Primer / Sean Edwards
Primer / Sean Edwards
Thinking Culture / Primer
Date: Thursday 02 February 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical Building
Category: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Speaker: Sean Edwards
Website: www.tickettailor.com/events/thecommonguild/832320
‘Primers’ offer an opportunity to hear from artists during the development of new projects with The Common Guild. As part of the upcoming project ‘anywhere in the universe’, this first 'Primers' event of the new year brings Sean Edwards to Glasgow to talk about his artistic practice to date.
'Primers' are presented in collaboration with the School of Culture & Creative Arts 'Thinking Culture' programme with Dr. Dominic Paterson at the University of Glasgow.
Sean Edwards’ work investigates the sculptural and political potential of the everyday, often using remnants and fragments of previous activities as a starting point. In many of the works there is a sense of objects being in-progress, indeterminate and open to change. The work intertwines simple sculptural objects, mixed media installations and audio-visual components with personal family and political histories.
Sean Edwards (b. Cardiff 1980), graduated with an MA from the Slade School of Art in 2005, and is currently Programme Director for Fine Art & Photography at Cardiff School of Art and Design. Edwards’ work investigates the sculptural and political potential of the everyday, often using remnants and fragments of previous activities as a starting point. In many of the works there is a sense of objects being in-progress, indeterminate and open to change. The work intertwines simple sculptural objects, mixed media installations and audio-visual components with personal family and political histories.
Recent solo exhibitions include 'chased losses', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (2022); ‘distant borrowing’, Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2021); ‘Undo Things Done’, Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham, Senedd, National Assembly for Wales and Bluecoat, Liverpool (both 2020); ‘Drawn in Cursive’, MOSTYN, Llandudno and Network, Aalst, Belgium; ‘Putting Right’ Limoncello, London (both 2014); ‘Resting Through’ Kunstverein Freiburg (2012); and ‘Maelfa’ Spike Island, Bristol (2011). Group shows include ‘British Art Show 9’, Hayward Touring and ‘The World We Live In’, Southbank Art Centre, London (both 2022); ‘Olaph the Oxman’, Copperfield Gallery, London (2019); ‘49a’, Limoncello, Woodbridge (2016); ‘This is Your Replacement’, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf (2016); ‘Un Nouveau Festival 2015’ Centre Pompidou, Paris; and ‘Finite Project Altered When Open’, David Dale Gallery & Studios, Glasgow (both 2015), amongst others.
LOCATION
Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical Building University Ave, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ