Archive  2010

William Scarbrough: Forgotten

September 11 - October 9, 2010

/ + \ = X

a project curated by Spunk Seipel and Christian Nerf

ONE NIGHT ONLY | 20H20 | Tuesday 23rd March 2010

  “I contend that most people, criminal or otherwise, consciously/subconsciously regard aesthetics as the dominant physical and metaphysical value of existence [...] Only the compensatory delusions of theory attribute moral and ethical values to a patently indifferent universe.” Ian Brady

/+\=X could be described as a nothing that relies on a something. It could also be seen as 8 slashes. It’s not a question of joining the dots.

Seipel (Berlin) and Nerf (Cape Town) have acquired work to fill space; photographs, paintings, sculptures, live performances and things that want to be part of your annals. What you choose to see in the few hours that /+\=X exists is what you get.

On a superficial level /+\=X will provide a cacophony of audio and visual keywords that make one smile and move one’s head. If you choose to dig deeper you will find a bigger hole. Anyhow, there will be a how to, a what the fuck, a cash bar and secure parking behind the building.

                “Art doesn’t speak unless spoken to.” Marlene Dumas

Over 70 works have been selected for /+\=X including stuff by Nobuyoshi Araki, Rubens de Carvahlo, Robert Hodgins, Orlan, Robin Rhode, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Barend de Wet, Juergen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ed Young, Uwe Jonas, Sophie Brown, Thomas Ruff, Kristofer Pateau, Phillip Raiford Johnson and something special selected by Stacy Hardy

                “With serialworks, I would like to redirect focus towards first encounters with art; that is, to encourage discussions around practice and studio research, and away (somewhat) from the stylistic conventions of display that tend to dominate our encounters with art in the various evocations of the ‘white cube’.” Kathryn Smith

serialworks along with Seipel and Nerf would like to thank all the collectors and artists that have allowed us to show their work and also a special thanks to those who will perform for us. Viva Et Cetera Viva