Spike Island is a wonder in itself, an isle of land along the River Avon, lovely part of a city with the delight of nature.
Its Gallery is not bad either.
Spike Island
Spike Island is an international centre for the
development of contemporary art and design.
A vibrant hub for production, presentation
and debate, it invites audiences to engage
directly with creative practices through
participation and discussion.
development of contemporary art and design.
A vibrant hub for production, presentation
and debate, it invites audiences to engage
directly with creative practices through
participation and discussion.
"Tunnels of Love in the Corridors of Power" is also a wonderful name for an exhibition in ours times... Look forward to tonight.
Details:
http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/events/exhibitions/fordwoh/
_event_image.jpg "Chris Fordwoh <i>Michelle Power Spouse</i> (2015)")
Chris Fordwoh Michelle Power Spouse (2015)
Test SpaceChris FordwohTunnels of Love in the Corridors of Power
Chris Fordwoh sets love in the context of power, or vice versa, in a series of constructions which confuse and conflate ideas around the global, the personal, the façade and the domestic.
The Test Space area is a large corridor situated within the Spike Island building. Fordwoh investigates the idea of the corridor as a conduit and a promise. Representations of the spouses of the world’s most powerful men and women lie behind doorways set into cardboard box constructions. The cardboard boxes reference production and impersonal commerce but, with their dollhouse entrances, may equally recall an idealistic child-like game of playing house.
The love marriage is a relatively modern concept replacing the idea of marriage, in the west, as a decision largely concerned with economics and status. With his amalgamation of the intimate and the high-profile Fordwoh questions whether love really conquers all or whether the love relationship is exploited by and subsumed into the machinations of power.
Any risk of cynicism, however, is denied by Fordwoh’s humour and playful optimism. Fordwoh says: ‘Artists are the capricious lovers of power. We tunnel our way into its corridors and change the wallpaper.’
Preview Friday 17 April, 6–9pm
Crit Wednesday 22 April, 1pm
Chris Fordwoh
Chris Fordwoh (1966) was born in London and completed his MA Fine Art at the University of the West of England. He currently lives and works in Gloucester and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
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