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This show featured two strands of work; installation and 2-D textual works.
The installation risk @ssessment IV presented a sceptical and playful reaction against blame culture. 600 sparkling resin objects cascade across the gallery floor. Each object pulses with flashing red LED .Viewed from above the effect is evocative of a sparkling cityscap.e as viewed from a landing plane. Closer examination reveals the characteristics of each form, ranging from the everyday and mundane to the more obscure and bizarre. The work occupies of the 3 gallery rooms. Occupying the floor of the 3rd space was a grouping of ‘the silicone boys’ The treatment of each face is redolent of an illustration from an ‘old school’ children’s novel suggesting the idea of a child rather than the actuality. The figures engender a dual sense of displacement and play, appearing as if sunk from the shoulders down. The material and its use carrying wider associations with mass production, children’s toys and the question of author function in contemporary art. |
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far from the macho crowd at RED gallery tom hackett |
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The show premiered newly evolved textual works which explore some of the questions and speculation which underpin Hackett’s position as an artist, who when it comes to materials, size and strategy, positions himself ‘far from the macho crowd’ within the broader church of sculture today. |
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risk @ssessment IV |
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silicone boys |