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David Shillinglaw |
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Statement:
David illustrates a chaotic exchange between individuals and their tactile environment, exploring ideas of identity and the riddle of the human condition. Much of the work includes representation of the human form, whether a complex anatomical diagram, or naive stick man, the work revolves around Man Kind as a signifier. David's work draws on ancient mythology along side popular culture; creating a dialogue and vocabulary that skips between the historic and the contemporary. “My work deals with an ongoing quest to control and define the human condition. The work depicts all the devious devices we use to conceal and reveal our true identities as we struggle both to fit in and stand out. I make work that illustrates the shifts between the multitude of fictions we labor under and the reality of who we are. I often work directly onto objects I find so I can give up full control of what I make. This is very important to me as I am drawn into a dialogue between myself and my ever changing environments. My work shifts and mutates under the influences of external ideas, environments and conditions. I make things that force me to consider what it is to be human.” |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2006 ‘Multiple Choice’ The Nancy Victor gallery, London. ‘Dust’. Hoxton hall, London. 2007 ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’. Agnes b. London ‘Myth-No-Logic’. NowhereNorth gallery. London 2008 ‘Monkey Puzzle’, Sehubabe, Belgium. ‘Toil and Trouble’, Macondo, London. 2009 ‘Dumbfounded’, The here gallery, Bristol. 'Chaos is my favourite colour', Frevd bar/gallery. London. Selected Group exhibitions: 2006 ‘works on paper’, Hagan St. Philip. NYC 2007 ‘Prime’, Nowhere North gallery, London ‘Inside Outside’, NYArts gallery, Beijing, China. ‘Friendly Fire’, The Nancy Victor Gallery, London. ‘Angel Headed Hipsters Of The East', Resolution Gallery. NYC 2008 ‘Status Imprecise’, Siemens Senat, Istanbul, Turkey. ‘Animals’, The 96Gillespie gallery, London. ‘Collision’, Collision art festival. Peckham, London ‘Dreaming of Babylon’ Agnes b, London. ‘Nancy Vistor Xmas Show’, The Nancy Victor Gallery, London. ‘The saved and the Damned’, Standpoint gallery. London 2009 'Visionaries', WallSpace gallery. London.
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