Tim Ellis: The Tourist

12 Mar-30 Apr 2011

Overview

This spring Spacex will present The Tourist, the first UK solo exhibition by London based artist Tim Ellis. A new body of work will be produced for the exhibition, including painting and sculpture. Working primarily with found materials, Ellis reconfigures the original intention of various objects giving them new value. This shift offers the opportunity to question their purpose, authorship and meaning within a new or altered context. Weaving together historical fact and invention, the viewer is invited to engage with notions of symbolism, artefact and artifice. Examining the process whereby art and craft objects from one culture come into close contact with that of another, the work centres around the idea of beings wanting to belong to something greater than their original intention.