Information for upcomng show – Leo Fitzmaurice
An exhibition of work as part of Standpoint Futures Residency Program 2011
24 March 2011 12-8pm; artist’s talk and drinks at 6.30pm
25 March 2011 12-6pm
Otherwise known for his bold installations and sculptures using marketing and packaging materials, Leo Fitzmaurice has for several years collected ‘sculptural happenings’, recorded on his mobile phone. As they accumulate they have become a diary of his visual acuity, a intriguing archive of the serendipitous alignments that can be discovered every day, and a resource for open interpretation by other people. He
presents these images to the public for the first time at Standpoint, in an (by nature and intent) experimental and provisional format. The photographs are suggestive: an invitation to our curatorial eye, containing an captivating and un-finished openness difficult to achieve in more complex and developed installations.
These images are accompanied by several sculptural works, chosen because they keep the particular tone of the photographic archive – the lightness of a fleeting moment captured, witty connections made and discovered, slight adjustments to found objects, and arrangements that link object to architecture.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Walsall New Art Gallery, Walsall, ‘Post Match’, developed with Locus Plus, CUBE,
Manchester, 2010 Leo Fitzmaurice, Kim Rugg, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, ‘Transfomations 3’ commission, Lowry Gallery, Salford, 2009, ‘You tell me again I’m not interested’, Deptford X, London.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 ‘How to Divide a Cookie into Five Equal Parts, Without Making any Crumbs’, Tenthaus International, Oslo, Norway, ‘Beyond Pattern’, UH Galleries, Hatfield, England, 2010 ‘Wife Drawing’, Curated by Luke Droz, London, ‘Korean International Art Fair’, Static gallery, Seoul, Niet Normaal, De Beurs Van Berlag, Amsterdam, ‘Beyond Pattern’, Oriel Newtown, Wales and Touring, EV+A Limerick, Ireland, ‘The way we do art now’, curated by Pavel Buchler, Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin, ‘From Here to There: work from
the Arts Council Collection’, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, ‘Urban Origami’, PM Gallery, Ealing, London, ‘Undone’, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, ‘24th June- 31st July’, Seventeen Gallery, London, ‘Remake/ Remodel’, National Glass centre, Sunderland.
This special two-day presentation is part of Leo’s participation in the Standpoint Futures Development Residencies for Regional Artists program. It will include a talk at 6.30 by the artist on Thursday 24th, and an opportunity to meet and talk to Leo at any time in the 2 days.
The residency’s chief aims are to provide high quality, individualized opportunities to develop an artist’s practice and career, and to integrate London and the Regional UK art world to promote dialogue and interchange.
Further information:
Fiona MacDonald: 0207 739 4921 / [email protected]
Matilda Strang: [email protected]
Standpoint Futures is supported by Arts Council England, Arts Council Wales, arc, Castlefield Gallery, Eastside Projects, OUTPOST, Spike Island and Peacock Visual Arts.
