AZADE
Opening reception 28/08
John Murphy
Épreuve,
(Voyage Towards the Edge of the Night)
Gevaert editions 2013
Artist book
Offset printing, 16 p.
34.5 × 26.5 cm
Edition of 250 numbered copies printed by Cultura, Wetteren.
Preoccupied with the relationship between vision, things and language whilst playing on the theme of similarity and difference, John Murphy’s art historical lineage can be traced through a specifically European Symbolist – based conceptual tradition descending from Mallarmé and Jarry through to Duchamp, Magritte and Broodthaers. The artist’s process of accumulating and arranging fragments of images and language is echoed in the viewer’s experience of the exhibition, where memories of things encountered shape the perception of other things yet to be seen. The blurring of boundaries between past and present is emphasized by Murphy’s practice of revisiting his own material and re – presenting previously exhibited works in different configurations potentially generating new meanings.
45 euros + shipping
Purchase