The Backspace

"Burn Out - Car Drawing #2"

In the backspace we will show a new work of the British artist Ruth Proctor. The piece is called Burn Out - Car Drawing #2 and consists out of a drawing, a sculpture, a film and a performance; a dense installation in which the burning of tarmac does the magic.

Proctor is interested in the relationship between the figure in space and the object in space, plus movement and performance and how this can be interpreted. Also the aspect of repetition is a returning topic.

Ruth Proctor (1980) studied painting at the Royal College of Art in London. She just showed at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, Hollybush Gardens in London and the Nomas Foundation in Rome. In October her work will be included in the exhibition The World Turned Upside Down. Buster Keaton, Sculpture and the Absurd at the The Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry and in January 2014 she will have a solo exhibition at Norma Mangione Gallery in Torino.

Last 2 days to see Gabriele De Santis's beautiful and strong show. Today we are opened until 18hrs and tomorrow we will be there from 13-18hrs.

Gabriele De Santis show "Looking for a Madeleine in Baalbek" can be seen until March 8th.

"Of course the Chronovisor isn't an actual time machine, because that would be silly; it was more like a time window' proclaims Mr. Ernetti 'So it's like a TV?' Laughs Proust. 'And whats yours? A book? How can you travel on paper?' grunts Ernetti You can't, of course. But you can read from right to left' and with that begins the dream…. I met a dancer in a field - dancing fields. Spin, twist, entail. It was just like reading a book, in few seconds and I'm struggling to see my leaves With my eyes through that pages Come, I'll offer you a glass of future Futuro futurooo ooooooo I am feeling rough I am wearing glasses or plexiglasses ooo - oo - ooooh! should I go ho - o - ome? Where is your new kisser? Come, I'll offer you a glass of future Futuro futurooo – ooooooo Animals now form the shapes of boats on the wall. Let's make some music, get a bike and summon the stars ...And then If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time…." Gabriele De Santis (Italy 1983) graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in London (MA 2010) after which he took part in the Solid Void Diogene Recidency in Turin, IT (2011). Solo shows include: Frutta, Rome, IT (2012), Mostyn Oriel Museum, Llandudno, Wales curated by Adam Carr, AB, A project dreamt by Gabriele De Santis, Nomas Foundation, Rome, IT and Cura Project Space, London, UK (all upcoming). “Re-Generation”, MARCO, Rome, IT (2012) “Footnotes, CAC, Vilnius (2013) and “I wanna be a Masterpiece, ISCP, New York, USA travelling to Henri More Institute, Leeds, UK (2013) are among the group shows in which De Santis recently participated /will participate in.