Jonathan Meese, Jim Lambie, Paul McCarthy and Oliver Clegg
Jim Lambie, The Byrds, 2005, mixed media, variable dimensions
Paul McCarthy, White Snow Balloon Dog (Gold), 2013, Sealed PVC polyvinyl chloride plastic
Richard Jackson, Jim Lambie and Paul McCarthy
Jonathan Meese, Jim Lambie and Paul McCarthy
Jonathan Meese, Lady Octypusso Octopopo, 2005, Acrylic paint 104,2 x 15,3 x 145 cm
Jim Lambie, Paul McCarthy, Ardmore Ceramics and Oliver Clegg
Ardmore Ceramics, Ceramic, variable dimension
Ardmore Ceramics (salt and pepper shaker, Ceramic, variable dimension
Ardmore Ceramics (teapot), Ceramic, variable dimension
Paul McCarthy, White Snow Balloon Dog (Gold), 2013 and Robert Longo, Study for Tiger Head (n°4 a), 2011
Robert Longo, Study for Tiger Head (n°4a), 2011, Ink and charcoal on vellum, 90x73x4cm, courtesy private collection, London
Robert Longo, Study for Tiger Head (n°4 a), 2011 and Oliver Clegg, Death of Knowledge, 2015
Oliver Clegg, Death of Knowledge, 2015, Concrete, steel and neon 122 x 101 x 63.5 cm
Ardmore Ceramics, Raphaël de Villers and Roni Horn
Raphaël de Villers, Le Chevalier Rose, 2013, Glazed ceramic, 60 x 45 x 30 cm
Roni Horn, Untitled n°10, 2000, 62 x62 x 4 cm (each) and Roe Ethridge, Pigeon, 2002, 101,6 x 127 cm
Roni Horn,Untitled, No. 10, 2010, Iris printed photographs on Somerset Satin paper (edition of 15 + 3 AP), 55,9 x 55,9 cm Courtesy the Artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Roe Ethridge, Pigeon, 2002, C-print, 101,6 x 127 cm
ANIMALS
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Riva Project is delighted to present ANIMALS, a group show bringing together works by Paul McCarthy, Ardmore Ceramics, Oliver Clegg, Raphaël De Villers, Roe Ethridge, Roni Horn, Jim Lambie, Robert Longo, Jonathan Meese and Richard Jackson.
ANIMALS looks to reflect on the position and representation of the Animal, particularly in the field of contemporary sculpture. Assembling diverse forms, various techniques and mediums, the exhibition suggests a contemporary bestiary, to present the relationship with the animal world. Worshiped, sacred, sacrificed or naturalised, the figure of the animal poses questions about our view of the world. Whether represented accurately or fantastically, the animal has always been a very real concern throughout the history of art. This varied presentation can be seen – according to personal interpretation – as a hunting chart or an animal gallery. On the border between dream, fascination and fantasy, the artworks shown in the exhibition evoke our cohabitation with animals, whose world possesses its own rules but which may yet reveal our special bond with the ‘significant otherness’* that is the Animal.
* Term taken from Donna Harraway’s The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness (Prickly Paradigm Press, 2003).
© Hugard & Vanoverschelde, photography
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