Rumiko Hagiwara
Dillan Marsh
Elizabeth Rowe
10th February - 4th March
Private View 25th February 6-8pm
Castle & Elephant is pleased to present Rumiko Hagiwara, Dillan marsh and Elizabeth Rowe in its relocated space in City Arcade, Coventry. The exhibition brings together three young artists whose work encapsulates notions of distraction, futility and perseverance.
Taking three different formats, all exhibited elements are visible beyond the gallery threshold, responding to the temporary nature of the space. Both Hagiwara and Marsh’s films will be viewed for the duration of the exhibition from the outside, on the windows of the gallery space (9am – 5pm daily). Rowe will work with the format of the exhibition flyer, which will be distributed across the city; the artist will also be placing a work within The Coventry Telegraph newspaper.
The protagonist in Rumiko Hagiwara’s video Escalator (2003) performs a subtle passive aggressive act by walking the opposite way, on a downward flowing escalator. By drawing attention to the use of the public space, Hagiwara suggests that the viewer rediscover trivial elements around them. This will be shown alongside Dillan Marsh’s video Multiple Failures (2008), which documents futile attempts to inflate a self-constructed air-balloon. Marsh strives to realise a fantasy of escape, but the end result is a catalogue of short-lived unsuccessful endeavours.
Elizabeth Rowe’s practice merges images from printed media to regain an element of control over an overwhelming mass of information. Rowe will produce two works for this exhibition, the first being the front image of the show flyer that presents a falling rodeo rider titled F—k reason (2009). The second work will be a new commission printed in the classifieds section of The Coventry Telegraph, which will be on sale in most Coventry newsagent on 25th February 2010.
Dillan Marsh, UK (1980) is currently studying an MA Fine Art, at Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Norway. Recent solo exhibitions include Book Project (Solo Show), Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, 2009, and Lighter Than Air, Utica NYS, USA, 2008.
Rumiko Hagiwara (1979) has recently completed a residency at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, 2009. Recent exhibitons include A la vuelta la esquina, La Casa Encendida Art Center, Madrid, SP, 2009; Walden Affairs, Den Haag, NL, 2009; Belicht Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, NL, 2008.
Elizabeth Rowe, UK (1974) has recently completed residencies at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL, 2009, and The Dudley Library, UK 2009. Solo exhibitons include If Distance was an Object Between Us, Rotterdam, 2009; Tiny Details, Grotesque Proportions, New Art Gallery Walsall, UK, 2008; My Sponsor is the Leader of the Country, MAC, Birmingham, 2006.
Castle & Elephant, Unit 35, City Arcade, Coventry, CV1 3HX
