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ED TEMPLETON – STRANGE NEW FEELINGS
ED TEMPLETON: STRANGE NEW FEELINGS (19.03. – 02.05.09 at Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp)
A solo show and a book signing
Strange new feelings, Ed Templeton’s solo show at the Tim Van Laere gallery in Antwerp, will comprise photography, drawings and painting.
Templeton’s point of departure is his own life, both his everyday life in Orange County (CA) and his experiences:
skateboarding, friends, travelling and his relationship with his muse and wife of many
years, Deanna. Life as a professional skateboarder affects Templeton’s works, and with
an outspoken approach to the skater environment that he is himself a part of and an
icon of, Templeton presents and comments on his life, the people he meets, and the
places he visits on his many travels around the world. The photographs document, often
in a very personal manner, a life which is both ordinary and
unusual.
“Templeton likes to present his photos, drawings and paintings in a non-hierarchical manner, large quantities all mixed up together at once. He’ll often hang clusters of works in the shape of “image clouds”, against a coloured background on which are yet more painted clouds. In these installations, the to and fro of the clouds feels like a metaphor for the appearance and disappearance of images, like those of a traveller acquiring countless new impressions every day. In Templeton’s way of seeing we also recognise something of the fascination of the passer-by, the transient, gripped, at some unexpected moment, by the “extraordinary of the ordinary,” the exceptional and surprising existential qualities of daily life”.
Stijn Huijts (exhibition curator)
“Templeton likes to present his photos, drawings and paintings in a non-hierarchical manner, large quantities all mixed up together at once. He’ll often hang clusters of works in the shape of “image clouds”, against a coloured background on which are yet more painted clouds. In these installations, the to and fro of the clouds feels like a metaphor for the appearance and disappearance of images, like those of a traveller acquiring countless new impressions every day. In Templeton’s way of seeing we also recognise something of the fascination of the passer-by, the transient, gripped, at some unexpected moment, by the “extraordinary of the ordinary,” the exceptional and surprising existential qualities of daily life”.
Stijn Huijts (exhibition curator)
On March the 20th from 5 pm Ed Templeton will sign copies of his book Deformer at the Copyright bookshop, Nationalestrasse 28
www.copyrightbookshop.be
Tim Van Laere Gallery
Verlatstraat 23-25
2000 Antwerp – Belgium
Tel.:+32-3-257 14 17
Fax:+32-3-257 14 25
Open from Tuesday to Saturday, 2 pm-6pm
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