PREVIEW: New Season At MIMA
By Narinder Purba on August 31, 2012 in Art & Design, NARC.
Exhibitions at MIMA include an examination of the meaning of life and death; a look at what relationship art and craft has within a domestic locale; the end products of Olympic-inspired art; and a probing examination about the idea of the home and what it means to us.
…In The Eye Of The Beholder: Works Inspired By The Olympics
Until Sunday 9th September
If you didn’t know it already, the UK has been somewhat preoccupied by the Olympic Games, as if it is the only thing that matters. Whatever your sentiments regarding the much-hyped sporting event, it does bring with it a bounty of culture, as well as acting as a source of artistic inspiration. In terms of the latter, MIMA has a fascinating reworking of Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia, courtesy of Eva Marisaldi and Enrico Serott, as well as a engaging discussion on disabilities from Simon McKeown in his film Motion Disabled: Unlimited.
Julian Stair – Quietus: The Vessel, Death And The Human Body
Until Sunday 11th November
It’s fair to say that Julian Stair is a well-respected ceramicist, his brilliant work viewed by many across the world as sparks to long and meditative conversations about everything.
In this exhibition, Stair navigates his way around the way humans approach death and burial, exploring how this human activity can be seen to be a celebration of life.
Metadomestic: Contemporary Design And Craft
Until Friday 23rd November
A spectacular and colourful show, Metadomestic is composed of over 50 works – including film and sculpture – produced by British and European artists and designers. The exhibition looks at the purpose of objects within the home as objects of passion, memory, materialism and functionality. There isn’t a home in the world that exists in a purely deconstructed form. Objects, it seems, are irresistible.
Life, Death And Home In-Between
Until Friday 23rd November
Home is where the heart is we are told, but is that a reality experienced by everyone? This new show sets itself the challenge of questioning the philosophical nature of the home and how we use it to define our lives.
While an enigmatic and very broke writer might consider the space in which he inhabits most evenings – a slave to work during the day – as having a purely utilitarian purpose, the city money maker with his rather fancy apartment perceives it as a symbol of success and power. Arguably, both definitions are accurate. They’re relative to the individual. But it does make you question how you live now and what your home means to you.
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