David Ward Exhibition at P3
| Date: |
4 November 2009
-22 November 2009
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| Time: | 12.00am - 12.00am |
DAVID WARD: RINK
P3, University of Westminster
4-22 November 2009
This November, artist David Ward transforms the floor of London’s vast underground P3 space into a huge light drawing. Linear drawings from sources including ice skating will be digitally projected from the high ceiling of P3 on to the expansive floor. Viewers will see the constantly changing work unfolding from the mezzanines in the space and can also take to the floor, walking amongst the lines, arcs and spirals which move and layer over the surface like the paths of skaters or stars. This new work entitled RINK opens at P3 on 4 November 2009.
Ward has long been interested by way in which ice skaters ‘draw in space’. As he says: ‘I think skaters draw on the horizontal plane of ice, engraving the surface and always leaving the drawing behind them’. Showing alongside will be some of Ward’s earlier work relating to skating, including by contrast the tiny Memento based on a postcard he received in 1972 of Henry Raeburn’s well-loved painting The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch.
About David Ward:
Born in Wolverhampton in 1951, and initially a painter, David Ward now works in a range of media including painting, photography, light and performance and he has worked extensively with choreographers and architects. He has exhibited widely in the UK, across Europe and in the USA. He was Visiting Artist at Harvard University and Artist in Residence at King’s College Cambridge. His works in relation to architecture and performance include Chorus, Royal Festival Hall; Weight & Measure, Sir John Soane's Museum; Bird Song, with Siobhan Davies Dance, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House; and he exhibited in Filmperformance at Modern Art Oxford. In 2007 his exhibition Orinoco with Richard Deacon, was held at the New Art Centre, Wiltshire. His most recent solo exhibition, Slow Time was shown at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge in 2008-9.
About P3:
P3 is a 14000 square ft exhibition space developed from the vast former concrete construction hall for the University of Westminster’s School of Engineering. It has recently been described as ‘One of the capital’s hidden and most exciting new spaces’ by The Guardian. The Ambika P3 programme commissions artists and researchers across creative disciplines, particularly those developing large-scale installations and prototyping, where full advantage can be taken of the large and accessible space.
P3, University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS
Entrance via gate opposite Baker Street tube
Admission free
Opening hours:
10am-6pm Wednesday - Sunday
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