Alex Gibbs, currently exhibiting at Superclub gallery in Edinburgh, is the topic of this short documentary film by Adrienne Childress. The exhibition, Rich Living and Sunny Life, is a large collection of works on paper (and other suitably insubstantial materials), presenting a paradoxical co-existence of a naive utopia and sinister dystopian society. This environment is explored through paint, pencils and wax crayons.
Untitled from Alex Gibbs on Vimeo.
The exhibition runs until 30 April.
Haleh Jamali is a multidisciplinary artist working with a wide range of media and techniques that have included painting, video, photography, installation and performance.
Jamali was the curator of the Edinburgh Iranian Festival’s visual arts strand in 2013. The exhibition you can see in the film was created around the theme of ‘borders,’ and presented work from international artists alongside contemporary work from Iran, and Iranian expats.
“We were interested to see how people across cultures and nations would respond to the theme. Some are about geographical borders, some are about more abstract things – the borders between the real and unreal”, Jamali said in a recent interview with the Skinny.
Thanks to our friend, Cailean Watt, for sending this video to us!
Last week Future Positive was talking to Carrie Maginn, the producer of Stitch Lounge at Inspace Gallery in Edinburgh! Carrie was talking to us about her project and the future of arts in Scotland! The edit of the documentary started already and here’s a little preview…