Sunday, 30 May 2010

BLASPHEMY

Group show of emerging artists shines a light on Europe's black hearts.

After a debut in London the Gadje group have now brought themed shows to Dublin, and most recently, Barcelona. Blasphemy in the Catalan capital was the largest to date featuring over 40 emerging artists from across Europe reacting to the theme with work that spanned painting, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, illustration and video.



























Anja Pirska "Paradise garden" oil painting

Transforming an industrial space in the fashion and contemporary art hot spot that is the Poble Nou district in Barcelona, Blasphemy questioned the limits and meaning of blasphemy in an increasingly secular age. Shaking up Barcelona's art and style scene, artists and audiences were encouraged to explore the idea of with whom and with what can we commit blasphemy. Issues such as culture, religion, politics, standards, sex, new technologies, wars, sacrifices and the normalisation of blasphemy were investigated in a provocative and playful show.
 
Konrad Wyrebek "Byonce is the new black Madnna" installation with oil painting, gaffer tape, cut
aluminum shapes, salt




Konrad Wyrebek "Byonce is the new black Madnna" installation with oil painting, gaffer tape, cut aluminum shapes, salt


Konrad Wyrebek "MDMA MMAD" installation with two oil paintings, silk screen print, gaffer tape, wires and cables found in the space

Featured artists included Konrad Wyrebek (paintings, drawings and installation), Matthew Miles (video, installation and digital print), Anja Priska (painting), Juliette Butler (photography) and Charlotte Kaye (sculpture). Much of the strongest work was 3D, with Uli Blanchet and Charles Garcin’s pieces boldly twisting satire and sexuality with the bust of a gay clone and an orgy of Teletubbies respectively. Alix Marie’s grotto of Virgin Marys, meanwhile, echoed the famous terraced cemetery on the outskirts of the city with a mountain of found bricks and fairy-lights.

Matthew Miles "Hold fast to that which is good" installation,black rubber, muslin, tempera, video projection
 
Matthew Miles "You are where", digitally manipulated print


The core Gadjes artists are London based, but each show draws input from across the continent with a strong showing of rising talent from each host city. This September the focus shifts to Rome, before a final 2010 exhibition in Paris.



Juliette Butler "Jo" photography
Anja Pirska " Mister-Missue monkey versus parrot" oil painting

Charlotte Kaye "Smitey" plastic sculpture



Full list of Blasphemy Barcelona participating artist:s

Uli BLANCHET / collage - illustration

Helene BUTLER / video

Patrick WILEM / video

Francisco DE PAJARO / paintings - installation

Michelle BOURKE GIRGIS / paintings - installation

Leo COHEN / paintings

Eloise TADARONE / illustration

SNEZ / graffiti

ADO Arte / video

Anja PRISKA / paintings

Alix MARIE / sculpture

Charlotte KAYE / installation

Ángel ROMÁN / photography

Ester COLOMINA FERNANDEZ / photography

Yamila FREI / paintings

Jose Fsc MASSE RODRIGUEZ / paintings

Gloria TAMARIT / photography

El Migue / illustration

Sydney SOUTHMAN / video

Thalia KAVAKELIS / paintings

Vj NOKAMI / performance

Alice WALTER / video Juliette BUTLER / photography

Adrian FRAGUAS DEL OLMO / photography

Fanny PEYRATOUT / illustration

Florian VALMONT / video

TRULLAS / pintura - performance

David MARTHELY / photography

Garby KW / video

El Hombre Sapo / talismans

Irene BOU / paintings

Francisco JAVIER VAZQUEZ / paintings

Louise BUTLER / performance

Matthew MILES / prints -installation

Dede DIAME / seriography

Xart Woman / video-performance

Karen BISWELL / photography

Eva BLANCHE / paintings

Leonard BUTLER / sculpture

Charles GARCIN / installation

Konrad WYREBEK / paintings - installation

Beniaxx,Amanda Beniakriou / video

Susu LAROCHE / video

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