Wednesday, August 6, 2008

mr.sir. william alsop... to the rescue

A consistent pattern of behaviour between artist Bruce McLean and Will Alsop has given rise to the 'Malagarba Works'; an intermittent and accidental series of forms, paintings and ephemeral environments undertaken on annual holidays in Menorca. These were the subject of an exhibition at the Milton Keynes Gallery in December 2002.

TIME SPENT WITH NO SPECIFIC INTENT, TIME AS PRIVILEGE, TIME WITHOUT, TIME TO EXPLORE, TIME TO SIT, TIME TO STOP, TIME TO GO BEYOND, TIME OF PLEASURE, TIME LIMITED BY THE HEAT OF THE DAY, TIME TO CHANGE BERLIN, TIME TO COMPOSE A VENUE FOR AN OPERA, TIME TO IMAGINE AN IDEAL HOME, TIME TO GARDEN, TIME TO FIND BAD FORM, TIME TO MAKE A PROPER PAINTING, TIME TO LOSE IN A FIELD, TIME TO CONSTRUCT A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO STAGE, TIME TO OCCUPY TWO CHAIRS.

BRUCE MCLEAN & WILLIAM ALSOP.