Nouveau Musée National de Monaco | Cloak: An offsite project by Mike Nelson
CLOAK
AN OFFSITE PROJECT BY MIKE NELSON
UNTIL 16 SEPTEMBER 2016
THE UBS BUILDING | AVENUE DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE, MONACO
PRESENTED BY THE NOUVEAU MUSÉE NATIONAL DE MONACO
Mike Nelson, Cloak, 2016 - Vue d'installation - Photo NMNM/Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Over the past twenty years, Mike Nelson’s work has centered on the transformation of narrative structure to spatial structure, and on the objects placed within them, immersing the viewer and agitating their perception of these environments. The narratives employed by the artist are not linear or teleological, but multi-layered, and often fractured to the extent that they could be described as a semblance of ‘atmospheres’, put together to give a sense of meaning. The more discrete sculptural works are informed by this practice, often relying on their ambiguity to fade in and out of focus, as a sculpture or thing of meaning, and back to the very material itself. By working in this way the more overtly political aspects of the early works have become less didactic, allowing for an ambiguity of meaning, both in the way that they are experienced and understood. This has led to the possibility of the viewer being coerced into an understanding of the varied structures of their existence, both conscious and sub-conscious. Nelson represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize: first in 2001 and again in 2007. Born in Loughborough (UK) in 1967, Mike Nelson lives and works in London.
This project is curated by Suad Garayeva-Maleki and Cristiano Raimondi
This project was done in collaboration with Galleria Franco Noero, Torino.
Mike Nelson is represented by: Galleria Franco Noero, Torino; 303 Gallery, New York; Neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Matt's Gallery, London.
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