Space Forgets You
Dovecot Studios

Installation view 'Space Forgets You', Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, 2022

'Space Forgets You’ curated by The Modern Institute, which brings together works by John Giorno, Julia Chiang, Marc Hundley and Arrange Whatever Pieces Come Your Way at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh.

The exhibition explores the spirituality, physicality, political and emotional levels of the psychological attributes of place, and the ways in which these are experienced throughout human life. It shows what remains and creates an intimate atmosphere of remembrance and knowledge.

Arrange Whatever Pieces Come Your Way, is a partnership between Sheelagh Boyce and Annabelle Harty, which celebrates their shared interest in architecture and art through the creation of handsewn quilts and reconstructed fabric works. Working with friends’ used clothing and drawing inspiration from iconic buildings such as the Barbican, AWPCYW transform worn fabrics into physical forms that address and command space. They hold a kinship to the tapestry studio, hanging directly above the weavers, bringing a shared materiality to the historic building.

Installation view 'Space Forgets You', Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, 2022

Julia Chiang’s work experiments with the interplay of a repeated pattern, which reflects her environment through colour and tenderness. Chiang’s detailed paintings take flat-coloured grounds as a setting for an intricate web of precise shapes and forms, flowing in converging directions and carefully constructed through layers of paint. Chiang’s works express the importance of the material, the wooden panel structure, and the translucent paint, and convey an aliveness and stillness through the repetition of the eclipse emblem, varying in size and transparency and responding to the spirituality of nature.

John Giorno, an American poet and performance artist, a stalwart of New York City, Giorno held a close kinship with William S Burroughs, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, for whom he starred in the famous film, Sleep (1963). Giorno is considered the inventor of Performance Poetry, and of Dial-A-Poem - a free telephone line to connect listeners to recordings of original works of poetry. In 1965, he founded the Giorno Poetry Systems a nonprofit foundation, to promote his work and that of his peers and in 1984 the foundation started the AIDS Treatment Project, which disbursed hundreds of thousands of dollars to help those suffering in the epidemic. Giorno's words transformed to images in his Poem Paintings which are short excerpts from his writings. In collaboration with The John Giorno Foundation, we will present works from Giorno’s black and white series (2010-5), including one, the title of the exhibition.

Installation view 'Space Forgets You', Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, 2022

Marc Hundley uses song lyrics to emote the place and time in which he resonates with from the catalogue of his life and personal history. A self-taught carpenter, Hundley’s furniture channels an atmosphere of loneliness and reflection that could be found in waiting rooms, or train stations, providing a time to stop and consider, but also as a setting for communal exchanges. The benches now represent another outlet of Hundley’s reminiscence and longing for interaction and company. In examining this relationship between the public and personal, Hundley invites us to share in his memories.

Hold Your Breath And Close Your Eyes, 2022

Wool with linen backing
160 x 160 cm 63 x 63 in

Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof

Hold Your Breath And Close Your Eyes, 2022

Wool with linen backing
160 x 160 cm 63 x 63 in

So Close, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 30 x 22 in

So Close, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 30 x 22 in

Skin In The Sea, 2021

Acrylic on wood panel
101.6 x 76.2 cm, 40 x 30 in

Skin In The Sea, 2021

Acrylic on wood panel
101.6 x 76.2 cm, 40 x 30 in

Soaring And Sinking, 2021

Acrylic on wood panel
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 30 x 22 in

Soaring And Sinking, 2021

Acrylic on wood panel
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 30 x 22 in

Only Tighter, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
121.9 x 243.8 cm (combined no gap), 48 x 96 in (combined no gap)

Only Tighter, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
121.9 x 243.8 cm (combined no gap), 48 x 96 in (combined no gap)

Through Us Through You, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
121.9 x 243.8 cm (combined no gap), 48 x 96 in (combined no gap)

Through Us Through You, 2022

Acrylic on wood panel
121.9 x 243.8 cm (combined no gap), 48 x 96 in (combined no gap)

I WANT IT TO RAIN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

I WANT IT TO RAIN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

A HURRICANE IN A DROP OF CUM, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

A HURRICANE IN A DROP OF CUM, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

BAD NEWS IS ALWAYS TRUE, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

BAD NEWS IS ALWAYS TRUE, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

EVERYONE GETS LIGHTER, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

EVERYONE GETS LIGHTER, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

PREFER CRYING IN A LIMO TO LAUGHING ON A BUS, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

PREFER CRYING IN A LIMO TO LAUGHING ON A BUS, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

LIFE IS A KILLER, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

LIFE IS A KILLER, 2015

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2014

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2014

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

THANX 4 NOTHING, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

THANX 4 NOTHING, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

EATING THE SKY, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

EATING THE SKY, 2012

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2014

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2014

Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in

Jean Cocteau (for Cory), 2022

Acrylic on canvas,
157.48 x 127 cm 62 x 50 in

Jean Cocteau (for Cory), 2022

Acrylic on canvas,
157.48 x 127 cm 62 x 50 in

Bench for a Corridor, 2019

Wood painted with acrylic
91.4 x 244 x 91.5 cm, 36 x 96.1 x 36 in

Bench for a Corridor, 2019

Wood painted with acrylic
91.4 x 244 x 91.5 cm, 36 x 96.1 x 36 in

Bench with billboard (A TOUCH OF BLOSSOM), 2019

Wood painted with acrylic
203 x 244 x 91.5 cm, 79.9 x 96.1 x 36 in

Bench with billboard (A TOUCH OF BLOSSOM), 2019

Wood painted with acrylic
203 x 244 x 91.5 cm, 79.9 x 96.1 x 36 in

Nature in Her Heavy Handed Way, 2022

Acrylic on canvas,
147.32 x 193.04 cm, 58 x 76 in

Nature in Her Heavy Handed Way, 2022

Acrylic on canvas,
147.32 x 193.04 cm, 58 x 76 in

The Nature of an Action, 2022

Acrylic on canvas
152.4 x 121.92 cm, 60 x 48 in

The Nature of an Action, 2022

Acrylic on canvas
152.4 x 121.92 cm, 60 x 48 in

You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky, 2020

Wood painted with acrylic, Xerox prints
97 x 240 x 99.5 cm, 38 1/4 x 94 1/2 x 39 1/8 in

You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky, 2020

Wood painted with acrylic, Xerox prints
97 x 240 x 99.5 cm, 38 1/4 x 94 1/2 x 39 1/8 in

Days of speed and slow-time Mondays, 2020

Wood painted with acrylic, Xerox prints
97 x 240 x 99.5 cm, 38 1/4 x 94 1/2 x 39 1/8 in

Days of speed and slow-time Mondays, 2020

Wood painted with acrylic, Xerox prints
97 x 240 x 99.5 cm, 38 1/4 x 94 1/2 x 39 1/8 in

Quilt 1

Cotton and Bamboo
163 x 127 cm, 64 1/8 x 50 in

Quilt 1

Cotton and Bamboo
163 x 127 cm, 64 1/8 x 50 in

Quilt 13, 2019

Cotton and Bamboo
220 x 120 cm, 86 5/8 x 47 1/4 in

Quilt 13, 2019

Cotton and Bamboo
220 x 120 cm, 86 5/8 x 47 1/4 in

Quilt 15, 2019

Cotton and Bamboo
250 x 250 cm, 98 3/8 x 98 3/8 in

Quilt 15, 2019

Cotton and Bamboo
250 x 250 cm, 98 3/8 x 98 3/8 in

Quilt 19, 2020

Cotton and Bamboo
130 x 190 cm, 51 1/8 x 74 3/4 in

Quilt 19, 2020

Cotton and Bamboo
130 x 190 cm, 51 1/8 x 74 3/4 in

Quilt 20, 2020

Cotton and bamboo
160 x 164 cm, 63 x 64 5/8 in

Quilt 20, 2020

Cotton and bamboo
160 x 164 cm, 63 x 64 5/8 in

Quilt 22, 2021

Cotton and bamboo
195 x 141 cm, 76 3/4 x 55 1/2 in

Quilt 22, 2021

Cotton and bamboo
195 x 141 cm, 76 3/4 x 55 1/2 in

Quilt 26, 2021

Cotton, wool and bamboo
173 x 435 cm, 68 1/8 x 171 1/4 in

Quilt 26, 2021

Cotton, wool and bamboo
173 x 435 cm, 68 1/8 x 171 1/4 in

Quilt 33, 2021

Cotton and silk
221 x 143 cm, 87 1/8 x 56 1/4 in

Quilt 33, 2021

Cotton and silk
221 x 143 cm, 87 1/8 x 56 1/4 in

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Space Forgets YouDovecot Studios

Space Forgets You
Dovecot Studios