“When the Agency gallery was founded one of the first discussions was centred on the perceived crisis of conceptual art. In a return to this line of thought and an exploration of the wider application of the term the practice of Ariel Reichman (1979) will be presented alongside and analysed in relation to selected works by the eminent Italian conceptual artist Franco Vaccari (1936).
The exhibition was conceived in a collaboration between Silvia Meloni and Bea Herhold de Sousa who found that Reichman’s work Dear Felix, I am sorry but we are just too scared to fly (PSM Gallery, Berlin, 2013), itself created in homage to Felix Gonzalez Torres, also mirrored Franco Vaccari’s Esposizione in tempo reale n° 19, Codemondo, (Venice Biennale 1980). Both artists explore the primordial feelings and reactions that are provoked by visitors hearing their own voices, which were recorded live and played back within the gallery space.”
The exhibition will be on view from September 5 until the end of October at The Agency Gallery. http://www.theagencygallery.co.uk
