NATURE TRAILS
A new show at gallery:space
Gill Hale
Noa Lidor
Jo Melvin
Gil Pasternak
Jakeline Londoño
Curated by Shiri Shalmy
26 April- 25 May 07
Private View - Thursday 26 April 6-8pm
Gallery Talk - Tuesday 1 May 6-8pm
NATURE TRAILS is the first show at Gallery:Space - a new space for art in the middle of Finsbury Park.
Situated in the heart of an urban park, NATURE TRAILS refers to its setting as a departure point for a discussion about human understanding of, and relationship with, the natural world.
NATURE TRAILS feature five London based artists, exploring issues of constructed nature, the ability to grasp spaces beyond human control or the nature of nature. Mapping, navigation, trade and travel are some of the ideas investigated in the show.
Noa Lidor's wall installation, made out of hundreds of metal thimbles,
creates a stunning visual effect in this poetic work while Jakeline
Londoño's sculpture, hanging from the gallery's ceiling, has an intense physical presence in the space. Jo Melvin and Gil Pasternak's video work, using footage of seascape, is an exploration of spaces, physical and mental while Gill Hale maps new, invented territories in a work dealing with the possibilities of public spaces.
The show is accompanied by a free educational resource for primary schools and families and a free Gallery Talk.
Admission is free.
Gallery:Space is a new independent space for art in the middle of Finsbury Park. It is a not for profit social enterprise and the first public art space in the Finsbury Park area.
NATURE TRAILS is supporetd by Haringey
Council, Rowan's Bowling
Club, The Friends of Finsbury Park, Reception Space and Homebase.