BabyBabyBaby
Exhibition of new artwork by Peter Meacock
Potassium, 2 Seymour Place, London, W1H 7NA
23/09/2010 - 30/10/2010
Mon - Fri 11:00 to 18:00 Sat. 11:00 to 16:00
Contact: Peter Meacock, petermeacock.com, peter@petermeacock.com
Contact: Karim Ladak, potassiumlondon.com, karim@potassiumstore.co.uk
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Xupery.
Peter's work is constructed of 8,894 golden dots framed, distributed and floating over three dense uniform black surfaces. The physical substance of the golden dots is precise and yet minor in comparison to intensely dark and seemingly endless surrounding space. Specific points hover to form braille like fragments of information to allow the whole substance of the image to form within the mind and imagination. There is a specific relationship between the points and the surface that creates the illusion of substance temporally and emotionally; cerebrally and sexually. Then, if you see a Baby in the image, you could see the colour of it's eyes; know it's name; know where it will travel in it's life… As if, when you were looking up at the darkest sky, you saw a man or woman dancing through space.
The Elements that have been identified are caught in a series of intriguing and complex reactions, driven by a relentless and profound energy. The material substance of these Elements, from which all things are made, is so evanescent in the Universe that the average matter density, when taken over all space, is effectively zero to a very high degree of precision. A little does indeed go a long way. In the universe light is absorbed by all things and the part that isn't illuminates our brains through the retina, distinguishing it from the next. Yet in a thing there is substance and that cannot be conveyed by what we see. As the presence and substance of the subject is derived through our consciousness and experience. A baby is a baby, and also there are pictures of babies.
The element Potassium, like art and fashion, is essential for the proper function of all cells, tissues, and organs in the human body. It is also an electrolyte, a substance that conducts electricity in the body. It is crucial to the function of cellular life. Apoptosis (programmed cell death), shows us that some cells are born to die to allow life to take its many forms. These dead cells do not decompose but are recycled and the Elemental components are redistributed into new forms. It is this process of re-use and re-distribution that has become important to us now that we come understand our world more intimately.
Peter Meacock's first solo exhibition is set in a world of innovative ethical fashion and design. Potassium, always at the forefront of thoughtful and environmentally responsible chic, invited Peter to be the featured artist for the new Autumn season because of his elemental reflections on the way we live on our planet, together. In the Victorian Apothecary pharmacists made potions and pills. At Potassium, Karim Ladak combines 'elements for living,' to inspire, inform and articulate the modern ethical lifestyle. Potassium continues through this exhibition to support the visual arts and local community, having previously supported Art in Marylebone, The Free Art Fair, The Serpentine Gallery, and Westminster City Council’s Edgware Road Action Plan.
Please contact Contact: Peter Meacock, peter@petermeacock.com for further information regarding this Press Release.
Separate images are available on request.
