Threshold artspace Bold contemporary art by Scottish and international artists in Perth since 2005
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COLLECTIONS II: Works by International Artists The second in a series of three exhibitions featuring selected works from Horsecross Arts’ permanent public collection of contemporary art
Curated by Iliyana Nedkova
26 Jun - 14 Oct 2011
FREE exhibition guide
Since we officially unveiled Threshold artspace in September 2005 we have exhibited the works of over 210 Scottish and 115 international artists. 84 of these artists are now represented in our permanent public collection of contemporary art, which boasts some 115 newly commissioned works. Throughout 2011 we endeavour to pause, take stock and reconsider our cultural heritage in a series of three exhibitions featuring works by Scottish artists (Collection I), international artists (Collections II) and women artists (Collections III). The second in the series recreates 18 site-specific installations by 17 established and emerging international artists commissioned and acquired for our collection over the years. Experience them fresh throughout the artspace:
Dome = the copper-clad dome for artists’ spacial and light interventions Artificial Moon (2007) | Wang YuYang Born in Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Lives and works in Beijing.
A giant Chinese lantern with a contemporary poetic twist. Suspended under the copper-clad dome this sculpture sits at the heart of the Threshold artspace. It takes over 10,000 light bulbs and almost as many minutes and hands to get them clustered around the custom-made steel globe. Is this a celebration of the soon ubiquitous green technology of the energy-saving light or a reminder that the visibility of the real Moon often retreats behind the radiance of a brightly illuminated urban sky. Gaze in and be dazzled. Lose sight of everything for a moment.
Wave = a long canvas of 22 flat screens in a row under the copper-clad dome showing short artists’ films back to back as a continuous multiple channel installation Out of Character ASCII (2009) | Vuk Cosic Born in Belgrade. Lives and works in Ljubljana and Dubrovnik.
Selecting scenes from 20 classic films from 1895 until the present, the artist converts them into retro-futuristic moving images using ASCII computer code while raising questions about the obsolescence of our culture.
Circles and Squares (2010) | Igor Krenz Born in Warsaw where he lives and works.
Evoking the magic of cinema experience, the artist dips into his ongoing collection of archive footage only to highlight the secret grammar of cue marks which help projectionists to load the next reel of celluloid. For further details please see Read More | Issue 10
Earth’s Weeping (2006) | Fernando Arias Born in Armenia. Lives and works in London and Columbia.
A melancholic account of Earth’s rare geothermal activity featuring some 80 geysers from the Andes mountain of northern Chile. Look out for our next Read More Journal | Issue 13
Empire (After Warhol) (2008) | Ergin Cavusoglu Born in Targovitshte, Bulgaria. Lives and works in London.
Slowing down the transition from dusk to night over a forlorn building, the artist echoes Warhol’s pioneering use of single continuous take in extremis but instead creates a subtle interplay of light and dark. Please see our new Read More Journal | Issue 12
From Our Own Correspondent (2005) | Dan Perjovschi Born in Cluj. Lives and works in Bucharest.
Hand-crafted drawings with extra dose of dark humour and news appeal appear as exclusive reports from the hot spots of the art world - Venice, Paris, London, Cologne, Istanbul and Athens.
How to Read Between the Lines or Method for Self-Education (2008) | Valentin Stefanoff
Born in Sofia. Lives and works in Paris. The mystery and power of reading are captured in a series of single, continuous shots gliding along the gap between lines of newsprint in French, English and Bulgarian. The rhythm of text and image is syncopated by a specially composed soundtrack by Dan Senn which is playing at Threshold Welcome area.
Running and Falling (2008) | Nils Messeke Born in Gothenburg where he lives and works. A parable about the resilience and strength of human beings set against a dreamy nocturnal winter landscape.
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