- Venue
- Southampton Solent University
- Starts
- Thursday, July 1, 2010
- Ends
- Wednesday, September 1, 2010
- Address
- Michael Andrews Building Concourse Gallery, Southampton Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YN
- Location
- South East England
Contemporary society produces vast quantities of visual material including paintings, sculptures, prints and photographs, much of which is reproduced in books, television and on the internet. These images develop histories of their own and become part of our collective understanding of the present and past. Ian Kirkpatrick’s works draw these visual artefacts together into reflections on the mythologies of the contemporary world. Inspired by classical Greek vases, he frequently uses cardboard boxes as modern-day ‘vessels’ upon which to examine Western society’s master narratives. This is Ian Kirkpatrick’s first solo exhibition. It features a selection of his recent work, including a new large-scale artwork. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger uses the subject of Olympic sport to explore our modern obsession with progress and human achievement. This participatory project involved members of the public and local schoolchildren from Waterside Primary School in Hythe.
