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DALSTON ANATOMY
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS & FISH BAR
DALSTON ANATOMY 2013/2014
Curator and Project Manager
Dalston Anatomy shows an organic and tactile portrait of a very multi cultural part of London. It is an artistic intervention in the Ridley Road Market and a photo-sculpture exhibition at the Fishbar.
For the past years Lorenzo Vitturi is fascinated by the objects and cultures around Dalston Market. He made photographs and collected all kinds of objects and organics from there and used this as starting material for his works. Raw matter is transformed into a world of surreal visions and sculptures with a precarious equilibrium and lasting sometimes just for few minutes.
In Vitturi’s mind the market found a playfull new extension.
“Here in this East London trove this riot of colors and mantras find their home, belonging together, creating a micro universe.
Initially perceived as a chaos, the market has, day after day, revealed to me its own order and harmony.
Suddenly all connections have made themselves clear: the exotic fruits' baroque-like shapes resemble the beautifully sculpted young African hairstyles; the colourful ensemble of market stalls match the patterns on West African cloths; and grotesque haggard faces seem in tune with the ramshackle architectures of PVC sheets.
In the Dalston market everything from the micro to the macro appears visually linked; objects to people; people to spaces; and spaces to objects, in an endless chain of harmony wrapped in chaos. Everything belongs together, as if all elements had chosen one another.
It became really important for me to take the work back into the community to complete the cycle. I see this whole event as the culmination of my year long process with Ridley Road.” L.V.
The exhibition is accompanied by an exclusive publication with posters of the work and specially commissioned poetry by local poet Sam Berkson.
Ridley Road Market is a large street market in Hackney selling food and goods from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Mediterranean. It was established the 1880s.
The exhibition is supported with funding from the Arts Council England
Fishbar Gallery, 176 Dalston Lane, e8 1ng, London
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Dalston Anatomy shows an organic and tactile portrait of a very multi cultural part of London. It is an artistic intervention in the Ridley Road Market and a photo-sculpture exhibition at the Fishbar.
For the past years Lorenzo Vitturi is fascinated by the objects and cultures around Dalston Market. He made photographs and collected all kinds of objects and organics from there and used this as starting material for his works. Raw matter is transformed into a world of surreal visions and sculptures with a precarious equilibrium and lasting sometimes just for few minutes.
In Vitturi’s mind the market found a playfull new extension.
“Here in this East London trove this riot of colors and mantras find their home, belonging together, creating a micro universe.
Initially perceived as a chaos, the market has, day after day, revealed to me its own order and harmony.
Suddenly all connections have made themselves clear: the exotic fruits' baroque-like shapes resemble the beautifully sculpted young African hairstyles; the colourful ensemble of market stalls match the patterns on West African cloths; and grotesque haggard faces seem in tune with the ramshackle architectures of PVC sheets.
In the Dalston market everything from the micro to the macro appears visually linked; objects to people; people to spaces; and spaces to objects, in an endless chain of harmony wrapped in chaos. Everything belongs together, as if all elements had chosen one another.
It became really important for me to take the work back into the community to complete the cycle. I see this whole event as the culmination of my year long process with Ridley Road.” L.V.
The exhibition is accompanied by an exclusive publication with posters of the work and specially commissioned poetry by local poet Sam Berkson.
Ridley Road Market is a large street market in Hackney selling food and goods from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Mediterranean. It was established the 1880s.
The exhibition is supported with funding from the Arts Council England
Fishbar Gallery, 176 Dalston Lane, e8 1ng, London
more info
