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Alex Pearl
Alex Pearl makes mini epic films, video installations, sculpture and books. Throughout his work there is a sense of an acceptance of failure or disappointment as important parts of the human condition. Using readily available materials and software the films are made from: suddenly apprehended ideas, discovered objects and impromptu processes. They are comparable with the sketch or doodle, an initial throwaway idea made visible. They make light with big issues and are in turn haunting and funny. His sculpture is fragile, temporary and has the appearance of being on the verge of collapse or already broken. The work displays playfulness with its own limitations and a hopeless desire for greatness. There is an openness in his practice. Works are freely available online and are often submitted to the harsh criticism of the YouTube and blogging communities where pieces are often reworked under the public gaze.
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Multiples


A limited edition of 25 'Incidents at Sea' can be bought at Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

TEN TAILS


Book launch:
Thursday June 11, 2009 at 8.00 pm
Útúrdúr The Living Art Museum, Laugavegi 26 (Grettisgötumegin), 101
Reykjavík, Iceland.
Friday June 19, 2009 at 8.00 pm
The ANNUALE, Embassy gallery, held at The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place,
Edinburgh, EH8 8EB, Scotland.
Ten Tails is a DVD-R publication that showcases works by artists from Iceland,
England and Scotland; collected by Kristin Dagmar. The publication sets itself to
explore the boundaries and potentials of the book as an artistic medium with
consideration to both historical and theoretical formation of the form. Ten Tails is
published in association with Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and Center for
Icelandic Art.
Artists include Unnar Örn J. Auðarson (Iceland), Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir (Iceland),
Sandy Christie (Scotland), Alasdair Gray (Scotland), Stuart Kolakovic (England),
Magnús Pálsson (Iceland), Alex Pearl (England), and artists’ books of Dieter Roth
from the collection of The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Katy Dove (Scotland) &
Simon Yuill (England).

Saturday, May 16, 2009

The end of the review


I got a lovely mention in this review in art monthly for my part in Ian Brown's "Trying to Cope with Things that aren't Human"


Saturday, April 18, 2009

Goodbye to most of the daydreams in the Guardian

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Goodbye to most of the daydreams


My solo show opens at BCA Gallery, Bedford at 12pm 11th April please come along.