“shade/frequency…”
16 July 2016
opening reception on Thursday,
5 May, 6-8 pm
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
5 May - 16 July
Cerith Wyn Evans’ conceptual practice incorporates a wide range of media, often exploring the relation between light and text, between thought and meaning; often constructing situations conscious of a viewers’ presence. Wyn Evans’ early works employed film and video, often creating ‘expanded cinema’ environments frequently collaborating with performers. Since the 1990s his work has explored the relationship between language and space, temporality and a critique of the ‘phenomenology of perception’ characterized by a formal precision and clarity often developed in relation to the context of a particular exhibition site. Chains of references to texts, scores and gestures are evoked and interwoven in a ‘mise en scene’. Situations are ‘staged’… occasions are composed.
For Wyn Evans, installations work as a catalyst: a reservoir of potential meanings that unravel in multiple discursive journeys. Moreover; his work has a highly refined aesthetic that is informed by his abiding interest in architecture and music, by fields as seemingly disparate as fountain design and traditional Japanese theater, translation, astronomy, psychoanalysis and Morse code… Objects and experiences are juxtaposed - and arranged ‘in concert’ inviting reflection and interrogation. Exhibitions are calculated to occupy and promote the potential of an encounter “to occasion reverie”.
Cerith Wyn Evans (b.24th March 1958 Llanelli) lives and works elsewhere.
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 6500 Kelvin, 1.95 m)”, 2015
neon
height 195 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
&
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 8000 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
2 parts, neon
each: height 220 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
distance between each: 41 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 6500 Kelvin, 1.95 m)”, 2015
neon
height 195 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 8000 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
2 parts, neon
each: height 220 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
distance between each: 41 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 8000 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
2 parts, neon
each: height 220 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
distance between each: 41 cm
&
Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2 m), 2015
neon
height 200 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
”Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 200 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 220 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
&
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 220 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 220 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
&
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 220 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 6500 Kelvin, 2.1 m)” &
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 6800 Kelvin, 2.1 m)”, 2015
2 parts, neon
each: height 210 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
distance: 43 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 2.2 m)”, 2015
neon
height 220, diameter 1.2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“shade/frequency…”, 2016
4 parts, glass, aluminium, transducer each: 44 x 33 cm
overall dimensions variable
audio: 9 hours 9 minutes
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
shade/frequency…
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 6500 Kelvin, 1.8 m)” & “Leaning Horizon
(neon 5500 Kelvin, 1.8 m)”, 2015
2 parts, neon
each: height 180 cm,
diameter 1.2 cm
distance: 31 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(neon 7000 Kelvin, 2.1 m)”, 2015
neon
height 210 cm, diameter: 1.2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon (neon 6500 Kelvin, 1.95 m)”, 2015
neon
height 195 cm, diameter 1.2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Mingaralia”, 2015
Turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Bougainvilia”, 2016
turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Leaning Horizon
(Neon Red 2.1)”, 2014
neon (red transparent)
height 210 cm, diameter 1,2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Mingaralia”, 2015
Turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Bougainvilia”, 2016
turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Leaning Horizon
(Neon Red 2.1)”, 2014
neon (red transparent)
height 210 cm, diameter 1,2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Mingaralia”, 2015
Turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Bougainvilia”, 2016
turntable and plant
turntable diameter 35 cm
overall dimensions variable
&
“Leaning Horizon
(Neon Red 2.1)”, 2014
neon (red transparent)
height 210 cm, diameter 1,2 cm
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Leaning Horizon
(Neon Red 2.1)”, 2014
neon (red transparent)
height 210 cm, diameter 1,2 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Katagami Screen 6”, 2015
paper stencil, mulberry paper, persimmon lacquer, silk thread, artist frame
137.5 x 64 x 4 cm
Cerith Wyn Evans
“Étant Donnés (again)”, 2005
c-print
print size 26 x 19,5 cm
paper size 31,5 x 25,5 cm