TONIGHT: Hugo Canoilas - Preview - Thursday 28th March, 6-8pm at Workplace Gallery

Image: Hugo Canoilas Pássaros do Paraíso (River) Installation view, 30th São Paulo Bienal 2012, Medium Ink on Fabric unframed, 700 x 640 cm, DVD PAL, 10 minute Loop, Carved wood Boat from the XVIII century - collection of the Sao Paulo City Museum. Photo credit: Leo, Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK.   Hugo Canoilas   Magma  Preview: Thursday 28th March, 6 - 8pm   30th March 2013 - 4th March 2013 Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm (or by appointment)     Workplace Gallery is pleased to present Magma a solo exhibition or new and recent works by Portuguese artist Hugo Canoilas.   With its foundations in painting, Canoilas' work is often collaborative and incorporates video, sound, sculpture and performance as well as research-based projects. Over the last decade painting has led him to establish a dialogue between abstraction and a style that nods towards social realism. With a strong interest in modernism and literature, Canoilas' practice revisits histories from a political, poetic, religious or existentialist perspective and has a capacity to be in a limbo between some of these subjects.    Hugo Canoilas was born in 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal. Recent Exhibitions include: Paradise Birds - 30th São Paulo Biennial - A iminência das poéticas, curated by Luiz Perez Oramas, Tobi Maier, André Severo and Isabela Villanueva, Museum Casa do Bandeirante, São Paulo, The isle of the dead, Quadrado Azul Gallery, Porto, Untitled (we can be altogether), curated by José Quaresma, MNAC - Chiado Museum, Lisbon, A painting is getting its kicks, 1M3, Lausanne, Endless Killing, curated by Chus Martinez. Huarte Contemporary Art Center, Vota Octávio Pato - Ten reasons to be a member, curated by Tobi Maier, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Are you still awake?, curated by Emília Tavares, MNAC - Chiado Museum, Lisbon, Strata, curated by Francesco Stocchi, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna, Infinit tasks, curated by Paulo Pires do Vale, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Dear painter paint me - with heart and reason, curated by Kaszás Tamás. Trafó Contemporay Art Center, Budapest. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria.   Kindly supported by

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Hugo Canoilas - Preview - Thursday 28th March, 6-8pm at Workplace Gallery

Image: Hugo Canoilas Pássaros do Paraíso (River) Installation view, 30th São Paulo Bienal 2012, Medium Ink on Fabric unframed, 700 x 640 cm, DVD PAL, 10 minute Loop, Carved wood Boat from the XVIII century - collection of the Sao Paulo City Museum. Photo credit: Leo, Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK.   Hugo Canoilas   Magma  Preview: Thursday 28th March, 6 - 8pm   30th March 2013 - 4th March 2013 Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm (or by appointment)     Workplace Gallery is pleased to present Magma a solo exhibition or new and recent works by Portuguese artist Hugo Canoilas.   With its foundations in painting, Canoilas' work is often collaborative and incorporates video, sound, sculpture and performance as well as research-based projects. Over the last decade painting has led him to establish a dialogue between abstraction and a style that nods towards social realism. With a strong interest in modernism and literature, Canoilas' practice revisits histories from a political, poetic, religious or existentialist perspective and has a capacity to be in a limbo between some of these subjects.    Hugo Canoilas was born in 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal. Recent Exhibitions include: Paradise Birds - 30th São Paulo Biennial - A iminência das poéticas, curated by Luiz Perez Oramas, Tobi Maier, André Severo and Isabela Villanueva, Museum Casa do Bandeirante, São Paulo, The isle of the dead, Quadrado Azul Gallery, Porto, Untitled (we can be altogether), curated by José Quaresma, MNAC - Chiado Museum, Lisbon, A painting is getting its kicks, 1M3, Lausanne, Endless Killing, curated by Chus Martinez. Huarte Contemporary Art Center, Vota Octávio Pato - Ten reasons to be a member, curated by Tobi Maier, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Are you still awake?, curated by Emília Tavares, MNAC - Chiado Museum, Lisbon, Strata, curated by Francesco Stocchi, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna, Infinit tasks, curated by Paulo Pires do Vale, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Dear painter paint me - with heart and reason, curated by Kaszás Tamás. Trafó Contemporay Art Center, Budapest. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria.   Kindly supported by

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Cecilia Stenbom: "CROCODILE TEARS – GLAMOUR THROUGH THE EYES OF MEDIA ART" Tampere Film Festival 2013, Finland

Image: Cecilia Stenbom (I'm having) the Time of My Life  2004, Single Channel Video, Duration: 2:50 minutes, Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK  AV-ARKKI PRESENTS: CROCODILE TEARS - GLAMOUR THROUGH THE EYES OF MEDIA ART The AV-arkki exhibition Crocodile Tears is at Gallery Rajatila March 7th-13th as part of Tampere Film Festival 2013   http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi/site/index.php?page=others http://www.av-arkki.fi/uutiset/av-arkki-esittaa-krokotiilin-kyyneleita-tampereen-elokuvajuhlilla-6-10-3-2013/   Glamour signifies the golden age of Hollywood cinema, movie stars and extravagance. It is magic and enchantment. Av-arkki's presentation series Crocodile tears aims to break down our preconceptions of glamour. Salli Tykkä's Lasso shows us the moment of enchantment. In Minna Suoniemi's Big Bad, the princess takes on the role of the monster. Cecilia Stenbom's (I'm having) the Time of My Life examines a person's relationship with their idol; the film is an interpretation of Dirty Dancing (1987). Niina Lassila's Woman and Tero Puha's Nightshift explore desire and desirability. The world of music, fashion and sports shape our ideas of beauty and desirability. Marko Lampisuo's We Wanted to Be Bad tells the story of four heavy metal musicians endeavouring to become rock stars. Liisa Lounila's Gig points the camera at the audience, at posing and the importance of being seen. Sasha Huber's I Love JaNY is the story of Jany Tomba, who moved from Haiti to New York, and became one of the first black supermodels. Hanna Haaslahti's Solarium concentrates on an athlete's physical performance. The presentation series closes with Seppo Renvall's Black, a farewell to a star: the picture of an idol slips out of our reach.

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