transgression - BEERS London

T R A N S G R E S S I O N
JUNE 2 ‒ JULY 3, 2011 21 VYNER ST, LONDON, UK E2 9DG
Beers.Lambert contemporary art
Sule Kemanci . Silkscreen print on wallpaper . Site-specific installation . 2011
Transgression
developed
from
the
desire
to
curate
an
exhibi6on
that
would
provide
a
perspec6ve
of
sexuality
and
gender
as
radical
concepts,
reframed
through
a
context
in
which
these
ubiquitous
idea(l)s
could
be
presented
as
something
alterna6ve,
poli6cally
engaged,
or
subversive.
It
was
a
sinister,
macabre
but
ul6mately
empathe6c
photographic
work
from
Jakob
Lena
Knebl
that
provided
the
basis
for
the
en6re
exhibi6on:
It
Happened
In
Broad
Daylight
sees
the
transgendered
ar6st
rigged
by
what
appears
to
be
a
horse‐bit,
like
a
sadomasochis6c
marioneEe
hoist
by
forceps‐like
clamps
from
her
mouth.
The
photograph
lingered
like
a
troubling
dream,
un6l
the
remainder
of
the
exhibi6on
took
shape
around
this
image,
the
very
pulsa6ng
heart
of
Transgression.
Presen6ng
the
exhibi6on
in
conjunc6on
with
the
University
of
Kent’s
symposium
on
Aesthe6cs,
Art,
&
Pornography
at
London’s
Ins6tute
of
Philosophy
(June
16‐18)
further
drove
the
per6nent
ques6ons
of
how,
why,
and
to
what
degree
would
the
work
in
Transgression
incorporate
or
subvert
the
expecta6ons
of
an
exhibi6on
–
quite
bluntly
put
–
on
aberrant
sexuality.
Largely
informed
and
inspired
by
the
wri6ngs
of
French
theorist
Georges
Bataille
–
from
whose
musings
on
sexuality,
desire,
taboo,
violence,
and
ero6cism†
the
exhibi6on
takes
its
name
–
we
debated
the
merit
and
validity
of
sexually‐informed
imagery
for
inclusion
in
this
exhibi6on:
was
it
necessary
to
take
a
more
literal
approach
(and
would
such
literalness
in
turn
translate
to
work
that
would
be
heedlessly
graphic
in
nature
and/or
crude?);
conversely,
would
viewers
feel
that
an
exhibi6on
priori6zing
allegory
and
metaphor
miss
the
mark
of
a
show
purpor6ng
to
explore
the
rich
depths
of
extreme
sexuality
and
its
aesthe6c
representa6on?
†In
the
remarkable
Ero6cism,
1957
Finally,
it
was
a
wri6ng
by
Theodor
Adorno
on
radical
representa6on
in
art
that
the
exhibi6on
found
its
voice;
the
classic
themes:
Eros
&
Thanatos
(life/love
and
death)
as
envisioned
by
ar6sts
whose
work
voices
these
themes
from
somewhere
powerful:
with
narra6ves
lurking
beneath
their
surface,
emana6ng
as
though
from
a
palimpsest
of
memory.
Some6mes
evident,
some6mes
not.
Transgression
would
eventually
include
14
extraordinarily
talented
interna6onal
ar6sts,
including
renowned
ar6st
Bruce
LaBruce,
whose
work
has
redefined
the
status
of
sexually‐charged
imagery
in
progressive
contemporary
art.
Among
those
talented
individuals
included
are
an
ar6st
who
maintains
a
contract
with
his
lover
permi_ng
either
to
perform
a
cannibalis6c
act
upon
the
first
deceased;
a
performance
by
a
man
in
drag
that
would
provide
both
humor
and
poignancy
that
I
witnessed
for
the
first
6me
nearly
2
years
previous
but
remained
a
haun6ng
spectacle;
the
vic6m
of
a
gay‐bashing
incident
whose
painted
self‐portraits
exhibit
his
physical
and
emo6onal
scars;
and
an
HIV‐posi6ve
ar6st
whose
art
has
literally
become
his
life
‐
and
life
his
art.
I
call
aEen6on
to
a
mere
few
narra6ves
behind,
and
catalysts
for,
the
work
in
Transgression,
but
each
ar6cula6on
offers
a
remarkable
perspec6ve
to
a
subject
about
which
these
ar6sts
feel
greatly
impassioned,
and
which
‐
in
some
instances
–
has
defined
not
just
the
artwork
but
also
the
ar6st.
A
favorite
quote
from
Bataille
reads:
“We
are
everlas6ngly
in
search
of
an
object
outside
ourselves...this
object
answers
the
very
innerness
of
desire.”
An
exhibi6on
that
at
one
point
could
have
become
something
much
more
literal,
instead
speaks
from
a
core
of
(not
so)
silently,
inwardly
mo6va6ng
factors
–
it
would
appear
that
the
pulsa6ng
heart
bleeds.
Kurt
Beers
Director
Beers.Lambert
Contemporary
Art
Anja Ronacher . Gold . Polaroid . 2010
A transgression suspends a taboo without
suppressing it. Here lies the mainspring of
eroticism, seen by objective intelligence as
something monstrous.
From outside our personal experience, a
mechanism intruding on consciousness.
We observe the taboo; if we submit to it,
we are no longer conscious of it. But in
the act of violating it we feel the anguish
of mind without which the taboo could
not exist: that is the experience of sin.
That experience leads to transgression.
- Georges Bataille . Eroticism . 1957
Bruce LaBruce . Untitled (Doggie Dick) . C-Print on aluminium . 2000
Luke Turner . The Damoclean Frame . Diasec mounted photograph . 2011
Annabel Frearson . From Frankenstein2 or The Monster of Main Stream . 2010
Pornography
is
a
hot
topic
in
academia.
But
so
far
it
has
drawn
the
aEen6on
of,
mainly,
moral
philosophers,
legal
scholars,
feminist
and
poli6cal
theorists.
Much
less
work
has
been
forthcoming
from
philosophers
of
art.
This
may
seem
surprising
given
that
it
is,
undeniably,
a
very
popular
genre
that
cuts
across
different
ar6s6c
media
and
cultural
boundaries
and
boasts
an
unparalleled
output.
However,
the
neglect
comes
as
less
of
a
surprise
if
one
considers
the
bad
aesthe6c
reputa6on
that
much
pornography
s6ll
enjoys.
According
to
the
received
view,
pornographic
representa6ons
cannot
be
art
or,
at
best,
can
only
be
bad
art.
But
does
this
claim
actually
hold
up
to
scru6ny?
What
underwrites
such
aesthe6c
dismissal?
Is
‘pornographic
art’
really
an
oxymoron
or
does
the
term
rather
designate
a
legi6mate
ar6s6c
category?
To
address
these
issues,
we,
as
members
of
the
Aesthe6cs
Research
Group
at
the
University
of
Kent,
decided
to
organize
a
conference,
en6tled
Aesthe6cs,
Art,
&
Pornography.
It
seemed
clear
to
us
that
one
cannot
hope
to
cri6cally
examine
the
middle
ground
between
art
and
pornography
without
seriously
engaging
with
current
research
on
the
defini6on
of
art,
the
nature
of
aesthe6c
value,
aesthe6c
experience,
aesthe6c
proper6es,
the
rela6on
between
art
and
morality,
the
psychology
of
picture
percep6on,
and
the
role
of
imagina6on
in
art.
For
that
reason,
we
invited
academic
philosophers
with
different
areas
of
exper6se
in
aesthe6cs
to
inves6gate
the
various
relevant
aspects
of
our
topic.
However,
more
is
involved
than
just
an
abstract
philosophical
problem.
In
the
history
of
art,
and
especially
also
in
the
contemporary
world
of
art
(construed
in
the
broadest
sense),
there
are
many
pain6ngs,
photographs,
prints,
installa6ons,
films,
poems,
short
stories,
novels
and
graphic
novels
which
have
been
labeled
‘pornographic
art’.
Any
inves6ga6on
of
the
ar6s6c
status
and
poten6al
of
pornographic
representa6ons
would
not
be
complete
without
a
careful
examina6on
of
such
works
that
consciously
explore
the
boundaries
between
art
and
pornography.
In
light
of
this,
we
decided
to
also
invite
art
historians,
literary
scholars,
film
theorists,
and
curators
to
our
conference.
Moreover,
when
the
opportunity
arose
to
involve
actual
ar6sts
and
to
have
a
parallel
exhibi6on,
organized
by
Beers.Lambert
under
the
6tle
Transgression,
we
very
much
welcomed
this
ini6a6ve.
Aler
all,
transgression
is
one
of
the
most
obvious
links
between
art
and
pornography.
And,
what
is
more
important
s6ll,
the
interac6on
between
theory
and
prac6ce,
as
well
as
the
mul6‐disciplinary
set
up
of
the
event,
will
certainly
help
us
to
arrive
at
a
more
accurate
and
subtle
understanding
of
the
many
representa6ons
that
incorporate
explicit
sexual
imagery
and
themes,
in
both
high
art
and
demo6c
culture,
in
Western
and
non‐Western
contexts.
In
eager
an6cipa6on,
and
with
sincere
thanks
to
Beers.Lambert,
I
remain
respecmully,
Dr.
Hans
Maes
Aesthe6cs
Research
Group
Symposium
on
Aesthe6cs,
Art
&
Pornography
University
of
Kent
Paul Knight . From Last Meal of My Body for My Lover .
Polaroids and contract . 2011
Jakob Lena Knebl . It Happened In Broad Daylight . C-Print . 2010
Photo by Georg Petermichl
Andrew Salgado . Curse Your Little Heart . Oil on canvas . 2011
Andrew Salgado . Skull . Oil on canvas . 2011
Bloody Faggot (Self Portrait) . Oil on found canvas . 2011
Sarah Derat . Inner Beauties . Silicon implants cast in bronze . 2010
Brian Dawn Chalkley. Performance still . 2010
Regina Nieke . Untitled/Desire 3 . Acrylic, spray paint, oil on canvas. 2010.
Untitled/Madame Bovary 2 . Acrylic, spray paint, oil on canvas. 2010.
To give language to these
spaces is filled with both
promise and fear, for
these spaces remain
unknown, terrifying,
monstrous: they are mad,
unconscious, profane.
- Alice Jardine . Gynesis . 1986
Anja Ronacher . Pelz . C-Print . 2010
TTY . Eternal Heads . Digital Print . 2011
Eternal Flowers . Digital Print . 2011
Apprehensive, desire turns aside;
sickened, it rejects
- Julia Kristeva . Powers of Horror . 1982
Lucia Pizzani . Inmaculada . Acrylic .
2011
Since 1994 I have been
documenting the regular blood test
process, a necessary yet still
intrusive, skin piercing procedure
that one is required to submit to
on a three monthly basis, the nurse
trying to find the right vein to
confirm levels of health or ill
health as the case may be. This led
to a project where I have had my
veins and arteries tattooed onto my
body, making the internal external,
the invisible visible as a reminder
that there still isn t a cure, HIV
is permanent, like my tattoo
Richard Sawdon-Smith . Still from Blood Test . Digital Film .
2011
Bruce LaBruce . Untitled (Headless Amputee). C-Print on aluminum.
1999
BRUCE
LABRUCE
(b.
1964,
Canada).
Bruce
LaBruce’s
photographs
and
films
have
been
exhibited
interna6onally,
including
film
debuts
at
Sundance
and
Berlin
Film
Fes6vals.
LaBruce
has
wriEen
and
directed
three
theatrical
produc6ons,
the
most
recent,
“Macho
Family
Romance”
(2009),
commissioned
by
Theater
Neumarkt
in
Zurich.
LaBruce
was
a
contribu6ng
editor
and
frequent
writer
and
photographer
for
Index
magazine,
and
he
has
also
been
a
contributor
to
Eye
and
Exclaim
magazines,
Vice,
the
Na6onal
Post,
Inches,
BuE
magazine,
Dazed
and
Confused,
Tetu,
Fake,
A_tude,
Blend,
Tokion,
Purple
Fashion,
and
the
Na6onal
Post.
LaBruce’s
solo
exhib6ons
include
Alleged
Gallery,
New
York,
(1999);
PiE
Gallery,
Vancouver;
MC
MAGMA,
Milan;
Bailey
Fine
Arts
Gallery,
Toronto;
Peres
Projects,
San
Francisco;
John
Connelly
Presents,
New
York.
Heterosexuality
Is
the
Opiate
of
the
Masses,
Peres
Projects,
Los
Angeles
(2005);
Polaroid
Rage:
A
Survey
of
Polaroids,
2000‐2006,
Gallery
1313,
Toronto
(2006).
He
has
also
par6cipated
in
numerous
group
shows.
Recent
solo
shows
include
Un6tled
Hardcore
Zombie
Project,
Peres
Projects,
Los
Angeles
(2009);
and
his
film
L.A.
Zombie:
The
Movie
That
Would
Not
Die
premiered
at
Peres
Projects,
Berlin
(2010).
Recently
LaBruce
directed
a
restaging
of
Schönberg’s
melodrama
Pierrot
Lunaire
LaBruce
has
also
made
a
number
of
popular
music
videos
in
Canada,
two
of
which
won
him
MuchMusic
video
awards.
BRIAN
DAWN
CHALKLEY
(b.1948,
UK).
Brian
Dawn
Chalkley’s
extensive
exhibi6on
history
includes
Der
Menschen
Klee,
Kunst
im
Tunnel,
Dusseldorf
(2011);
Dandyism
and
Contempt,
London,
(2011);
Nothing
is
Forever,
South
London
Gallery,
London,
2010;
Drawing
of
the
World,
Soul
Korea(2009);
Pilot
Nominated,
Canal,
Venice
Biennali,
(2007);
Peace
Show,
curated
by
Bob
and
Roberta
Smith,
London;
(2006);
Drawing
from
Turner,
curated
by
Stephen
Farthing,
Tate
Britain,
London
(2006);
My
Kylie,
performance
at
ICA,
London
(2004);
Eastwing
Collec6on,
No.
5,
Courtauld
Ins6tute,
London
(2001).
His
publica6ons
include
A
Queer
Place
and
Time,
New
York
University
Press,
(2005);
and
Dawn
In
Wonderland,
which
featured
an
introduc6on
by
Dave
Beech/Sadie
Murdoch,
84
Drawings
and
CD
Stories,
Published
by
Plamorm
Gallery,
(2001).
In
2000
he
received
an
Honorary
Fellow,
Manchester
Metropolitan
University.
He
holds
an
MA
in
Fine
Art
from
the
Slade
School
of
Fine
Art,
London;
and
a
BA
Hons
Fine
Art
from
Chelsea
College
of
Art.
He
has
been
recipient
of
numerous
grants,
and
has
been
featured
extensively
in
press
and
print.
Chalkley
is
Course
Director
of
the
Master
of
Fine
Art
program
at
Chelsea
College
of
Art.
SARAH
DERAT
(b.
1984,
France).
Sarah
Derat’s
recent
solo
exhibi6ons
include
The
Birth
of
Anesthesia,
The
Cooper
Union,
New
York
(2010),
Fantasy,
Espace
L’homond,
Paris
(2009);
Oh
Memory!,
Paris
(2008).
Group
exhibi6ons
include
Exmo,
Great
Hall
‐
Cooper
Union,
New
York
(2010),
Scenes
From
The
Imaginary
Landscape,
Helldone,
Helsinki
(2009)
and
Echoes,
ENSBA,
Paris
(2008).
Derat
was
awarded
a
grant
in
2010
by
the
City
of
Paris
to
support
Near
Death
Experience
(2009),
as
well
as
the
Maurice
Colin‐Lefrancq
Exchange
Grant
at
Cooper
Union
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
and
Art
in
New
York.
She
holds
an
MA
of
Fine
Art
from
Ecole
Na6onale
Supérieure
des
Beaux
Arts
de
Paris
2010
‐
Cooper
Union,
New
York
2008
‐
BA
of
Fine
Arts,
Ecole
Na6onale
Supérieure
des
Beaux
Arts
de
Paris
2004
‐
BA
of
Art
History,
Ecole
du
Louvre,
Paris.
She
lives
and
works
in
Paris.
ANNABEL
FREARSON
(b.
1968,
UK).
Annabel
Frearson’s
extensive
exhibi6on
history
includes
A
Theatre
to
Address,
Arnolfini,
Bristol
(2010);
Use
&
Men6on,
Stephen
Lawrence
Gallery,
London
(2010);
Prints
Now:
Direc6ons
&
Defini6ons,
Victoria
&
Albert
Museum,
London,
(2006),
and
The
Whitechapel
Open,
Whitechapel
Gallery,
London,
(1998),
and
has
been
collected
by
the
Frank
Cohen
Collec6on,
Victoria
&
Albert
Museum,
and
Contemporary
Art
Society.
She
is
recipient
of
the
Research
Support
Award,
Goldsmiths
College
AHRC
Student
Fellowship
for
PhD
in
Art
Prac6ce
(2012);
London
Arts
(2002);
Visual
Ar6sts
Fund
(2002);
Saatchi
&
Saatchi
(1998);
Fitzrovia
Open
(1998);
and
numerous
other
awards.
She
holds
an
MA
from
The
Slade
School
of
Fine
Art,
UCL
(1996),
and
is
currently
comple6ng
a
PhD
in
Art
prac6ce
at
Goldsmiths
College,
University
of
London.
She
is
based
in
London.
SULE
KEMANCI
(b.
1975,
Turkey).
Sule
Kemanci’s
2010
exhibi6ons
include:
Non
Fic6on,
Our
Space
Gallery,
London;
Private/Public,
Gallery
320,
London;
Hand
Joy,
Centre
for
Recent
Drawing;
London.
Recent
publica6ons
include
ZFRD
Volume
2:
Boxes
of
Desire
(2010)
and
Cagdas
Sanat
(2009).
Kemanci
holds
an
MFA
in
Art
Prac6ce
from
Goldsmiths,
University
of
London,
as
well
as
a
BA
(Hons)
in
Tex6le
Design
from
Central
Saint
Mar6n’s
College
of
Art
and
Design
and
a
BTEC
Founda6on
Diploma
in
Art
and
Design.
Kemanci
lives
and
works
in
London.
PAUL
KNIGHT
(b.
1976,
Australia).
Paul
Knight
has
shown
at
(among
others)
the
Australian
Centre
for
Contemporary
Art
(Melbourne),
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
(Sydney),
Chelsea
Art
Museum
(New
York)
and
the
Palazzo
Delle
Ar6
(Naples)
and
in
the
Open
Space
sec6on
at
the
44th
Art
Koln
(Germany).
In
2009
he
was
selected
for
the
New
Contemporaries
exhibi6ons
(UK)
and
won
the
William
and
Winifred
Bowness
Photography
prize
at
the
Monash
gallery
of
Art
(Australia).
He
graduated
from
the
Victorian
college
of
the
Arts
(Melbourne,
Australia)
with
a
BFA
(hons)
in
photography
in
2001.
In
2002
he
was
awarded
a
2
year
studio
at
Melbourne's,
Gertrude
Contemporary
Art
Spaces
and
in
2007
he
was
awarded
the
Ann
&
Gordon
Samstag
Traveling
Visual
Arts
Scholarship,
which
brought
him
to
the
MFA
course
at
the
Glasgow
School
of
Art,
where
he
graduated
in
2009.
In
2010
he
was
awarded
the
London
studio
residency
by
the
Australia
Council
for
the
Arts.
Knight
is
now
based
in
London.
JAKOB
LENA
KNEBL
(b.
1970,
Austria).
Jakob
Lena
Knebl’s
numerous
exhibi6ons
and
performances
include
Assigments,
Saprohpyt,
Vienna
(2011);
Wunderloch,
Berlin
(2011);
Amore
E]ore,
Vienna
Armair,
Vienna
(2011);
MOFA,
Vienna
(2011);
Sense
and
Sensibility,
Salzburger
Kunstverein,
Salzburg
(2011);
Austrian
Cultural
Forum,
New
York
(2011);
Kunstverein,
Düsseldorf
(2011);
Old
Things,
in
co‐opera6on
with
Heimo
Zobernig,
Gallery
Nagl,
Berlin
(2010);
Ich
6er‐Du
Mensch,
Perla
Moda,
Zürich
(2010);
Hard
To
Sell‐Good
To
Have,
Palais
Sturany,
Vienna
(2010);
Becoming,
Kunstraum
Niederösterreich,
Vienna
(2010);
Open
up
Communica6on,
Tanzquar6er
Vienna,
Vienna
(2009);
Mode
Fraincaise,
Les
Subsistance,
Lyon
(2009);
and
Performance
in
coopera6on
with
Heimo
Zobernig
,
Mumok,
Vienna
(2009).
S/he
got
the
Award
For
Photography
from
the
Cultural
Ministry
of
Austria
and
the
Performance
Award
Kunstraum
Niederösterreich.
S/he
lives
and
works
in
Austria.
REGINA
NIEKE
(b.
1979,
Germany).
Regina
Nieke
has
exhibited
extensively
in
the
United
Kingdom,
Germany,
and
Switzerland;
including
group
exhibi6ons
Vierunddreißig
zu
Kleist,
Church
St.
Marien,
Frankfurt
(Oder)
and
Gallery
Alte
Schule,
Berlin,
2011;
MEETING
POINT,
Forum
Kunst
&
Architektur,
Essen
2011;
solo
exhibi6ons
include
Animal
Urbanum,
Church
St.
Marien,
Frankfurt
(Oder),
2010;
I
Can’t
Get
No
Sa6sfac6on,
Gallery
Hans
Tepe,
Damme
(Germany),
2008;
and
New
York
Pain6ngs;
Gallery
Miope,
Berlin,
2008;
and
a
forthcoming
solo
exhibi6on,
Gallery
Carpen6er,
Berlin,
(2011).
Nieke
holds
a
Masters
from
the
University
of
the
Arts
(UdK)
in
Berlin
(2010),
and
she
also
has
a
Graduate
Degree
in
Pain6ng
(2006),
and
a
degree
in
Industrial
Design
from
UdK.
She
lives
and
works
in
Berlin.
LUCIA
PIZZANI
(b.
1975,
Venezuela).
Lucia
Pizzani
has
exhibited
in
solo
and
group
exhibi6ons
at
major
contemporary
art
spaces
and
museums.
In
2006
she
received
the
2nd
Na6onal
Young
Award
Salon
FIA.Recent
Solo
Exhibi6ons
are:
Vessel,
Galería
Fernando
Zubillaga,
Centro
de
Arte
Los
Galpones
Caracas
(2009);
and
Retratos
Ausentes
HACS
Miami
‐
La
Carniceria
Caracas
(2007).
Group
shows
include:
65
Bienal
Arturo
Michelena,
Museo
de
la
Ciudad,
Valencia,
Venezuela
(2010);
ArtReach
Night
of
Fes6vals,
No_ngham,
UK
(2010);
Beyond
Appearances,
Lehman
College
Art
Space,
Bronx,
NY
(2009);
MOLAA
Collects
Photo‐Based
Art,
Museum
Of
La6n
American
Art,
L.A
(2009);
Reflect‐Refract,
Rich
Gallery,
London
(2008);
YO!
contemporary
self‐
portraits,
Solar
Gallery
NY
(2007);
III
Queens
Museum
Biennale,
NY
(2006);
Iden6dades,
Galería
El
Museo,
Bogota,
Colombia
(2006);
The
Drop,
Exit
Art,
NY
(2006);
Boats,
Islip
Art
Museum
NY
(2005);
Naturalezas
Abiertas
Galeria
de
Arte
Nacional,
Caracas
(2003).
In
2006
she
received
the
2nd
Na6onal
Young
Award
Salon
FIA.
She
completed
a
Master
in
Fine
Arts
at
the
Chelsea
College
of
Arts
in
2009.
Pizzani
and
husband/ar6st
Jaime
Gili
splits
their
6me
between
London
and
Caracas.
ANJA
RONACHER
(b.
1979,
Austria).
Anja
Ronacher’s
recent
exhibi6ons
include
JCE
(Jeune
Créa6on
Européenne)
Plajorm
for
Young
European
Ar6sts,
Salzburg,
Austria
(2011);
The
Body
Resembles
a
Sentence,
(with
Robert
Gruber),
Kunstraum
Pro
Arte
Hallein,
Austria,
(2011);
Körpercodes,
Museum
der
Moderne,
Salzburg,
Austria
(2010);
Sweet
An6cipa6on,
curated
by
Övül
Durmusoglu,
Salzburger
Kunstverein,
Austria
(2010).
Previous
exhibi6ons
include
On
various
impossible
bodies,
with
Robert
Gruber,
Austrian
Cultural
Forum,
Warsaw,
Poland
(2010);
Fullframe,
Volksgartenpavillon,
Graz,
Austria
(2009);
An6realism,
Adele
C
Gallery,
Rome,
also
ERBA,
Besançon,
France,
and
Guangzhou
Academy
of
Fine
Arts,
Guangzhou
China
(2008‐2009);
LA
Video
Library,
ART
LA,
Los
Angeles,
(2009);
Det
andet
rum,
NLH
space,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
(2008);
and
Show
RCA
at
Royal
College
of
Art,
London
(2008).
She
is
recipient
of
a
produc6on
grant
from
the
Austrian
Minstry
of
Culture,
UK,
and
numerous
grants
from
the
Federal
State
Government
of
Salzburg
(2008,
2009,
2010).
Her
work
has
been
published
in
the
Magenta
Founda6on’s
Flash
Forward
(2007);
and
the
Leica
Photography
Prize
(2007).
She
holds
an
MA
in
photography
from
the
Royal
College
of
Art,
London.
She
lives
and
works
in
Austria.
ANDREW
SALGADO
(b.
1982,
Canada).
Andrew
Salgado
has
exhibited
interna6onally,
including
the
2010
Merida
Venezuela
Biennale;
The
Courtauld
Ins6tute
Academy
Hang
IX
alongside
Gary
Hume
and
Tracy
Emin
(2010‐11);
I
Am
Solitary,
Beers.Lambert,
London
(2011).
Forthcoming
solo
exhibi6ons
include
Anxious,
Tache
Gallery,
New
York
(2011);
The
Acquaintance,
Art
Gallery
of
Regina,
Canada
(2012);
and
The
Woodsmen,
EllioE
Louis,
Vancouver,
Canada
(2012);
previous
solo
exhibi6ons
include
Paint
Your
Black
Heart
Red,
Galerei
Atopia,
Oslo,
Norway
(2010);
and
Boys’
Night
Out,
Interurban,
Vancouver,
Canada
(2008).
Recent
group
exhibi6ons
include
Janus
Youth,
Griffin
Rayne,
London
(2011);
Golden,
LePe6t
Mort,
OEawa,
Canada
(2011).
He
was
awarded
Courvoisier’s
Future
500
(2010),
and
is
featured
in
Channel
4’s
The
Science
of
Art
(2011)
alongside
Anish
Kapoor
and
Bridget
Riley.
He
holds
an
MFA
from
London’s
Chelsea
College
of
Art,
(disserta6on
with
dis6nc6on)
(2009)
and
a
BFA
from
University
of
Bri6sh
Columbia,
Vancouver,
Canada
(2005).
He
lives
and
works
in
London.
RICHART
SAWDON‐SMITH
(b.
1963,
UK)
.
Richard
Sawdon‐Smith’s
recent
exhibi6ons
include
the
Nothing
Is
In
Place
at
the
Brighton
Photography
Biannual
(2010);
Street
Anatomy,
Interna6onal
Museum
of
Surgical
Science,
Chicago
(2010);
Nothing
Is
In
Place,
Gallery
of
Contemporary
Art
Bunkier
Sztuki,
Krakow,
Poland
(2010);
Act
Art,
Hidden
Gallery,
London
(2009);
Itchy
Scratchy
Picture
Show,
Permanent
Gallery,
Brighton
(2008);
AIDS
in
Culture,
Comision
Nacional
de
Derechos
Humanos,
Mexico
City
(2008);
AIDS
the
Dark
Muse:
The
Impact
of
AIDS
on
Gay
Culture,
Drill
Hall,
London
(2007).
His
work
has
been
exhibited
interna6onally,
including
The
Na6onal
Portrait
Gallery,
ICA,
The
Photographer’s
Gallery,
Manchester
Art
Gallery,
the
Royal
Photographic
Society,
Museum
of
Modern
Art
Oxford,
Palais
de
Tokyo,
and
the
Helsinki
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art.
His
works
have
appeared
in
interna6onal
publica6ons,
including
Cultures
of
Exile
(2007)
and
Exiles
of
Normality:
Photography
and
the
Representa6on
of
Diseased
Bodies
(2004).
He
is
based
in
the
UK.
LUKE
TURNER
(b.
1982,
UK).
Luke
Turner’s
exhibi6ons
include
The
Outer
Limits,
James
Freeman
Gallery,
London,
(2011)
Summer
Exhibi6on,
Purdy
Hicks
Gallery,
London
(2010);
Art
for
Youth,
Royal
College
of
Art,
London
(2010);
The
Trouble
With
Women,
Menier
Gallery,
London
(2010);
Let’s
Go
Home,
S‐KAI,
Hamburg,
Germany
(2009);
Systems
&
Pa]erns
at
Westbourne
Studios,
London
(2009)
and
The
Whitechapel
Gallery
(2009).
Solo
exhibi6ons
include
Annuncia6ons,
18
HHG,
London.
He
was
included
in
JOTTA’s
One’s
to
Watch
(2007);
BAFTA
Academy
Magazine’s
Talent
Spoong;
and
is
recipient
of
The
Guardian’s
Student
Media
Award
(2000).
He
holds
an
MA
in
Photography
from
the
Royal
College
of
Art
(disserta6on
with
dis6nc6on)
(2010),
and
a
BA
Fine
Art
from
Central
Saint
Mar6ns,
(2008).
He
lives
and
works
in
London.
TTY
(b.
1972,
France).
TTY
has
exhibited
at
Arendt
&
Medernach,
Luxembourg
(2010);
Gallery
Chan6ersBoitenoire.
Montpellier.
France
(2006);
and
was
included
in
PREVIEW
Berlin
(2008).
Solo
exhibi6ons
include
Gallery
Chan6ersBoitenoire.
Montpellier.
France
(2011,
2008).
His
work
was
included
in
the
publica6on
Nerveuse
Pixels,
Mets
&
Schilt,
Amsterdam
‐
Lannoo
edi6on
(2009).
He
is
recipient
of
the
2007
Bourse
du
Talent.
Paris;
and
the
2007
Maison
Européenne
de
la
Photographie
Paris.
He
lives
and
works
in
Paris.
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AESTHETICS, ART & PORNOGRAPHY
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT THE LONDON INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
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SULE KEMANCI
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RICHARD SAWDON-SMITH
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