here's a link to some more opening night photos http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146333&id=238363768813
Also this is the bio they wrote for me it's fantastic!
What does your junk say about you? How can our unloved appliances paint a picture of our lives? These are the questions raised by Robin Clare in her works, “Stand and Deliver” and “Time Waits for No Machine”, which are exhibited at MAP gallery. Working from drawings and photographs of found objects, Clare focuses on the various ways these discarded items can reveal something deeper about the society from which they were ejected. Whilst a fridge or washing machine dumped in the countryside can appear amusingly out of place, Clare creates pieces which equally reveal their vulnerability as homeless objects; victims of the world of consumerism.
The works are created using a number of techniques, from bright-coloured painting to stencilled patterns, whilst texts from popular culture, news headlines, as well as everyday phrases add to the playful narrative. As a result, the viewer is invited to engage in various discourses created by a juxtaposition of text and discarded objects. Both humour and the image quietly subvert, as the odd and amusing aspects of the displaced objects become a harsh reminder of our impact on the world. The works, with their bold colours and lettering, echo the advertising style implemented in the Pop Art tradition, acting as a commentary on our materialistic ‘throw-away’ culture today. Maybe the joke’s on us.
'It's Not Funny' was a week long show at the MAP Gallery in Leeds from Jan 28th to Feb 4th 2010, curated by Claire Brentnall and Gaia Rosenberg Colorni with work by Robin Clare, Doug Fishbone, Aoife Flynn, Josephine Flynn, Thom Green, Suzan Inceer, Simon Lewandowski, Angela Lizon, Louise Thomas, Branka Vidovic-Butler, Johnny White.
