Exhibition

UNIT

1 May 2009 – 15 May 2009

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

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Kingsgate Project Space

London, United Kingdom

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Kingsgate Gallery presents ‘UNIT' an exhibition by Dai Roberts.

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Preview: 19th March, 6 -9pm Kingsgate Gallery presents ‘UNIT' an exhibition by Dai Roberts. UNIT started by manufacturing a set of materials in a unitary size. This size was arrived at in relation to its ease of working within the human scale. Three materials were selected, acrylic sheet, particleboard and copper rods, chosen for their visual and constructive qualities. Although these materials appear to be pristine, as with previous works they started life as found materials. A system was devised to work these materials into three-dimensional objects. UNIT exists in a space between object, artwork and furniture and tests the possibility of cohesion between these different forms. Where the final sculptures take on either a pseudo functional appearance or something more akin to a traditional piece of sculpture; this dichotomy is a key element of the work. UNIT drawings came after the sculptures and out of a need to find a completion. Each sculpture did not seem to come to a point of completion and many varieties of UNIT sculpture were made before starting the drawings. Each drawing a finished thing in itself was created. One key characteristic of the drawings is their lack of adherence to the rules of gravity. They are not a reference to a possible sculpture but are a work in themselves. They are abstract drawings at the same time as alluding to concrete objects. Dai Roberts lives and works in London. He completed a Fine Art degree at the Nottingham Trent University (2002) and Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (2005). He has taken part in the Rojaraku spatial workshop in Latvia and the Braziers international artist workshops. In 2006 Roberts formed the Noonday demons a collaborative drawing project. In 2008 Roberts won the Marmite Painting prize.

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