Exhibition
Magda Archer: #givemeeverythingandnothingbaby
20 Nov 2015 – 28 Feb 2016
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Market Road
- Canton
- Cardiff
Wales - CF5 1QE
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Canton Library
- Ninian Park
Magda Archer’s #givemeeverythingandnothingbaby exhibition is an assault upon the peepers in our public spaces
About
.....via saccharine-soaked, candy coloured scenarios, statements and speech-bubble philosophy that draws upon vintage packaging, greeting card design, retro graphics and a lemon-sharp sweetness that belies the bitter truth beneath.
Emblazoning the walls of our Caffi Bar Magda Archer showers the viewer with rainbow shards as she explores junk emotions and online validation.
“In my show #givemeeverythingandnothingbaby, the internet is the modern day funfair: exciting, attractive, fast and flashy, but disappointing and upsetting too. Your heart can be broken in the time it takes to ride the dodgems. Your self-esteem can be shattered with a stray Facebook comment from a ‘friend’. Your ego smashed to smithereens when someone tags you into an unflattering photo… you don’t REALLY look like that - do you?
Don’t tell me, cos #ireallydontwannaknow. These emotions can lead to a sense of despondency, upset or heartbreak. We can empty our pockets out trying to win something we never really wanted in the first place. We vow never to go back and know in our hearts that ‘this shit will bring you down’. But you do go back, the lights are bright, the music’s loud and enticing, everyone else is there. You recognise a friend of a friend and now they’re you’re friend too, right?” – Magda Archer, April 2015
#givemeeverythingandnothingbaby is curated by Bren O’Callaghan and was first commissioned by HOME Arts Centre, Manchester.
More information is available at www.homemcr.org
- See more at: http://www.chapter.org/magda-archer-givemeeverythingandnothingbaby#sthash.caAxHFca.dpuf