31 Mar 2010 - 16 May 2010 Tue - Sat 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Ikon Gallery
Birmingham, B1 2HS
Art Galleries
Ikon presents the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by emerging British artist Susan Collis. Her practice involves the representation of everyday objects, made through a painstaking use of ‘craft’ processes and precious materials. The idea of the double take (trompe l’oeil), whereby we are required to look again, is crucial to its proposition, as our expectations are confounded by reality. At first glance the exhibition space appears empty, not yet ready for visitors. Through closer inspection however, it discloses the artist’s subtle interventions. The wit of Collis’ work lies in the time-consuming effort required of her to produce useful-looking useless objects.
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