17 July – 8 August 2010
Transition
London
E8
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Puce Moment takes it’s title from the 1949 short film by Kenneth Anger in which 1920s starlet, Yvonne Marquis, idly browses through her vibrantly coloured wardrobe. This recreation of Hollywood silent era decadence in luscious colour is hard to place, its shaky, hand-held camera work giving it a personal yet curiously contemporary edge. (Transition)
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The exhibition Puce Moment features four painters who revel in glorious vulgarity. Whether through attitude, subject matter, or the style and appearance of their paintings, the artists harness crude attributes to boldly transform and subvert their subjects into visually emphatic, painterly moments.(Transition)
Gems wrapped in velvet: Captured on film within an opulent existence of fame and lush surroundings with kitsch fabric, coloured glass and dazzling crystals. A feeling of longing for a simple time remembered as easier to navigate, an escapism for the subject and the viewer. A wash of nostalgia, though ultimately a figure existing within a gilded bubble.
Perfect moments in paint: From the tiny precious glamor and the iconic image to the ambiguously melancholy. These are moments treasured and each painting is given the space to breath, in this way I am given time alone with each one. I feel fiercely protective of the tiny chic poodle then in awe of Elvis captured at his best. I feel as if I am experiencing a private display of deeply held, personal idols.
ARTISTS: Carla Busuttil, Paul Housley, Cathy Lomax, Alli Sharma
In the Shop Space: Michael O’Mahony
Apocalyptic Tape Collection
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These tapes are premised on the idea of me being the sole survivor of an apocalypse. I imagine in this event I would take up the reins of the music industry and these are the albums I would make for myself…. (MM)
For more pictures from the exhibition head over to the Transition group on Flickr
