Wegwerf

A2 Arts Andy Parsons Paul Malone Liz Harrison Chris Marshall Nicola Rae

Wegwerf is 'on hold' for the time being while we organise the spaces in London and Frankfurt. A2 Arts are looking for a sponsor for this exhibition so if you would like to get involved in this project please e-mail Paul Malone with your proposal. We envisage an expanded exhibition with about 8 artists each from the UK and Germany.

' Wegwerf '
An exhibition on a disposable theme
by A2 Arts.
Exhibiting artists :
Andy Parsons
Liz Harrison
Paul Malone
Chris Marshall
Nicola Rae
Exhibition Venue to be Announced
Frankfurt am Main
2004
APT Gallery, Deptford
2005
Dates : xx.xx.2004

Vernissage :xx.xx.2004

Location :To be announced

Kontakt Deutschland :

UK Contact : Andy Parsons: phone : 07958 983795.
or E-mail : Paul Malone

The German name Wegwerf (Disposable in English) alludes to pieces the members of A2 Arts have made specifically for this show. Since DaDa and the events such as the smashing up of sculptures; the provisional and temporary has been a recurring theme in art.
This approach to making art has coincided with the erosion of the “aura” of the beautiful hand made object. The works in this show embrace the idea of being provisional while at the same time seek to transcend their humble materials to be grand, epic, poetic. This paradox is at the heart of this innovative project.

Andy Parsons’ large-scale drawing posits the question; will a picture of three telegraph poles on a hill always be read as a depiction of Calvary? The work follows on from two exhibitions called ‘Sticks and Things’, at the Standpoint Gallery in 2002 and the APT Gallery in February this year. Both shows take as their starting point the viewer’s reflexive desire to attribute narratives to even the most abstract images.

Paul Malone’s ‘Starry Sky Wall’ offers a do-it-yourself answer to the current issues of cosmology. There is no problem so profound or intractable that it cannot be resolved by a visit to the local hardware store. Here Malone courts controversy by recreating the origin of the universe, according to the theory of galactic gemmation, in discarded CD’s and plastic roofing sheet.

In a recent exhibition as part of the Deptford X Festival, London, Chris Marshall installed 5000 used cigarette ends to parody a cathedral's stained glass windows. Natural daylight filtered through cigarette ends, shimmering with a glorious orange glow into a vast dark space, enhancing the duality of beauty and death.

Puddles, hot-water bottles, plastic shopping bags : sad, bedraggled objects such as these are the focus of Liz Harrison's work. Fussed and laboured over these mundane things transcend into precious and coveted possessions, they are transformed through history and memory into legitimate objects of desire.

Nicola Rae’s ‘South Coast’ explores her obsession with collecting every different coloured sand or clay from beaches on the south coast of England. In this particular exhibition she has poured the sand into take-away containers from See Woo, her local Chinese supermarket. These containers will be stacked precariously in a vertical pile, in the order in which they occur, west to east.

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Wegwerf is 'on hold' for the time being while we organise the spaces in London and Frankfurt. A2 Arts are looking for a sponsor for this exhibition so if you would like to get involved in this project please e-mail Paul Malone with your proposal. We envisage an expanded exhibition with about 8 artists each from the UK and Germany.
' Wegwerf ' An exhibition on a disposable theme by A2 Arts. Exhibiting artists : Andy Parsons Liz Harrison Paul Malone Chris Marshall Nicola Rae Exhibition Venue to be Announced Frankfurt am Main 2004 APT Gallery, Deptford 2005	Dates : xx.xx.2004
	Vernissage :xx.xx.2004
	Location :To be announced
	Kontakt Deutschland :
	UK Contact : Andy Parsons: phone : 07958 983795. or E-mail : Paul Malone
The German name Wegwerf (Disposable in English) alludes to pieces the members of A2 Arts have made specifically for this show. Since DaDa and the events such as the smashing up of sculptures; the provisional and temporary has been a recurring theme in art. This approach to making art has coincided with the erosion of the “aura” of the beautiful hand made object. The works in this show embrace the idea of being provisional while at the same time seek to transcend their humble materials to be grand, epic, poetic. This paradox is at the heart of this innovative project.
	Andy Parsons’ large-scale drawing posits the question; will a picture of three telegraph poles on a hill always be read as a depiction of Calvary? The work follows on from two exhibitions called ‘Sticks and Things’, at the Standpoint Gallery in 2002 and the APT Gallery in February this year. Both shows take as their starting point the viewer’s reflexive desire to attribute narratives to even the most abstract images.
Paul Malone’s ‘Starry Sky Wall’ offers a do-it-yourself answer to the current issues of cosmology. There is no problem so profound or intractable that it cannot be resolved by a visit to the local hardware store. Here Malone courts controversy by recreating the origin of the universe, according to the theory of galactic gemmation, in discarded CD’s and plastic roofing sheet.
	In a recent exhibition as part of the Deptford X Festival, London, Chris Marshall installed 5000 used cigarette ends to parody a cathedral's stained glass windows. Natural daylight filtered through cigarette ends, shimmering with a glorious orange glow into a vast dark space, enhancing the duality of beauty and death.
Puddles, hot-water bottles, plastic shopping bags : sad, bedraggled objects such as these are the focus of Liz Harrison's work. Fussed and laboured over these mundane things transcend into precious and coveted possessions, they are transformed through history and memory into legitimate objects of desire.
	Nicola Rae’s ‘South Coast’ explores her obsession with collecting every different coloured sand or clay from beaches on the south coast of England. In this particular exhibition she has poured the sand into take-away containers from See Woo, her local Chinese supermarket. These containers will be stacked precariously in a vertical pile, in the order in which they occur, west to east.