"No Longer Fathom"Martin Boyce
PRESENHUBER EVA
Waldmannstrasse 6, CH-8001 Zurich
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November 14 > December 19,2020
Installation views, Martin Boyce: No Longer Fathom, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Waldmannstrasse, Zurich, 2020 © Martin Boyce
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to announce an online viewing room featuring new sculptures and drawings by the Scottish artist Martin Boyce. Our presentation runs in tandem with Boyce's exhibition No Longer Fathom, which opens at our Waldmannstrasse, Zurich, space today from 11 am to 6 pm.
Boyce's new sculptures all look as though someone was constructing haunted-house elements—dead and unseeing objects which, though once created for the purposes of connection, communication, and togetherness, have now lost their function. Instead, they only convey silence, exclusion, and the history of a home that once stood for protection, community, and openness.
The exhibition No Longer Fathom comes at a time when such values are no longer givens: whereas thousands of people leave their homes, others barricade themselves behind their doors. Wherever we are, feelings of insecurity, fear, and vulnerability are omnipresent, like being adrift on the ocean. A house is no longer mere shelter but is either abandoned or fortified. The promise that doors will open and the expectation that landlines will ring no longer hold true. We are stuck in a waiting room without knowing what is happening.
Boyce's new sculptures all look as though someone was constructing haunted-house elements—dead and unseeing objects which, though once created for the purposes of connection, communication, and togetherness, have now lost their function. Instead, they only convey silence, exclusion, and the history of a home that once stood for protection, community, and openness.
The exhibition No Longer Fathom comes at a time when such values are no longer givens: whereas thousands of people leave their homes, others barricade themselves behind their doors. Wherever we are, feelings of insecurity, fear, and vulnerability are omnipresent, like being adrift on the ocean. A house is no longer mere shelter but is either abandoned or fortified. The promise that doors will open and the expectation that landlines will ring no longer hold true. We are stuck in a waiting room without knowing what is happening.
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SATURDAY, November 14, 11am to 6pm
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