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| 07.04.08 Washington Garcia, 16 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5EU Preview: Saturday 12 th April 2008, 7pm - 9pm. Washington Garcia is pleased to announce, as part of the Glasgow International 2008, a newly commissioned body of work by New York based artist Kalup Linzy. This exhibition and exclusive performance will be shown in the City Centre location of 16 Trongate, an ex-retail space that offers a bold and unconventional Glasgow context for Linzy's first UK solo show. Reveling in the Public/Private curatorial theme of this year's Gi festival, Linzy's work is a sophisticated play between pastiche and exposure, extroversion and masquerade - all in the public languages of TV Soaps, You Tube and MTV. As Rachel Wolff (New York Magazine) describes: "[In his recent work] ... Linzy is doing to daytime soaps what John Waters did to his Baltimore childhood. Part Richard Pryor, part RuPaul, Linzy writes, directs, and stars (wigged, heeled, and often scantily clad) in this series of shorts that are tender and vulgar, hilarious and heartfelt. [...] With new YouTube video stars popping regularly, Linzy (who received a Guggenheim fellowship this year) has been pegged as a key figure in a new generation of "queer video artists." RACHEL WOLFF, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 15, 2007 "A PORTRAIT GALLERY OF TEN OF THE MOST PROMISING ARTISTS TO HAVE EMERGE FROM THE BOOM " The work of Kalup Linzy touches on issues of black stereotyping, pop culture, art world politics and wigs. Glasgow will never be the same again. Kalup Linzy is a New York based video and performance artist. Linzy graduated from the MFA program at the University of South Florida in 2003. He also attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture video art workshop, and has been artist in residence at P.S. 1 in New York. In 2005 Linzy received a grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and was recently, named a Guggenheim fellow for 2007-2008. Kalup Linzy's recent work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, ArtReview and ModernPainters. He is represented by Taxter & Spengemann, New York. Notes For Editor: Preview: Saturday 12 th April 2008, 7pm - 9pm. 16 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5EU Performance: Saturday 12 th April 2008, 8pm Contact :
Barker, Koppe and Morland are all Glasgow based artists who have exhibited their work in Scotland and internationally. Together they form the directorial committee of the artist-run organization, Washington Garcia. This will be the first time these three artists will have had the opportunity to exhibit together. WASHINGTON GARCIA, THE OLD BARN, DUMBRECK RIDING SCHOOL, 82 DUMBRECK ROAD, POLLOCK PARK, GLASGOW G41 4SN ____________ SEE MAP ________________ You are invited to the preview of After The Field at The Old Barn, Dumbreck Riding School - a new WASHINGTON GARCIA venue. Please DRESS WARMLY! 'After The Field' is an unmissable new installation by Glasgow-based artist CLAIRE BARCLAY, made specifically for WASHINGTON GARCIA'S new location at The Old Barn. Taking as her starting point the challenging context of this stand-alone space within a working stable environment, Barclay has produced a new large-scale work that confirms her reputation as one of Scotland's most important contemporary artists. The installation provokes an uncompromising architectural re-reading of this dramatic location. Claire Barclay represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and is represented by Doggerfisher Gallery, Edinburgh, and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. She is also a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Paul Hamlyn award. Dumbreck Riding School is a new location for WASHINGTON GARCIA, selected specifically to host this new installation. Never previously used as a contemporary art venue, it is a split-level space in the centre of a dynamic, working riding stables. The Old Barn maintains Washington Garcia's Southside focus, while substantially increasing our ambition. Notes For Editor: |
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