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BALICE HERTLING: STEPHEN WILLATS - CYBERNETIC STILL LIFE - 14 Nov 2009 to 16 Jan 2010 Current Exhibition |
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STEPHEN WILLATS - CYBERNETIC STILL LIFE
Installation View BALICE HERTLING |
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STEPHEN WILLATS CYBERNETIC STILL LIFE NOV 14 2009 - JAN 16 2010 VERNISSAGE FRIDAY NOV 13 2009 6 - 9 PM Balice Hertling is pleased to present the exhibition "Cybernetic Still Life" by the British conceptual artist Stephen Willats. Stephen Willats is counted among the most influential artists in Europe and works at the interface of art and other scientific disciplines, such as sociology, systems analysis, cybernetics, semiotics and philosophy. He expresses his ideas through varied media, including photography, film, drawing, video, installation and publications. Since the early 1960�s, Willats has developed a practice that stresses the importance of context, language, audience and meaning, addressing contemporary polemics in society. In his work, Willats examines both the communication processes between people, as well as the signs and symbols which surround them in their everyday life. Instead of working within a normative world, Willats relies on the active participation of the spectator and stimulates the creative potential of people to register and formulate their own perceptions, thus providing new ways of looking at their own lives. Over the last twenty years, Willats has made several still life pieces and these are presented for the first time in this exhibition: "Cybernetic Still Life" is a complete installation of still lives centered on buildings, objects and people, including new videos that have been produced in different areas of Paris, starting from the area around the gallery to recognisable locations in the centre of the city. Since 1965, Stephen Willats has been the editor and publisher of Control. In its eighteen issues, this magazine has published work and writing by over 150 artists, fulfilling its function as a resource for artists to discuss their work and, in particular, to make connections with other disciplines. Stephen Willats has exhibited throughout Europe and his work is included in the collections of many European Museums, and institutional and private collections. "Cybernetic Still Life" is his first solo exhibition in France since 2001. Stephen Willats, artiste conceptuel anglais, vivant � Londres, compte aujourd�hui parmi les artistes les plus influents en Europe. Depuis les ann�es 60, Willats travaille sur le rapport entre l'art et d�autres disciplines comme la sociologie, l'analyse des syst�mes, la cybern�tique, la s�miotique et la philosophie. Depuis 50 ans, Willats d�veloppe une pratique artistique qui souligne l'importance du contexte, du langage et sa signification et du role du spectateur, en s�adressant aux pol�miques de la soci�t� contemporaine. Dans son travail, Willats examine le processus de la communication entre individus, ainsi que les signes et les symboles qui les entourent au quotidien. Au lieu de travailler dans les limites d�un environnement standardis�, Willats compte sur la participation du spectateur et stimule son potentiel � comprendre et consid�rer ses propres capacit�s de perception, afin de d�velopper des nouvelles mani�res d�imaginer la vie. Dans les derniers vingt ans, Willats a r�alis� plusieurs still lifes, qui sont montr� pour la premi�re fois dans une exposition: Cybernetic Still Life est compos� d�installations de natures mortes qui tournent autour de la repr�sentation d�immeubles, d�objets et des individus; les installations incorporent des nouvelles videos qui ont pour la plupart �t� r�alis�es dans diff�rents quartiers de Paris, d'abord aux alentours de la galerie et ensuite dans des endroits de passage. Depuis 1965, Stephen Willats est le r�dacteur en chef et �diteur du magazine Control. Dans les dix huit num�ros, ce magazine a publi� le travail et les textes de plus de 150 artistes et a rempli sa fonction de plate-forme pour le dialogue entre artistes, en leur permettant de cr�er des connections avec d�autres disciplines. Le travail de Stephen Willats a �t� montr� dans des nombreux expositions personnelles � travers l�Europe, les plus r�centes inclues European Kunsthalle, Cologne, Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht, Museum f�r Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, ainsi que dans des expositions de groupes en Europe et aux Etats-Unis dont les plus r�centes inclues Manifesta 7, Alto Adige, Italie, MACBA, Barcelone, Serpentine Gallery, London, Generali Foundation, Wien, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, e-flux, New York, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, migros museum f�r gegenwartskunst, Z�rich, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Kunstverein M�nchen. Cybernetic Still Life est la premiere exposition de Stephen Willats en France depuis 2001. |
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