Until 23 Jan 2011
Adrian Searle lyrically reviewed the exhibition in The Guardian, and detailed Parreno’s negotiation of the reception of his work, and his achievement of a “magical synchronicity”. Searle writes that “The whole exhibition is a kind of journey the audience has to follow. The experience feels communal, and I think this, too, is intended by the artist. He seems concerned with how long people spend looking at a single work: here, only one work is available to look at any time. The artist coerces us into going with him.”
Artists who make work with an eye to its public reception often find that the form, as well as exhibition, of the work begins to be affected by this consideration. Newbloodart’s Charlotte Barker is interested in the ways in which the viewer and indeed the owner of her art work are essential to its completion. The demand for this kind of agency also proves to be a reward. Searle concludes that “It is never just a matter of plonking yourself down and losing yourself. But then it never should be.”