The Nurtured Release 2011 | Oil, household paint, marble dust on cardboard and wood
Planta De Anodizado Water Dispatch Module
Unrealised Potential Frieze Magazine Published online 23/08/10 by Omar Kholeif In the second part, Liam Gillick’s PLANTA DE ANODIZADO (Anodizing Plant, 2010) becomes the first realised project from ‘Unrealised Potential’. Gillick’s original pitch, which suggested that the products and services of the industrial Mexican company LGD LUCK SA be exhibited in a gallery, is here reinterpreted by artists Brian Reed and Len Horsey. The duo have transformed the space into a mock business fair-style pavilion, presenting the products of the aforementioned company, alongside newly produced advertising videos, and kitsch and colourful modular wall paintings. With a nuanced attention to detail, the artists’ interpretation serves as a luscious geographical warp into the economic and social culture of Mexico – a nation where the corporate veneer masks great social inequality. Of course, both Reed and Horsey are practicing artists, and by choosing them to produce the first of these unrealised projects, Chavez-Dawson is encouraging a political imperative – one that informs visitors that the greatest of all producers, are practicing artists themselves. Read full article Further Information http://cornerhouse.org/art www.unrealisedprojects.org