Orca

Ed Fornieles

Orca, 2011219 x 230 x 77cmPrice on Request
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inflatable whale, steel, nylon peace flags, expanding foamCarlos/Ishikawa
Description
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The artwork displays a large, life-size model of a shark with a gaping, menacing mouth and sharp teeth. The shark is positioned on a metal stand, with abstract blue and black geometric shapes suspended above it. The overall composition creates a striking visual contrast between the realistic shark and the minimalist, geometric forms. The artist's use of exaggerated features and unconventional materials suggests a commentary on the relationship between nature and modern society, perhaps challenging the viewer's perception of predatory power and human control. ...

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Ed Fornieles
Artist
Ed Fornieles
B.1983, British

In his practice, Ed Fornieles investigates the impact the virtual world has on physical reality, and vice versa. By blurring the distinctions between the online and the offline, his installations, performances and video works mirror social networks and often use them as artistic tools. His practice involves creating elaborate social scenarios which depict the stark difference between people’s real-life personalities and their online personae. For instance, his 2011 project titled Dorm Daze involved creating characters, inspired by American college students, on Facebook which then interacted with each other for three months, thereby forming connections and subjective experiences. The artist’s live performances similarly orchestrate social settings, often placed within the young person’s coming of age context, to which the audience is invited to actively participate and role-play. By drawing on social media interactions and placing them into the real world, Fornieles creates uncanny observations on people, relationships and the condition of the twenty-first century. ...

Ed Fornieles: Artworks
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Carlos/Ishikawa
Gallery
Carlos/Ishikawa
London

Founded in 2011, Carlos/Ishikawa’s program is dedicated to considered and ambitious exhibitions that offer diverse artists’ perspectives on structural, socio-cultural, and political questions. The program focuses on international artists with often wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and experimental practices. There is an interest within the program of challenging the aesthetic conventions of conceptual art, and a focus on art that is able to operate on an affective, emotional level as well as a rigorous intellectual one. The gallery has offered many artists their first solo show, many of whom have gone on to receive recognition internationally. ...