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ALEXANDRA HUGHES16 April – 30 May 2010
Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George’s Road, London, SE1 6ER
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This April, Siobhan Davies Studios presents Arrangements an exhibition of new works by Canadian-born artist Alexandra Hughes. Through photography Arrangements explores the effects of light and time on the architecture of Siobhan Davies Studios and captures the constantly shifting light and shadows sweeping through the building, across its walls, floors, and ceilings. The exhibition opens on 16 April and runs until 30 May 2010.Arrangements (2009-10) is a series of sixteen photographs, taken between December 2009 and April 2010, each consisting of multiple layers of light and time. Using the blank side of a photograph, Hughes places this within the Studio’s architecture and takes a photograph of it and the shadows cast across its surface. This is then printed and placed in another location to capture a new shadow. This process is repeated and the layers of the photograph multiply to construct a new geography of the building bringing disparate surfaces in contact with one another. Also presented is Frosted Glass: February, March, April (2010), a series of photographic contact sheets of diffused light through windows within the building. Natural light is seen in squares of colour that range from blue, through green and yellow to red, what is not at first apparent is seen in compelling simplicity. Adding to these new works is 13.5 Hours of a White Wall (2010), a work that completes a trilogy of works in which photographic slides (taken every 6-12 minutes depending on the duration of the work) record the light cast across a white wall for the duration of time listed in the title – from sunrise to sunset. They are replayed in the single rotation of a slide carousel, making visible the usually unseen colour shifts that occur as daylight passes. This work will be previewed at the opening of the exhibition and shown while the artist is in conversation on the 28 May.
Siobhan Davies Studios
85 St George’s Road, London SE1 6ER
T: +44 (0)20 7091 9650
Nearest tube: Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North
www.siobhandavies.com
Admission free
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-2pm
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