nealeh o wells 'malaga 20 03
nealeh o wells
contemporary art gallery malaga oct 03

hannah collins 'the street'
heard the name but couldn't pin any work to her.. this show has very large digital prints of outdoor scenes two tone in dark mustard yellow and with the other one b/w version carry some weight as an art unit.. the other works lose this momentum I believe very quickly... the most time of viewing was taken up with the video installation of again large images, five acting as one featuring camera and sound work of the poor in Barcelona.. on times sound and image captured the imagination but most of all the camera work was very good...

thomas hirschhorn ' united nations miniature'
large installation work, yet isn't it all, of scenes he constructed with cardboard, paper, plastic, lights complemented with a lot of written information regarding the work carried out by the UN.. anyway the work involved seemed a lot yet I thought it didn't have any really energy for a work that size....

permanent work
the rest of the gallery is made up of a collection of various artists from all over, american and European ones such as cindy sherman, jenny holzer and liam gillick known for his translucent plastic and aluminium coloured shelving, seen in recent years at the annolfini bristol if I'm right.. a piece that I supposed I liked was ernesto neto a wall hanging whose main content of polystyrene balls was held together by what seemed like a large pair of tights that all formed a shape similar to a nice big pair of ....

a recent invite to contribute on the mathew bannister show 5live last Monday 27th oct may result in further contributions on views on art and the turner prize...

colour identity
does an artists palette relate to his environment... e.g. david bomberg and andy warhols own contributions could only have been made to where they were... picasso could not have produced the work that he did living in wales.... working in malaga recently again left me with the inability to work how I would at home.. being in spain for example with its overhead sun produced a colour range that we can only expect to see living here for a couple of weeks of the year... and that is how we understand our environment, through light.... wales/ uk can brag a wave of earth colours that will change through a huge degree where as the hotter climate will capture the primary pigments better... I suppose its because the primary's are the only one which can be seen under the bleaching conditions and the light trapped here is more subtle.... like I mentioned taking what you know is not just about what you have found, it may very well be how you have adapted your work.. that's why it is important to travel I suppose, even if it just is to readapt to the worlds constant offer of colour choice....


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nealeh o wells will be exhibiting new work at the phoenix gallery Brighton June 6th 2003 tel