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What
The near and the elsewhere exhibition
When
25 January – 17 March 2012
Where
PM Gallery & Pitzhanger Manor, Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5EQ
The Fanfare
A new exhibition exploring the global downturn and its effect on cities and their inhabitants opens at PM Gallery & House in January 2012.
The near and the elsewhere examines the constant upheaval within developing cities and the shrinking personal space available to those that live in them.
Combining photography, painting, film and installation from a group of renowned artists drawn from across the world, the exhibition focuses on the daily battles of metropolitan living and the defiance of people against mass economic forces.
The near and the elsewhere records unsuccessful commercial ventures and the resultant empty spaces, abandoned as they no longer fulfil the reason for their creation.
As well as exploring the physical growth and loss of urban architecture, the exhibition follows the city’s marginalised inhabitants into the gaps outside general awareness.
The exhibition offers hope, as overlooked areas become poetic, urban environments turn into private corners of refuge and decrepit interiors are made homely by the sheer willpower of their inhabitants, often in stark contrast to the original vision.
Artists: Francis Alÿs, Sarah Beddington, James Casebere, Thomas Demand, Greg Girard Gregor Graf, Noel Jabbour, Ferit Kuyas, Edgar Martins, Gaia Persico, Peter Piller, Sara Ramo, Rachel Whiteread, Michael Wolf, Cino Zucchi Architetti.
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