The De La Warr Pavilion presents an exhibition of work by Cerith Wyn Evans on view through 10 June 2012.
Cerith Wyn Evans, Assemblages VIII, 2010 (White Cube Bermondsey), 2011; Mixed media; dimensions variable; © the artist; photo: Ben Westoby, courtesy White Cube
Employing Cerith Wyn Evan’s ongoing investigation of architecture as a starting point and specifically curated as a response to the De La Warr Pavilion, this exhibition consists of three major installations and smaller new works dispersed throughout the building.
Taking the entire Pavilion as an opportunity for installation, including our two gallery spaces and the roof-terrace, the exhibition also provides the impetus for a wider programme of related live art, music, performance and film during the season.
Visitors will see the De La Warr Pavilion’s Gallery spaces stripped back so that they are undivided for the first time. With all of the windows revealed, the installation in Gallery 1 explores the relationship between manmade and natural light, returning the building’s structure to its original purpose – as a space for visitors to experience and enjoy.
Moving up through the building, Wyn Evans’ recent spectacular light/heat column installation, S=U=P=E=R=S=T=R=U=C=T=U=R=E (‘Trace me back to some loud, shallow, chill, underlying motive’s overspill…’) 2010, is installed in Gallery 2 to create an intensely glamorous environment with toxic overtones.
On the rooftop there is a new text firework installation.
Described by the artist as “a love letter to the building”, the exhibition embodies recurrent themes within Evan’s art: code, language, text and an interrogation of aesthetics. – www.dlwp.com