SEVENTEEN: A Plea for Tenderness - 12 Jan 2012 to 18 Feb 2012

Current Exhibition


12 Jan 2012 to 18 Feb 2012

PV Thursday 12th January 6pm
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A Plea for Tenderness
12th January - 18th February 2012


Artists in this exhibition: Sally-Ginger Brockbank, Hal Hartley, Andy Holden, Sean Landers, Paul Lewis, Lee Lozano, Laurie Parsons, Jonathan Richman, Jiri Skala, Carey Young


A Plea for Tenderness

12th January - 18th February 2012
PV Thursday 12th January 6pm

Curated by David Raymond Conroy

Sally-Ginger Brockbank
Hal Hartley
Andy Holden
Sean Landers
Paul Lewis
Lee Lozano
Laurie Parsons
Jonathan Richman
Jiri Skala
Carey Young

I want to make a show that tries to illuminate the space that exists between sincerity and irony, or between apparent honesty and the techniques used to convey or convince people about the truth of what they are being told. I want to look at the romanticism of the direct address, the idea that presenting something with no frills is an effort to not present it at all, but to allow it to be seen. Or the sensation of seeing something that feels true precisely because it is in the most manufactured of environments. I want to make a show that contains works about which I am absolutely certain precisely because they make me feel so unsure.





Paul B Davis (Beige)
Susan Collis