Failspace

Failspace presents

Lagniappe II: Knockout Artists (transference)

Solo exhibition by michelle mantsio

Curated by Iris SiYi Shen

281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD, NSW 2000

Exhibition Opens Thursday 12th January 2012 6-8pm

Exhibition runs from Thursday 12th January - Monday 23rd January 2012

Michelle Mantsio’s art practice is cross media, which includes installation, drawing, painting, performance and video. Michelle is a practising artist, who has exhibited nationally and internationally and participated in various international workshops, think tanks, symposiums and conferences such as Sense Lab, Metronome and Documenta. In 2010 and 2008, Michelle studied at Goldsmiths College on research residencies as part of her PhD. Her PhD is an exploration of pattern and repetition as a tracking of the body, which is being explored through contemporary art practice.

Lagniappe II: Knockout Artists (transference) is a video installation exhibition based between i) the story of a novel- The Knockout Artist, where a boxer knocks himself out and ii) the artist’s experience in trying to knock out a boxer (Osmond) she trained with. The boxer tries to ease her discomfort with his story and so initially a blush passes through the artist, which is then transferred from him to her as his lagniappe is in addressing the unspoken issue of violence. 

Failspace is a guest curator project space at Gaffa Gallery that aims to initiate a critical discourse and presentation of Contemporary craft and labour intensive art through a series of experimental and participatory exhibitions.

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