Lili Reynaud-Dewar - (Looking Through A) Glass Onion

19 April - 1 May 2006

130 Bridgegate, Glasgow
As part of Glasgow International Visual Arts Festival

Mary Mary is proud to present an off-site project by Lili Reynaud-Dewar. Based in Nantes, France, Reynaud-Dewar will present a series of large screen works and wooden minimalist sculpture.

Using various fragments and products of mainstream culture, Reynaud-Dewar’s sculptural works intertwine and imbricate contradictory references in order to disrupt what is legible within them. In doing so, the works build up a kind of enigmatic narration.

Taking images and references as a way to disrupt the design, minimalist and figurative elements in the work, they are used to imply a narrative that is unexpected and unfixed. References such as documentary film, designers such as The Memphis Design group and Studio Bertone and Rastafari culture, are used to superimpose rather than evict each other, which shifts narrative and expectations of what could be fake, appropriation and fiction.

Installation view, (Looking Through A) Glass Onion, Mary Mary Off-site project, Glasgow April 2006

Installation view, (Looking Through A) Glass Onion, Mary Mary Off-site project, Glasgow April 2006

Lili Reynaud-Dewar
Power, Corruption & Lies (detail) 2006
Wood, glass, paint, 100 screen prints (edition of 300) found image
Dimensions Variable

Installation view, (Looking Through A) Glass Onion, Mary Mary Off-site project, Glasgow April 2006