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Tim Ellis
dal 10/3/2011 al 29/4/2011
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10/3/2011

Tim Ellis

Spacex, Exeter

The exhibition includes a series of new paintings and sculptures in three gallery spaces. The first will use a figure as a signifier for the show leading into an installation housing a variety of shelving structures. The final space will contain monuments displayed next to large draped banners.


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This spring Spacex will present The Tourist, the first UK solo show by London based artist Tim Ellis. The exhibition will include a series of new paintings and sculptures that respond to each main space within the gallery.

The exhibition was conceived as a journeymanÂ’s view over three gallery spaces. The first will use a figure as a prompt or signifier for the show leading into an installation housing a variety of shelving structures, screens and tables to juxtapose symbolic objects and artefacts. The final space will contain monuments displayed next to large draped banners, drawing inspiration from graphic tourist posters from the 1930Â’s, these will act as landscapes for sculptures to sit in. This will be seen as a construct of the second manifesting itself in a mixture of totemic assemblages.

The Tourist seeks to explore the way cultural objects and symbols can be consumed. The title refers to a way of positioning the viewer when navigating the work. This position being one of a tourist, exploring a wide variety of opposing objects and ideas in such a way that removes their original intention or what they commonly represent. This shift in value offers the opportunity to question their purpose, authorship and meaning within a new or altered context.

Tim Ellis was born in Chester in 1981. He studied at Liverpool John Moores 2000-2003 and the Royal Academy Schools 2006-2009. His Solo and Group shows include ‘A Foundation for Exchange’ Primopiano Lugano Switzerland 2010 (Solo). ‘The John Moores Painting Prize 26’ The Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 2010, ‘Newspeak - British Art Now Part I.’ Saatchi Gallery London 2010. He lives and works in London. www.timellis.org

For further information
Spacex Press and Marketing Officer Rowan Green tel: 01392 431 786, email: rowan@spacex.org.uk

Opening 11 March 2011

Artist Talk 12 March 2011, 4pm

SPACEX 45
Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF, phone: 01392 431786
Hours: Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm
Free admission

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