Žilvinas Kempinas Exhibition @ IKON Gallery
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Fri 23 Sep 2016 - Sun 27 Nov 2016
Žilvinas Kempinas' work feels like more of a physical experience than most work you'll see in art galleries. The kinetic works engage visitors in ways that, while feeling at times joyful, channeling a child-like fascination, also inspires one to consider movement, and time in relation to art, in new ways.
Throughout the exhibit, visitor's are encouraged to try seeing the work from different viewpoints. Kempinas'
Bearings (2015) (seen below), for example, appears to be static from a far, but is actually moving. My first impression was that the circular shape resembled a globe, and then, upon closer inspection, the micro-movements of each bead, began to transform the image and my impressions. The above work also challenged ideas of the lines between art and those who view it, as it moved towards the visitors waking through.
The first room one walks into is an installation made specifically for the Ikon venue, making it an incentive to catch it while you can in Birmingham. You walk through white metal rods as a projection of a forest is cast on the walls around you, a wonderful first glimpse of the work to come.
However, the final room is perhaps the strongest, as his work
White Noise intrigued me on multiple levels. I spent a lot of time studying the moving videotape strips, as from afar it resembled an un-tuned TV, but this illusion is shattered as one inspects it closer. This room in general overwhelms in the most positive way.
This exhibit is completely free, and is definitely worth a trip to see if one wants to experience art in new, unexpected ways.
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