In Advance

22 April - 23 May 2008

In Advance explores the concept of the readymade gesture within the context of contemporary art and broader culture.

Setting up a dialogue between expanded photomedia and sculptural practices, the show looks at different forms of domestic and commercial architecture as sites of play and transgression. Reflecting on alternate modes of living, consumption, and signification, it examines the performance of subjectivity within the realms of the everyday and the promises of a utopian future.

Stephen Birch
Geoff Kleem
Vanila Netto
Paul Saint
Curated by Tanya Peterson

Free Public Event - Friday 2 May, 1-2pm
Lunchtime floor talk
with Tanya Peterson and Vanila Netto.

An exhibition catalogue will be available in mid-May, to request a copy please contact UTS Gallery.

To download the press release for In Advance
(pdf, 308 kb) please click here.

Images (from top):
Vanila Netto, Hogshead #1 (compactibility), 2007-0,8 digital print. Courtesy of the artist, BREENSPACE Gallery Sydney
and Arc One Gallery Melbourne.
Stephen Birch, Civic Minded (detail), 1999 fibreglass, steel, paint, leather shoes, 2 pieces, 310 x 40cm (each) Copyright Estate of Stephen Birch. Courtesy Kaliman Gallery, Sydney.
Geoff Kleem, Untitled (detail), 2008, digital mural print, 310 x 870cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Paul Saint, Bier (detail), 2008, ceramic, wax, paper, 6 pieces, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.

Tanya Peterson would especially like to thank Andrew Birch & Cheryl Sing, along with Kaliman Gallery, Sydney for their generous support in the loan of Stephen Birch's work.

Geoff Kleem has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding & advisory body. The artist would also like to thank the Art Gallery of New South Wales for its assistance with this project.