In ‘Small Acts of Resistance’ Black Rat Projects brings together six international contemporary artists whose work bears the stamp of both the artist’s aesthetic vision and the activist’s world changing ambition.
Works by Peter Kennard, .Masters, Matt Small, Know Hope and Armsrock are on display from 4th Nov - 30th November 2010.
Occupying public space - whether it is within the realms of media and advertising or the architectural surface of the cities in which they work and live - has become a core characteristic of the way these five artists work. They have had their work published in books and magazines, shown in galleries, pasted in the streets and have performed in front of audiences. Between them they disrupt the smooth image that corporate capitalism seeks to spread at once highlighting its repressive character. An interventionist spirit informs their artistic practices and they are constantly engaged in a process of understanding how their work might function in the world, in a way that supports, and not conflicts with their ideals. It was apparent this project brings a group of likeminded artists together under one roof to explore common threads in their work and world views.
In relation to creative histories and industries, I felt this exhibition brought into perspective how work as personal as it may be connects and is viewed by the wider world.
The installations were inventive, stencils and sketches on rotten pieces of wood, and ceiling to floor floating sheets.
Probably not the place for a 'quick look' but an underground art world offering contemporary artists the chance to work along side eachother to create their vision.
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