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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
October 7 - 28, 2006
A poet was once asked whether he was more interested in the form of its work, or in its content. "Neither one," he replied. "The only thing that's really interesting is the void that lies between the two, which conceivably resembles the void at the heart of all things."

Likewise, with regard to images, one might ask the artist whether she is more interested in the surface of her work or its structure, and she might equally elect, instead, the void between them.

This is an exhibition of works that point elsewhere—neither to themselves as self-contained, autonomous artifacts, nor to the things they might picture or evoke. Instead, they indicate the empty space in between, the gap that is the artwork's true engine of seduction, its true source power. The place in art where something opens up, and we have to look in: Everybody knows this is nowhere. Barry Schwabsky

Adam Ross: Untitled (Ideal Crash4), 2005, oil, alkyd and acrylic on canvas, 91,5 x 123 cm.

Annika von Hausswolff: The Tendency of Falling, 2006, b/w fiber print, 60 x 90 cm. ed. 3 + 2 AP

Annika von Hausswolff: The Memory of Water, 2006, b/w fiber print, 60 x 90 cm., ed. 3 + 2 AP

Gillian Carnegie: "Window", 2001, oil on board, 23 x 33 cm.

Gillian Carnegie: Untitled, 2001, oil on board, 23 x 33 cm.

Myriam Holme

Aïda Ruilova: Still from "Uh Oh", 2004, DVD with sound, 18 sec., ed. 1/5

Sean Paul: "Speedboat or a day at the fair", 2004, acrylic on canvas, framed U.S Geogical Survey Map - 7,5 min. series (Topographic), 73,7 x 188 cm.

John Stezaker: "City VII", 2000-2004, Found image, 5 x 4,3 cm.

John Stezaker: "City IV", 2000-2004, Found image, 5 x 5,3 cm.

John Stezaker: "Third Person Series", 2005, Found image, 2,2 x 2,3 cm.

John Stezaker: "Third Person Series", 2005, Found image, 1,5 x 1,6 cm.


Toby Ziegler: "The Brompton Cocktail (2nd version), 2006, oil and pencil on canvas, 210 x 242 cm.

Exhibition view: Gillian Carnegie (left), John Stezaker (middle), Toby Ziegler (right)

Exhibition view, from the left: John Stezaker, Sean Paul, Adam Ross, John Stezaker, Annika von Hausswolff

Exhibition view: Aïda Ruilova (left), Myriam Holme (right)

Exhibition view: Aïda Ruilova (foreground right), Annika von Hausswolff (foreground left), Toby Ziegler (background)

Exhibition view: Gillian Carnegie (foreground right), Myriam Holme (background right), Annika von Hausswolff (background)

Exhibition view: Sean Paul (left) and Aïda Ruilova (right)




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