Scott Flanagan and Ruth Watson: Of Other Spaces

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Where: The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, 208 Bridge St, Nelson Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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Adult: $3.00
Child (school age): $0.50
Student / NZ Gold Card / concession: $1.00
Saturdays - free entry: $0.00

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This exhibition is an experimental pairing of two highly respected conceptual artists, Scott Flanagan and Ruth Watson. Each artist will present a major installation-based art work representative of their recent concerns and practice. Combined, these art works create an ‘other space’ – another way of seeing the world; its history, geography and politics.

Ruth Watson works in a range of media to explore and interrogate the traditions of cartography. For this exhibition, she will ‘draw’ a large map of the world using a fine reflective material on the floor of The Suter’s oldest gallery. While there are familiar shapes and geographies in this map, it is a reordered view of the world which asks the view to consider the agendas and expectations of mapping systems.

Scott Flanagan uses selected materials to comment on technological histories, in this case, the history of computing and visual imaging in the twentieth century. He will be working in the gallery from 7 February to construct a large woven wall work using VHS tape. This creates a ‘black mirror’ which reflects a pixellated image – a serendipitous commentary on the change from analogue to digital visual technology.

Artist’s floortalk: Saturday 18 February 2 pm

Image: Ruth Watson, Au Hasard 2010 (detail). Photographed during the installation of Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Scott Flanagan, Dear Ada 2010 (detail). Installation view: Goyang Studio Residency, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea. Image courtesy of the artist.