About
Public House Projects
Leo Koivistoinen
Readout
26/10/12 - 16/11/12
Private View, Friday 26/10/12
6:30 - 9:30pm
Koivistoinen's current practice is concerned with ways of subverting the apparent disparity between the the tropes and norms that are âread' and âunderstood' unthinkingly everyday.
By sleight of hand and juxtaposition, Koivistoinen's subtle interventions affect the way the often appropriated subjects and objects are he uses are received and perceived.
The work reflects on the relationships and distinctions between the dramatic and the
mundane, the familiar and the unfamiliar. By slightly altering commonplace objects, or just placing them âsomewhere else', Koivistoinen's intention is not to send direct messages but rather form a setting where the dialogue between the viewer and the work relies on
subjective experience, stimulating a sense of the uncanny or of humour, or a combination of the two.
Leo Koivistoinen graduated in 2010 with a MAFA from Chelsea College of Art & Design.
Exhibitions include: Augment, The Waterfront Hall, Belfast; Savorr VII, Norwich; For Display Purposes Only, Bussey Building, London; Members Show 2011, The Outpost, Norwich; I Am Not Here to Entertain You, The Bun House, London; Open Show 2011, Surface Gallery, Nottingham; Suomesta Galleria, Berlin (solo), Cartes Flux 2010 - Festival of New Media Art, EMMA, Espoo, Finland; Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London.
Public House Projects,
62 Gowlett Road (above the Gowlett Arms), London SE15 4HY.
Wednesday - Sunday 12:00 - 6:00pm or by appointment.
www.publichouseprojects.org
