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February – 28 March 2004
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 OLN
Open 1pm-6pm every day
Combining
political comment with comical authority to poignant effect, Graham Hudson’s
first London solo exhibition, as part of the Jerwood Artists Platform,
mixes sound, text and appropriation to explore issues of conflict in our
modern world.
 Crammed
between the pillars in the front gallery, Hudson presents a life-size
replica of a Challenger tank. A familiar TV War image, closer inspection
reveals that the tank’s United Nations white livery is constructed
from a skin of discarded kitchen cabinets. Through his use of domestic
debris Hudson brings an icon of military power and aggression into the
home, fusing the domestic with the global
The
audiovisual installation ‘TV Musical Western War’ juxtaposes
Geoff Love and his Orchestra’s classic vinyl ‘Greatest War
Themes’, ‘Greatest TV Hits’, ‘Greatest Musical
Memories’ and ‘Greatest Western Themes’ in a theatrical
conflict. Played simultaneously on four record players the result is a
series of sublime moments followed by audio hysteria, generating an ever-changing
original score.
Continuing
his interest in cultural critique, Crucifixion is exhibited for the first
time as a typographic installation laid out full-bleed across the back
gallery wall. The work lists the medical conditions incurred on the body
during the act of crucifixion, ordered anatomically and sized according
to their prominence as a cause of death. Using the style of club-flyer
chic aesthetic, Hudson offers a re-evaluation of a religious icon that
has long lost its potency.
The
exhibition will also include new video work created during Hudson’s
recent sabbatical in New York. Advance copies of a fully illustrated catalogue
with essay by Jemima Montagu are available on request.
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