I Know Something About Love part II

July 19, 2011 - PRLog -- Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is pleased to present I Know Something About Love part II, a selection of three works from an exhibition originated by and touring from Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London.

This exhibition brings together the work of three artists, including established and internationally recognised Shirin Neshat and Yang Fudong, alongside rising star Christodoulos Panayiotou.

“I know something about love”, sing The Exciters in their first hit record “Tell him” in 1962. This recurring lyric lends the multimedia group exhibition from Parasol unit its title. Shirin Neshat, Christodoulos Panayiotou and Yang Fudong investigate the theme of love in different times and cultures, through the spectrum of their personal experience, observation and commentary.

The Chinese artist, Yang Fudong, uses the medium of moving image to explore the theme of love in one of his early works, the 3-channel video installation Flutter, Flutter…Jasmine, Jasmine, 2002. In this film, Yang Fudong, known for his critical view on contemporary life in the rapidly changing society in China, looks into the private world of a young Chinese couple.

Confused between traditional Chinese values and a modern way of looking at their relationship, they question their feelings for one another.

Shirin Neshat examines the theme of love through the lenses of gender, as established and enforced since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. In her two-channel video work, Fervor, 2000, Neshat seems not only to highlight the frustration and helplessness of Iranian women in this paradigm, but also to demonstrate how the negative view of love within the revolutionary culture affects natural human feelings.

Slow dance marathon, 2005, by Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panayiotou, explores the social construction of love through pop music and the form of slow dancing. In this video documentation of a 24 hour long performance, a human chain is formed by strangers who slow dance to the music of well-known love songs.

The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with essays by Ziba Ardalan and Eva Illouz. It is distributed internationally by Koenig Books.

I Know Something About Love part II has been organised by Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London.

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