Alchemy

by Alex Hetherington, 13 Apr 2008

I just noticed the theme that keeps repeating and repeating is gold. It even showed itself in something we saw at Jonathan Monk at Tramway where the tram lines were painted gold and looked so splendid. I enjoyed Stephen Hurrel and the pre-exhibition by Rachel Mimiec. It has that prototype feel found often in the work of Cornelia Parker. Anyway expect much gold in the show and elsewhere, I am also wearing a new perfume called 888 that is supposed to smell like gold. Who knew? I hope to do some research on alchemy soon. I feel we may have gone all bling; Douglas Gordon’s gold tooth was there too, at the opening at Tramway, in his mouth, not on its own.

So tomorrow we install: I collect work and there is a great deal of transporting to do, so it’s count down. “

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