£10 Non-Members
Pil & Galia Kollectiv discuss their work at the Contemporary Art Society as part of PROJECT 02: Verging on the Absurd, the second in our new series of displays showcasing our Artist Members and guest artists, Verging on the Absurd, curated by Elinor Morgan, freelance curator and ESP Programmer at Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
Examining the use of the absurd and surreal in contemporary art, the exhibition presents works by artists Suzanne Mooney, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Francesco Pedraglio, Heather Phillipson and Samara Scott. These artists make works that disrupt our understanding and perception of an object, image or text to give rise to new readings and associations, interfering with our desire to make sense of something and find completeness. Each does this in a different way: by unsettling the viewer through the uncanny use of one material in the place of another, fracturing an image from its original context or making new combinations or juxtapositions of material and concept.
Exhibition runs: 5 April – 28 June 2013. Open Tuesday – Friday, 11.00-17.00
Image: Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Conflict within the Organization, 2010, screensaver, installation view at the Contemporary Art Society 2013, duration 6.48 minutes, © the artists. Photo: Joe Plommer