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MEDIA KIT TOO MUCH OF ME 7 PATHS THROUGHT THE ABSURD, (WITH DETOUR)* Above: Stuart Ringholt, Wednesday he wore a plastic nose, performance 2003, courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney Left: Kirsty Hulm, Allegory for a cowboy story that never came to be 2008, ink on paper (detail), courtesy of the artist TOO MUCH OF ME: 7 PATHS THROUGH THE ABSURD, (WITH DETOUR)* Exhibition Dates: Monash University Museum of Art 15 April – 20 June 2009 Monash University Museum of Art MUMA Ground Floor, Building 55 Monash University, Clayton Campus Wellington Road, Clayton Postal: Monash University VIC 3800 Melbourne, Australia Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm Saturday 2-5pm T: 61 3 9905 4217 E: muma@adm.monash.edu.au www.monash.edu.au/muma Free entry
MEDIA KIT TOO MUCH OF ME: 7 PATHS THROUGH THE ABSURD, (WITH DETOUR)* ARTISTS: RONNIE VAN HOUT | KIRSTY HULM LAITH McGREGOR | STUART RINGHOLT WORKMANJONES | ERWIN WURM *(SAMUEL BECKETT AND BUSTER KEATON) CURATOR: GERALDINE BARLOW Introduction … trying to cease and never ceasing, seeking the cause, the cause of talking and never ceasing, finding the cause, losing it again, finding it again, not finding it again, seeking no longer, seeking again, finding again, losing again, finding nothing, finding at last, losing again, talking without ceasing, thirstier than ever, seeking as usual, losing as usual, blathering away, wondering what it’s all about, seeking what you can be seeking, exclaiming. Ah, yes, sighing. No no, crying, Enough, ejaculating, Not yet, talking incessantly, any old thing, seeking once more, any old thing, existing away, you don’t know what for, as yes, something to do, no no, nothing to be done, and now enough of that, unless perhaps, that’s an idea, let’s seek over there … – Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. – Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus How do we make sense of who we are and our place in the world, a world ambivalent to our existence? Our thirst for meaning fuels our encounters with the absurd; whether unexpected or deliberately sought out. Too Much of Me creates a number of paths through this terrain, encompassing the philosophical weight of the absurd as well as its relationship to play, creation, ridicule, revolt and freedom. Too Much of Me features the work of Ronnie van Hout, Kirsty Hulm, Laith McGregor, Stuart Ringholt, WorkmanJones and Erwin Wurm, with a detour from Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton. The artists in the exhibition work with aspects of personal refection and self-portraiture. If art and self awareness arise from self reflection, what are the dangers of an excess of self reflection – too much of me? OPENING FUNCTION Saturday 18 April, 3-5pm Monash University Museum of Art, Clayton Campus With opening welcome at 3:45pm PRE-OPENING FLOOR TALK Saturday 18 April, 2.30pm Join curator Geraldine Barlow in conversation with exhibiting artists Ronnie van Hout, Kirsty Hulm, Patrick Jones (WorkmanJones) and Stuart Ringholt. CATALOGUE A 64 page colour catalogue will be produced for Too Much of Me featuring texts by exhibition curator Geraldine Barlow, Justin Clemens and Jess Johnson Media Contact For further information or image requests please contact Danny Lacy, Program Administrator 03 99051618 or danny.lacy@adm.monash.edu.au Above: Erwin Wurm, Take your most loved philosophers 2002, pencil on paper, instructional drawing from the One minute sculpture series, and view of the sculpture realised by the public, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium and Gallery Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Paris
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