Linus Bill studied photography at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he developed a practice of the materialising photographic images into form. Publications, integral to his work, function as sites of experimentation and departure points for new bodies of work that regularly span painting and sculpture.
Bill’s photo/image process involves multiple stages of translation — from image capture to darkroom, digital manipulation, silkscreen, concrete moulding, bronze casting, airbrush, ceramic and CNC manufacturing — creating layers that destabilise photography’s homogeny rooted in reality through the many steps that separate a lived experience from the final artwork insisting on the difference between how one sees things, and how one tells them. ...
Galerie Allen is a unique model capitalizing on the varied experiences of independent curator Joseph Allen Shea and artist Mel O’Callaghan, who together have created a platform where the commercial framework supports an entire ecology dedicated to the ethical presentation, promotion, and production of contemporary art.
With a focus on the exhibition format and its progressive variations, the gallery delivers projects that are context-driven, off-site, curatorial, and rooted in academic inquiry and reinvention. Deeply attuned to the challenges faced by artists and art spaces, Galerie Allen offers a timely and sustainable model of support.
As an expanded generator, Galerie Allen strengthens international cultural networks through inclusivity, communication, and education, enabling the global distribution of significant contemporary art and ideas. ...
