Petros Chrisostomou

I've moved to London. The first exhibition I've visited is the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Acadamy of Arts. Out of the hundreds of artists on show Petros Chrisostomou caught my eye.

A text on his website states that he 'photographs small-scale, ordinary, ephemeral objects in architectural models that he constructs himself, and then dramatically arranges, often employing lighting and staging conventions of the theatre. With the alteration of scale and reversal of the relation between object and environment, between imaginary and real space, his photographs challenge the viewer's visual certainties. The illusionary effect he achieves highlights the artist's playful approach, which fluctuates between mimicry of the real world and construction of a surreallistic reality.'

Skatospore

Strider

Spondilos

Thug Lover

Wasted Youth

More here.

Bizarre Bazaar @ Pallas Contemporary Projects

I will be showing a hardback book version of arrangement150 in Bizarre Bazaar, this year's annual group show at Pallas Contemporary Projects. Opening 7-9pm Thursday 25th November. Running until 18th December.

'.....an open platform for the exchange of ideas, where every idea has its price. This years’ annual group exhibition will explore a certain tendency of the bazaar, for which the gallery will be set up as a market for the duration of the exhibition. Artworks of various sizes and prices, editions, fanzines, long playing records and artists’ books, have been donated by, temporarily estranged from, hoodwinked and wrestled out of the hands of esteemed, established and emerging artists, our colleagues and friends.'

See more on the PCP website here.

Detail from arrangement150

Alejandra Laviada - Photo Sculptures

'In Photo Sculptures, Alejandra portrays ephemeral sculptures created with found objects in order to alter our conception of everyday objects, record spaces that are disappearing, and suggest stories of the people who inhabited these spaces. Each of the sites Alejandra photographs is in the process of being completely demolished or redeveloped, and she works only with the objects found in each space.'

Above quote is from the artist's website alejandralaviada.com