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Ella Littwitz, The Pioneer, 2014 Bronze, 66x21x10 cm Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
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Ella Littwitz, Seam ReZone, 2015, altered footballs, 60 x 156 x 233 cm Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
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Ella Littwitz, No Place, Good Place (detail of diptych), 2017, chalk on blackboard, 105 x 150cm Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
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Ella Littwitz, The Act of Going Up, 2015, Bronze, 16 x 22 x 54cm Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
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Ella Littwitz, "...which came up in a night, and perished in a night" (pyjamas #7), 2014, Ready made, 54 x 70 cm Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
Exhibition
Ella Littwitz: No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of an End
2 Mar 2017 – 29 Apr 2017
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Address
- 6 Copperfield Street
- London
- SE1 0EP
- United Kingdom
Copperfield, London is pleased to present the first UK solo exhibition of Ella Littwitz (b 1982 Haifa, Israel).
About
Copperfield, London is pleased to present the first UK solo exhibition of Ella Littwitz (b 1982 Haifa, Israel). At first assessment the visitor will find an array of objects suggestive of a botanist’s study: casts of plants, landscape chalkboard drawings, organic looking models. Only her titles reveal by stealth the depth of Littwitz’s investigations: An intricate bronze cast of the Dittrichia Viscosa is titled The Act of Going Up, suggesting the growth of the plant while drawing on the Hebrew expression to 'move to Israel'. Through botanical research in her homeland, Littwitz has found that this Pioneer Species is "the first to colonise previously disrupted or damaged ecosystems". Due to its allelopathic characher, it’s biochemical components prevent the germination and survival of other surrounding organisms. Taking these biological considerations in the context of Littwitz’s practice, a whole spectrum of political and cultural connotations become apparent that are intrinsic in the construction of new cultural identities and territorial parameters around the world and throughout history. Littwitz is careful to present, not to comment. In this respect her work can be a trap for prejudice and default thinking.
A PDF of high resolution images and text on each work is available on request: info@copperfieldgallery.com
-Opening 6 - 9pm, Wednesday 1 March-
Exhibition runs 2 March - 29 April 2017
Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6pm, weekly
6 Copperfield Street, London SE1 0EP
