture entitled 'Dead Weight' made from 33 found stones.
IDDU IN ZAGREB CROATIA
Iddu will open at the circular art institute HDLU , Zagreb, Croatia Summer 2008, exact dates to be confirmed. The installation has been sponsored by the Croatian culture Ministry.
6th March 2008
Trip to Southern India - I am scheduled to travel to Nilgiris, South India to work on an art project with Earth Trust. This is the community set up by Vanya Orr designed to heal both body, spirit and land, through a mixture of organic farming, ayurvedic and spiritual healing techniques
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