Exhibition

Systems We Have

13 Jan 2022 – 19 Feb 2022

Regular hours

Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
12:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00

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New Art Projects are delighted to present Systems We Have a group exhibition curated by Hsi-Nong Huang.

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This exhibition includes work by Mitch Vowles, India Stanbra, Amba Sayal-Bennett, Janek Nixon, Rachel Mortlock, Maria Mahfooz and Benjamin Fitton and Hsi-Nong Huang.

The exhibition takes its title from Eve Meltzer’s investigation into conceptual art’s relation to structuralist theory. The works included represent a series of interactions between language, identity, process, materials, space, objects the physical and the made.

Mitch Vowles‘ work discusses the cultural context of objects. By questioning the status of objects and exploring their implied associations and settings, his work develops a dialogue that reflects upon nostalgia, British identity, masculinity and classism.

India Stanbra works with moving image, installation and sculpture. Exploring entangled ecologies and the presence of technology in the everyday, her practice asks how our relationship with the artificial might evolve and adapt.

Amba Sayal-Bennett works with drawing, projection and sculptural installation. Her practice explores how agency operates within human and non-human assemblages, from our use of language to materials in her studio.

Janek Nixon’s practice is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between images and sound. Working with a variety of media, his work primarily results in audio- sculptural work that enacts a form of digital distillation.

Rachel Mortlock’s work explores space and built environments and focuses on architectural components and infrastructure. Bringing together building materials and dysfunctional cast objects that emanate familiarity she constructs systems that elude an actual function, and instead create a dialog between her materials.

Maria Mahfooz’s practice is often autobiographical and informed by her identity as a visible Muslim woman of colour. Her works play on the idea of the ‘other’ within popular culture and the digital realm and interrogates themes of representation, construction and selfhood.

Benjamin Fitton uses performance, text and forms of public address to contribute to debates around the politics of presentation, participation and spectatorship. He uses crude materials and appropriated objects, images, video and language to stage moments of deep uncertainty about the consequences of making one thing stand in for another.

Hsi-Nong Huang’s practice creates a dialogue between sculpture, performance and drawing. The social experiences is a multi tool that allows her to bang into different modes of thought whilst interacting with people, and then integrating these elements into her sculpture.

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