Ernesto Neto
The Ellipse Foundation, a private collection based in Portugal, has invited British curator Andrew Renton to curate an exhibition of the collection's hitherto unseen works as well as recent acquisitions.
'Come, come, come into my world' begins with the possibilities of a collection, its realisation and its materiality. In a post-conceptual moment of art production, 'Come, come, come into my world' is a celebration of the physicality and persistence of the object. This exhibition seeks to explore the possibilities of juxtaposition outside of purely art-historical perspectives, and attempts to articulate the exhibition space through a series of journeys from one object to another. Medium, style and ideology are thus subverted, and yield to the viewer's embodied experience of the object.
'Come, come, come into my world' draws on the extensive collection of the Ellipse Foundation, and attempts to address the nature and obligations of working within collections. What are the responsibilities to context when bringing such a disparate group of works together? What useful histories can unfold? How might we usefully understand the gaps and discrepancies in art production and dissemination?
The exhibition is less concerned with histories of representation and illusion than it is with the lived experience or intervention offered by the work of art as it somehow gets in the way of the field of vision.
Participating artists:
Aleksandra Mir Anri Sala Dash Snow Douglas Gordon Erwin Wurm
Francis Alÿs Franz West Gabriel Orozco Gardar Eide Einarsson
Glenn Ligon Haim Steinbach Hamish Fulton Jack Pierson João Onofre
John Bock John Stezaker Joseph Kosuth Jimmie Durham
Mike Kelley Miroslaw Balka Muntean & Rosenblum João Pedro Vale
Olafur Eliasson Raymond Pettibon Rodney Graham Thomas Schütte
'Come, come, come into my world' curated by Andrew Renton
Until 31 August 2008
Art Centre
Rua das Fisgas
Pedra Furada
2645-117 Alcoitão
Cascais, Portugal
T +351 21 469 18 06
www.ellipsefoundation.com
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