Wednesday 8 October 2008

3 in 1


Monday evening was the private view of the Warhol exhibition at the Hayward gallery. But it was really a 3 in 1 as you could also see Robin Rhode's work at the 1sr floor and Cyprien Gaillard's works at the Project Space.
One must admit that the set design throughout the Warhol's area is fantastic. Very nice materials, nice use of the space. Although, you do want to allow yourself a reasonable amount of time to see everything: there are loads of videos (Warhol tv is a must see), sound recordings etc... The exhibition lasts until the 18th January. Link here.
At the 1st floor, Robin Rhode displays different kind of work: photography, installations, videos...Personally, i'm not very found of Robin Rhode's work. I do think it is a little bit "dry" and that the poetical feel doesn't make it up for the the lack of depth.
Finally, Cyprien Gaillard's work is located in the Project Space (small exhibition space at the very entrance) of the Hayward gallery. Also, one of the piece is located in the basement of the Gallery. Interesting approach, interesting work.
The later artist will be competing with 8 other young artists for the Prix fondation d'entreprise Ricard on thursday 9th October. Amongst them, my parisian artist friend Julien Discrit will be running for this. Fingers crossed Julien! Make sure to check his work here.

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