exhibition

Shimabuku: Fish & Chips

11.Oct.07 - 18.Nov.07
Thu-Sat 11-6, Sun 12-6 or by appt

Wilkinson Gallery
50-58 Vyner Street
London E2 9DA
020 8980 2662
info@wilkinsongallery.com
www.wilkinsongallery.com
Tube Bethnal Green, Hackney / Bethnal Green

The second exhibition shown in the Project Room of the new gallery space of Wilkinson Gallery, will be Shimabuku’s Fish & Chips.

The piece, previously shown at Tate Liverpool for the Biennial in 2006 and at the DAAD Galerie in Berlin, has been filmed under water: every now and then a fish, swimming in the deep blue sea, seems to be surprised by a potato, which Shimabuku has slipped into the water in front of him. The British national dish has been turned into a humorous “rebus”. But this apparently absurd encounter ultimately encourages the scrutiny of the mundane elements of daily life.

In most of his works, Shimabuku explores the role of communication, memory and myth in the construction of both animal and human consciousness. He likes to engage the public directly by creating interactive situations.