Bring the Boys Back Home By Pascal Hachem

Organisation: Selma Feriani Gallery

Time: 16 October 2010 10:30am - 01 December 2010 6:30pm

Place: Selma Feriani Gallery, 23 Maddox Street, London W1

Selma Feriani Gallery Presents:

BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME

AN EXHIBITION BY PASCAL HACHEM

In his first solo exhibition in London, the Lebanese artist Pascal Hachem presents what is arguably his most ambitious sculptural installation to date.

Hachem’s critically incisive observations of the systemic flaws inherent in current forms of political power inform his work, in practice executed through elegant, highly mechanized three dimensional works. He has a penchant for pulling out the knives, both literally and figuratively, and past works have directly addressed political and social violence. Precisely engineered, they restage and perform the active participation of the individual or group within a carefully calibrated set of circumstances. Human agency, the very action itself, the performance of a gesture – the foot on the pedal, the flick of the wrist - which can set off a chain reaction of controlled violence is central to his practice. Bloodlessly, his works evoke unimaginable horror.

Until 1 December 2010

23 Maddox Street
London W1S 2QN

Opening Hours
Mon – Fri 10:30 – 18:30
Sat 11:30 – 17:30

For further information contact Selma Feriani Gallery:
T: 020 7493 6090
E: leeann@selmaferiani.com
W: www.selmaferiani.com

Image above: Look Me in the Eye | 2010 | 9 Platforms with 243 Matchboxes on Each | Steel, Engine, Electrical box, Wood |175 cm. x 75 cm. x 141 cm.