Foundation Centre, Goodwood, West SussexOpen to the public:
16th November to 12th December 2009 | 10.30am - 3pm
5th January to 28th February 2010 | 10.30am - 3pm
"Where else in the world can you discover the present
and the future of 21st century sculpture?"
Wilfred Cass, 2009
In November 2009, the Cass Sculpture Foundation will be exhibiting its first-ever indoor exhibition of mid-scale works entitled, SUBJECT | MATTER since it's inception fifteen years ago. Located in the New Foundation Centre's unique exhibition space, designed by Studio Downie Architects, the exhibition, curated by Claire Shea, will be open to the public from Monday, November 16th to Saturday, December 12th, Tuesday, January 5th to Sunday, 28th March 2010.
SUBJECT | MATTER will showcase a wealth of emerging and innovative sculptural talent from an international selection of up-and-coming artists including Thomas Adank, James Balmforth, Claire Barclay, Asif Khan, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Mike Ricketts, Sarah Staton and Marianne Vitale.
The sculptures featured in SUBJECT | MATTER present a sampling of some of the current trends in contemporary sculpture and also gives an indication of some of the artists the Foundation intends to work with in the future to develop monumental commissions.
SUBJECT | MATTER is the first in a series of exhibitions to be held in the Foundation Centre. Future exhibitions will include group shows surveying trends in contemporary sculpture and solo exhibitions presenting a sampling of recent works by individual artists.
Artists
Thomas Adank was born in 1979 in Switzerland. In 2006, he completed a BA (hons) in Visual Communication & Photography at the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne. Following that he completed an MA in Fine Art, Photography at the Royal College of Art in London.His work has been exhibited in numerous international group exhibitions since 2006 and he was recently awarded a Cultural Grant by the Leenaards Foundation in Lausanne and the IKEA Stiftung Schweiz in Zurich (2008).read more
James Balmforth was born in Plymouth in 1980. He currently lives and works in London. He completed a BFA at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2003. Balmforth's work has featured as part of the Peckham Pavillion at the Venice Biennale (2009), Bold Tendencies, an annual exhibition of outdoor sculpture, at the Hannah Barry Gallery (2009). In 2009, Balmforth's newest works, including Movement Towards Diminishing Object, were featured as part of a solo exhibition entitled 'The Making of Ashes' at the Hannah Barry Gallery in London.
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Claire Barclay was born in 1968 in Paisley, Scotland. She completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Department of Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art in 1990 and subsequently completed a MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in 1993. She lives and works in Glasgow. Barclay's work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including 'Pale Heights,' Mudam, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2009); 'Openwide,' The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2009); 'Claire Barclay: Shifting Ground,' Camden Arts Centre (2008); 'Fault on the Right Side,' Kunstverein, Braunschwig, Germany (2007); 'Half-Light,' Art Now, Tate Britain (2004).
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Juliana Cerqueira Leite was born in Chicago, USA in 1981, but grew up predominantly in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In 2000, Juliana obtained a BA, Fine Art, from Fundação Armando Álvarez Penteado in São Paulo followed by a BA in Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design and a MFA in Sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Cerquira Leite's work has featured in exhibitions including: 'Up Down In Out', at Trolley Gallery, London (2009); 'Return to Reason', HRL Contemporary, Gallery 77, London (2009); 'Dis-locate Festival', Ginza Art Lab, Tokyo (2008); 'Ethereal', Motdar, Copenhagan.
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Asif Khan (b. 1979, London, England) studied Architecture at both the Bartlett School, University College London and earned a full scholarship to the Architectural Association School, London, where he completed his studies in 2007. Khan has his own architectural practice in Central London. His current projects include a Church Spire for St. Barnabas Church, London (2009); Victoria Park Pavillion Café, London (2009); 'Swivel' mobile for Osman Yousefzada catwalk show at London Fashion Week (2009); West Beach Café, Littlehampton (2008) as well as numerous products including lighting, tables, storage systems and seating.
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Mike Ricketts was born in Sheffield in 1971. He completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1996, after completing a BA (Hons) in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Recent exhibitions include 'Reverse Consultation (Old New Town)', Art and the New Town, Harlow (2008); 'Building, Dwelling, Thinking', Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (2008). He has also contributed various critical writing and artists projects to publications including Photoworks, Inventory and Camera Austria.
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Sarah Staton has been exhibiting internationally in the commercial and museum sectors since graduating from St Martin's School of Art in 1988. Notable shows include 'Daddy POP' at Ann Faggionato, London (2004); 'kissingcousins' at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2006);'In situ ex situ' at Mount Stuart, Scotland (2007); 'How They Met,' a collaborative exhibition created with artist Josephine Pryde in Vienna (2008); her inclusion in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition (2008) and her solo show, 'A Clump of Plinths' for the Lowry Gallery, Salford (2009).
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Marianne Vitale was born in 1973 in New York City, New York, where she lives and works. She completed a BFA in Film at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, New York in 1995. Vitale's work has featured in solo exhibitions at the SculptureCenter, New York (2009) and IBID Projects, London (2009), the NADA Art Fair, Miami (2008) most recently.
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