Working Things Out, Spike Island, Bristol (14/07–16/09/2007)
With Richard Forster, Sara McKillop, Jonathan Owen, Andy Wake, Haroon Mirza, and Milo Brennan
With: Sophie Macpherson
WORKING THINGS OUT Group show with new works by Richard Forster, Sophie Macpherson, Jonathan Owen, Sara MacKillop, Andy Wake, Haroon Mirza & Milo Brennan
Working Things Out is the first group show to take place at Spike Island since the re-launch or the galleries in February 2007.
The exhibition brings together seven British artists working in the field of contemporary sculpture. They are not linked by a particular style but rather by their attitude: a common commitment to reworking the everyday. They produce objects that can be read as prototypes; prototypes that suggest ways of imaging the world otherwise rather than blueprints for living. Working Things Out is therefore not a show about artists assuming the role of designers or vice versa, but rather the productive space in between these categories. All of the artists will present new works or a series of works that has yet to be shown in it entirety; some will also respond directly to the imposing architecture of the gallery, a newly created structure within a former tea packing factory, a space within a space.