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Studio Voltaire: Rehana Zaman I, I, I, I, and I - 6 Feb 2013 to 16 Feb 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Rehana Zaman
I, I, I, I, and I 6 � 16 February 2013, Tuesday �� Saturday, 12 � 6pm |
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Gallery 1: Rehana Zaman I, I, I, I, and I 6 – 16 February 2013, Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm Preview: Wednesday 6 February 2013, 6.30 – 8.30pm Studio Voltaire presents a new commission by London based artist Rehana Zaman. I, I, I, I, and I will be Zaman’s first solo presentation of work and is the first exhibition produced through the gallery's new programme Not Our Class. I, I, I, I, and I is a video work and installation that presents an abstracted account of the collaborative attempts of a group of people alongside a bizarre and twisted narrative featuring a pig, a dog and Adolf Hitler. Over the course of 2012, Rehana Zaman has been examining the workshop as a site of 'the social' with a group of young people from Body & Soul, a UK charity dedicated to transforming the lives of people affected by HIV. Improvisation games, collaborative techniques and performance strategies drawn from political theatre and actor's workshops have been integrated into sessions leading towards the production of a video work to be shown within the exhibition at Studio Voltaire. The work emerges from an ongoing interest in the impact of social structures on the self from familial relations to broader constructs around community and identity as explored in previous works such as Like an Iron Maiden Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2010) and Pig (2012). Constructing the workshops as a site of research, central to the process of I, I, I, I and I have been the questions, how might a group of people collectively create a work? And to what extent is this at odds with the desires and impulses of the individual? Initiated in 2011 Not Our Class began a new programme of education and participatory projects that through research and practice take the work of Jo Spence as a starting point for investigating the legacy and potentials of her work in relation to contemporary culture and life. Through a series of commissions, offsite projects, workshops, public events and reading groups situated both within Studio Voltaire’s neighbourhood and contemporary art discourse the programme explores the new turn towards education and participation within contemporary art practice. Rehana Zaman (b. 1982) composes anecdotes, vignettes and short stories drawn from specific socio-political contexts, as videos, performances and texts. Narratives are abstracted and carefully staged to examine how individuals and groups relate. Recent exhibitions include 'The GDR Goes On', The Showroom; 'The London Open', Whitechapel Gallery, London; 'We Love You', Limoncello, London; Outpost Open Film, Outpost plus UK tour (all 2012); 'Other People's Problems', Project Space Leeds (2011) and 'Of Many One', Scaramouche Gallery, New York, (2010). Rehana was a recipient of the Red Mansion Art Prize in 2012. She completed her MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in 2011 and is currently participating in the LUX Associate Artist Programme Supported by Bloomberg and by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. With kind assistance from Vanessa and Jonathan Curry & Raven Row. Rehana Zaman would like to thank The Elephant Trust. Gallery 2: Editions 6 – 16 February 2013, Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm Preview: Wednesday 6 February 2013, 6.30 – 8.30pm Studio Voltaire has developed a strong reputation for producing innovative and affordable editions and portfolios by leading international artists. These have been collected by both individuals and institutions including:- Tate Collection, British Council Collection, Government Art Collection, South London Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Le Consortium and Migros Museum. A selection of Studio Voltaire editions and portfolios will be on show including Cory Arcangel, Pablo Bronstein, Alice Channer, Anthea Hamilton, Cary Kwok, Oscar Murillo, Ryan McGinley, Paulina Olowska, Elizabeth Price and Prem Sahib. |
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