wher you live now è la terza e ultima mostra collettiva per il 2011-12 del programma Fine Arts dell’Accademia Britannica, diretto da Jacopo Benci.
La mostra, sostenuta in parte da Edwin Abbey Trust, Arts Council Northern Ireland, Australia Council for the Arts, Linbury Trust, Max Mara e Whitechapel Gallery, presenta nuove opere degli attuali artisti residenti, Colin Darke, Nicholas Hatfull, Jessica Kirkpatrick, David Lock, Laure Prouvost, Luke Roberts.
Per ulteriori informazioni, si prega di contattare Giorgia Tamburi e Clara Giannini, Fine Arts Interns


Colin Darke (Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellow, gennaio-giugno 2012) vive e lavora a Belfast. Le sue personali recenti includono ‘Parodos GTG’, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2010; ‘The Capital Paintings’, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Irlanda, 2009. Fra le collettive recenti, ‘Interplanetary Revolution’, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2012; ‘Colin Darke, David Mabb – Commodity Forms’, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2009; ‘God and Goods’, Villa Manin Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Passariano, Codroipo; ‘Drawing to Line – A Contemporary Survey of Art from Northern Ireland’, Heilongjiang, Cina, 2008; ‘Art in the Age of Terrorism’, Millais Gallery, Southampton; ‘Busan Biennale’, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Corea del Sud, 2004; ‘50a Biennale’, Arsenale, Venezia, 2003; ‘Manifesta 3’, Lubiana, Slovenia, 2000.
“Il lavoro di Colin Darke è guidato principalmente dal momento storico. L’opera in mostra, che fa riferimento alla ‘Battaglia di Valle Giulia’ del 1 marzo 1968, contiene la nota poesia scritta da Pasolini a proposito di quella giornata, ed è costituita da frammenti di asfalto della Scalea Bruno Zevi, sito di uno stallo negli scontri tra manifestanti e polizia.” [CD]

Nicholas Hatfull (Sainsbury Scholar in Painting and Sculpture, ottobre 2011-settembre 2012) vive e lavora a Londra. I suoi più recenti progetti sono stati la mostra personale ‘Il Bagno’, Peles Empire, Londra, e la performance ‘Hallo Bagno Hallo Sommelier’, Royal Academy Schools, Londra, 2011. Fra le sue collettive recenti, ‘Re-generation’, MACRO, Roma; ‘D’après Giorgio’, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Roma; ‘Spazi Aperti X’, Accademia di Romania, Roma; ‘I Don’t Know How A Rock Feels’, Accademia Britannica, Roma, 2012; ‘The Call’, Peles Empire, Cluj, Romania; ‘Drawing 2011’, The Drawing Room, Londra, 2011; ‘Newspeak – British Art Now’, Saatchi Gallery, Londra, 2010.
“Con un idiosincratico repertorio di motivi recuperati da imballaggi, ristoranti e ambiente urbano, il lavoro recente di Nicholas Hatfull presenta rilievi e segnaletica in suggestive composizioni. Per mezzo di una costante ri-associazione, esempi riadattati di design - la superficie di un coperchio per caffè take-away, uno slogan scritto con lo spray – vengono privati del loro contesto originale e coagulati in qualcosa di disorientante e illeggibile.” [NH]

Jessica Kirkpatrick (Abbey Fellow in Painting, aprile-giugno 2012) è un’artista americana che vive e lavora a Edimburgo, Scozia. Fra le sue personali recenti, ‘Recent Work’, The Parlour, Edimburgo, 2012; ‘The Inexorable’, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgo, 2010; ‘A Shoulder Bears It Edge’, Pirate Gallery, Denver, 2008. Fra le collettive, ‘Lynn Painter Stainer Prize’, Mall Galleries, Londra; ‘Visual Arts Scotland Annual’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edimburgo, 2012; ‘Recrea(c)tion’, Art’s Complex, Edimburgo, 2011; ‘Return to Source’, Art’s Complex, Edimburgo, 2010; ‘Open Studios’, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlino; ‘Third Wheel’, Embassy Gallery, Edimburgo; ‘Maquette’, Big Red Door, Edimburgo, 2009; ‘3032 Miles’, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, 2008. jessicakirkpatrick.com
“Il lavoro di Jessica Kirkpatrick usa i canoni del nudo femminile nell’esplorazione delle dinamiche di rappresentazione e percezione.” [JK]

David Lock (Abbey Scholar in Painting, ottobre 2011-giugno 2012) ha conseguito il MA in Fine Art presso il Goldsmiths College, University of London, dopo il BA (Hons) in Fine Art presso la Reading University, nel 1999. Ha quindi fatto parte per diversi anni della Candoco Dance Company come danzatore, prima di tornare alla sua pratica artistica nel 2005. Ha esposto sia a livello nazionale e internazionale. Ha tenuto personali da Fred, Londra nel 2007, e poi presso Zoo Art Fair, Londra, come vincitore per il Premio Acquisto John Jones ‘Art on Paper’ in collaborazione con Zoo Art Fair, Londra. Recentemente gli è stato commissionata la progettazione delle scene per la ventesima stagione di Candoco, ‘Turning 20’, in associazione con la Trisha Brown Dance Company.
“L’indagine sul desiderio e la sua costruzione è fondamentale per la pratica artistica di David Lock. Nell’usare collage e pittura, il suo interesse è l’idea del frammento e la ricombinazione del corpo-in-pezzi mediato per esporre nozioni di differenza. L’approccio collagista rappresenta per Lock un senso di contingenza – la dinamica in costante slittamento del corpo in movimento. I suoi ritratti ‘misfit’, che combinano frammenti di una preesistente identità goffamente incernierati tra loro, cercano di mettere in discussione sia la bellezza che l’imperfezione, pur conservando una sensibilità al tempo stesso vulnerabile e inquietante.” [DL]

Laure Prouvost (vincitrice del Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2011; residente alla BSR aprile-giugno 2012) è una artista francese che vive e lavora a Londra. Le sue principali personali recenti sono ‘Laure Prouvost at Treasurer’s House’, York (residenza in partnership con The Barbara Hepworth Wakefield), 2012, ‘Frieze Projects’, Frieze Art Fair, Londra; ‘Laure Prouvost’, IPS, Birmingham; ‘Time Machine’, Bookworks, Spike Island, Bristol; ‘before, before. before it was, the title sequence, before spinning next to squid’, MOTinternational, Londra, 2011; ‘All These Things Think Link’, Flat Time House, Londra; ‘Art Now Lightbox’, Tate Britain, Londra; ‘Frieze Frame’, Frieze Art Fair, Londra; ‘Present Future’, Artissima, Torino, 2010; ‘Storeybored’, After the Butcher, Berlino, 2009. La sua personale del Max Mara Prize si terrà nel 2013 alla Whitechapel Gallery, Londra e alla Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia.
“Giocare con le credenze e l’immaginazione del pubblico, creando una linea tangibile fra fatto e finzione, è una parte importante della pratica di Laure Prouvost. Costruendo storie, film e oggetti in cui umili dettagli sono esaminati fisicamente da vicino, le finzioni ruotano liberamente intorno alla nozione di scarto nel linguaggio e nell'esperienza.” [LP]

Luke Roberts (Australia Council Resident Artist, aprile-giugno 2012) è un direttore della Pope Alice Xorporation (PAX), che amministra gli affari terrestri di Sua Divina Santità Papa Alice. Le principali mostre recenti di Luke Roberts sono ‘AlphaStation/Alphaville’, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney e Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2011 e 2010; ‘You Are Not Alone’, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2006; ‘Ecce Homo’, Artspace, Sydney, 2000; ‘Clutch’, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1996; ‘Wunderkammer / Kunstkamera’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994-95. Tra le sue mostre collettive più importanti, ‘Sourris Collection’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2011-12; Australian Representative, Museum of Contemporary Art, XIII Biennale di Sydney, 2002; ‘PS1 Studio Artists’, The Clocktower, New York, 1997.
“Sua Divina Santità Papa Alice, avatar (manifestazione della coscienza extraterrestre), personifica storie nascoste e future possibilità. Ella è levatrice per la nascita di un nuovo paradigma in un’epoca di rivelazione. Roma presenta un’interfaccia più immediata per costruire ponti tra mondi.
Il nuovo corpus di video performances di Luke Roberts, ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, si basa sull'azione di ruotare in spazi sacri (‘perne in a gyre’).”



wher you live now is the third and final group exhibition for 2011-12 of the BSR Fine Arts Programme, directed by Jacopo Benci.
The exhibition, supported in part by the Edwin Abbey Trust, the Arts Council Northern Ireland, the Australia Council for the Arts, the Linbury Trust, Max Mara & Whitechapel Gallery, presents new works by the current resident artists, Colin Darke, Nicholas Hatfull, Jessica Kirkpatrick, David Lock, Laure Prouvost, Luke Roberts.
For further information, please contact Giorgia Tamburi and Clara Giannini, Fine Arts Interns, at

Colin Darke (Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellow, January-June 2012) lives and works in Belfast. His recent one person exhibitions include, Parodos GTG, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2010; The Capital Paintings, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland, 2009. Recent group exhibitions include, ‘Interplanetary Revolution’, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2012; ‘Colin Darke, David Mabb – Commodity Forms’, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2009; ‘God and Goods’, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo; ‘Drawing to Line – A Contemporary Survey of Art from Northern Ireland’, Heilongjiang, China, 2008; ‘Art in the Age of Terrorism’, Millais Gallery, Southampton; ‘Busan Biennale’, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, South Korea, 2004; ‘50th Biennale’, Arsenale, Venice, 2003; ‘Manifesta 3’, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000.
“Colin Darke’s work is principally driven by the historical moment. This piece responds to the ‘Battle of Valle Giulia’ of 1 March 1968. The work, containing Pasolini’s infamous poem about the day, is made from broken tarmac from the Scalea Bruno Zevi, the site of a stand-off between demonstrators and police.” [CD]

Nicholas Hatfull (Sainsbury Scholar in Painting and Sculpture, October 2011-September 2012) lives and works in London. His latest one person projects were an exhibition, ‘Il Bagno’, Peles Empire, London, and a performance, ‘Hallo Bagno Hallo Sommelier’, Royal Academy Schools, London, 2011. His recent group exhibitions include, ‘Re-generation’, MACRO, Rome; ‘D’après Giorgio’, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome; ‘Spazi Aperti X’, Romanian Academy in Rome; ‘I Don’t Know How A Rock Feels’, The British School at Rome, 2012; ‘The Call’, Peles Empire, Cluj, Romania; ‘Drawing 2011’, The Drawing Room, London, 2011; ‘Newspeak – British Art Now’, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2010.
“With an idiosyncratic repertoire of motifs scavenged from packaging, restaurants and the urban environment, Nicholas Hatfull’s recent work presents reliefs and signage in suggestive compositions. By constant re-association, various repurposed designs - the surface of a takeaway coffee lid, a graffiti’d slogan – are relieved of their original business and curdle into something disorienting and unreadable.” [NH]

Jessica Kirkpatrick (Abbey Fellow in Painting, April-June 2012) is an American artist living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her recent exhibitions include, ‘Recent Work’, The Parlour, Edinburgh, 2012; ‘The Inexorable’, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, 2010; ‘A Shoulder Bears It Edge’, Pirate Gallery, Denver, 2008. Among group exhibitions, ‘Lynn Painter Stainer Prize’, Mall Galleries, London, ‘Visual Arts Scotland Annual’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2012; ‘Recrea(c)tion’, Art’s Complex, Edinburgh, 2011; ‘Return to Source’, Art’s Complex, Edinburgh, 2010; ‘Open Studios’, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin; ‘Third Wheel’, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh; ‘Maquette’, Big Red Door, Edinburgh, 2009; ‘3032 Miles’, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, 2008. jessicakirkpatrick.com
“Jessica’s work utilizes canons of the female nude in exploration of the dynamics of representation and perception.” [JK]

David Lock (Abbey Scholar in Painting, October 2011-June 2012) graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with an MA in Fine Art in 2001, following a BA (hons) in Fine Art from University of Reading in 1999. Upon graduation he joined Candoco Dance Company as a dancer for several years, before returning to his fine art practice in 2005. He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. Following a solo show at Fred, London in 2007, Lock had a solo show at Zoo Art Fair, London, as a Prizewinner for the John Jones ‘Art on Paper’ acquisition award in conjunction with Zoo Art Fair, London. Recent commissions include designing a stage set for Candoco’s 20th anniversary season ‘Turning 20’, in association with Trisha Brown Dance Company.
“Desire and its construction is an enquiry central to David Lock’s artistic practice. Utilising collage and painting, his interest lies in the idea of the fragment and recombining the mediated body-in-pieces to expose notions of difference. A collagist approach represents for Lock a sense of contingency – a constantly shifting dynamic of the body in flux. In regard to his ‘misfit’ portraits, which combine fragments of a prior identity hinged awkwardly together, they seek to question both beauty and the imperfect, whilst retaining a sensitivity, that is both vulnerable and uncanny.” [DL]

Laure Prouvost (winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2011; resident at the BSR April-June 2012) is a French artist who lives and works in London. Her major recent solo exhibitions are, ‘Laure Prouvost at Treasurer’s House’, York (residence in partnership with The Barbara Hepworth Wakefield), 2012; ‘Frieze Projects’, Frieze Art Fair, London; ‘Laure Prouvost’, IPS, Birmingham; ‘Time Machine’, Bookworks, Spike Island, Bristol, ‘before, before. before it was, the title sequence, before spinning next to squid’, MOTinternational, London, 2011; ‘All These Things Think Link’, Flat Time House, London; ‘Art Now Lightbox’, Tate Britain, London; ‘Frieze Frame’, Frieze Art Fair, London; ‘Present Future’, Artissima, Turin, 2010; Storeybored’, After the Butcher, Berlin, 2009. Her Max Mara Prize exhibition will be held in 2013 at the Whitechapel Gallery, London and the Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia.
“Playing the audience’s imagination and trust, creating a tangible line between fact and fiction is an important part of Laure Prouvost’s practice. Building stories, films and objects in which abject details, examined in tactile close-up, fictions are loosely themed around the notion of gaps in language and experience.” [LP]

Luke Roberts (Australia Council Resident Artist, April-June 2012) is a director of Pope Alice Xorporation (PAX), which administers the terrestrial affairs of Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice. Major recent exhibitions by Luke Roberts are ‘AlphaStation/Alphaville’, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2011 and 2010; ‘You Are Not Alone’, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2006; ‘Ecce Homo’, Artspace, Sydney, 2000; ‘Clutch’, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1996; ‘Wunderkammer / Kunstkamera’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994-95. Among his major group exhibitions, ‘Sourris Collection’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2011-12; Australian Representative at Museum of Contemporary Art, 13th Biennale of Sydney, 2002; ‘PS1 Studio Artists’, The Clocktower, New York, 1997.
“Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice, avatar (manifestation of extraterrestrial consciousness), personifies hidden histories, and future possibilities. She is midwife at the birth of a new paradigm in an age of revelation. Rome presents a more immediate interface in building bridges between worlds.
Luke Roberts’ new body of video performances ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, is based around the action of spinning in sacred spaces (‘perne in a gyre’).”