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Catherine Yass - Descent (March 22 - May 4, 2002)
AN innovative new exhibition has just opened at asprey jacques
in London's Clifford Street which features a series of 'disorientating views'
from Canary Wharf, by internationally-acclaimed artist, Catherine Yass.
Entitled Descent, the film involves Yass being raised 800ft in a crane
above a construction site on Canary Wharf. As a result of the camera being
lowered through thick fog, the surrounding buildings are revealed in slow
motion creating a sense of disorientation which is increased by the reversal
of the image.
From the height of the crane, Yass also suspended another camera in order
to make still images to be exhibited in lightboxes. The photographs are taken
with the camera swinging downward, resulting in blurred almost abstract landscapes
where office blocks and construction sites become streaks of colour and light.
This is accentuated by her method of combining two images, one on positive
film and the other on positive film processed as a negative. This new body
of work continues Catherine Yassðs interest in the psychology of spaces
which can be seen in previous series such as Corridors, a PADT commission
for Springfield Psychiatric Hospital, currently on show at Tate Modern.
Born in 1963, Catherine Yass graduated from Slade School of Art (1986) and
Goldsmiths College (1990) and has exhibited widely on an international level.
Last year, she had a solo show at the Jerwood Space in London and also represented
Britain at the Indian Triennale in Delhi, with two series of work relating
to Indian cinema for which The British Council published a catalogue called
Star. This body of work will be presented in the new space at the Victoria
and Albert Museum in June 2002 as part of Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood.
Descent was facilitated by the Canary Wharf Group plc. with the assistance of Mattias Nyberg.
Catherine
Yass - Works 1994 - 2000, a book published by asprey jacques in 2000,
is distributed by Art Data and is also available at the gallery or by clicking
the buy this link above.
Asprey Jacques, 4 Clifford Street, London, W1X 1RB. Opening times (Tuesday
to Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday 10am-1pm). Tel: 020 7287 7675.