GOOD RIDDANCE

Artists Paul Davis, Jem Finer, Leo Fitzmaurice, Brown Sierra, John Clayman, Miles Thurlow, Lawrence Weiner

03.Feb.07 - 10.Mar.07
Fri-Sun 12-5 or by appt

Curators Claire Davies, Sam Gathercole

Mot
Unit 54 Regent Studios 8 Andrews Rd
London E8 4QN
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Tube Bethnal Green; BR Cambridge Heath, Hackney / Bethnal Green

What happens if, rather than add-on, build-up, fill-in or replace, you get-rid-of something instead? Can getting-rid-of be constructive, progressive and forward looking, and not just destructive, nostalgic, or somehow redemptive? Can taking-away open things up, push things forward and create new lines of enquiry? Good Riddance looks to explore and expand on these thoughts and questions by inviting people to think, or think again, about the means and potential of taking-away. The exhibition brings together work by seven contemporary artists in response to the idea of taking-away and getting-rid-of as a means of making.

The artists in Good Riddance use a variety of media including sound, film and text. Most adopt a manual approach to modify, adapt and transform existing objects and forms through a process of taking-away. Through this process, things are gained rather than lost.