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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.A new direction at London’s Temporary Contemporary. Concrete Allotment is like a contemporary art equivalent of George Orwell’s 1984; dark, direct and predictive of the future. Curated by Goldsmiths graduate Kristen Lovelock, it includes work by eight artists that reflects a leaning towards a sophisticated handling of materials. Lovelock’s sculpture, made from ripped-up black fabric draped over a metal frame, has the finesse of Sarah Lucas without the comedy. Likewise, Philip Hausmeier’s installation uses strips of black bin liners to create a “walk-through experience” which is both delicate and threatening; Richard Moon’s painting, Black And White, depicts a screaming girl; and Haruhi Hayashi’s suspended creatures offer a grim interpretation of the ten-pence piece. Adding colour, Jo Wilmot employs expressive painting to trash the upper-class lifestyle and shows that painting is more desirable then a designer tag. What stands out about this show is that it bypasses the cynicism which has tainted recent contemporary art and captures a genuine direction that artists are following now. Concrete Allotment is at Temporary Contemporary, London, until 30 April 06.
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comment by USTSM2F
Apr 11, 2006
This would grow on me after while but the head is positioned wrong. It looks more like a laugh than a scream.
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