EXHIBITIONS / JAN VAN DER PLOEG WALL PAINTING NO. 288 (2010)

01.07.2010 to 24.07.2010

Jan van der Ploeg WALLPAINTING No. 288 (2010) at Peloton is the first solo exhibition by young Sydney artist Adrian Gebers. The show was conceived by Gebers, and the work executed from a design by van der Ploeg, as a site specific wall painting.

Amsterdam artist Jan van der Ploeg has been executing wall paintings for the past two decades. The works always display an avoidance of the obvious signs of "painting"by taping and rolling the design flat, directly onto the wall. This practical objectivity means that another artist organising and installing the artwork can extend the individual process.

Gebers' work blurs the boundary between artist, curator and assistant. All are facilitators of the artwork but here the order of things has been reversed.
Finally the work could also be classified as a portrait of a senior fellow artist who's person is visualised through his wall paintings. More than just appropriation the work functions as a homage to the relationship between artists working in the international realm.

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