Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Installation view
Rebecca Key: Archetype
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 15, 2010
Transformer is proud to present Liverpool, UK based artist Rebecca Key in her first US solo exhibition.
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Installation view
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Rebecca creates installations that question the creative process and explore the background narrative of artists, artworks and galleries. In her work she references buildings where galleries are housed, their social contexts and their associated preconceptions.
With Archetype, Rebecca investigates the design of Transformer's gallery space, and the worldwide use of white walls and grey floors to create gallery spaces. An accomplished Art Director for British film and television, Rebecca will apply set dressing techniques used in her professional career to look at how Transformer may have once appeared in its previous form. Taking reference from the exterior walls of the buildings surrounding Transformer, one of Transformer's gallery walls will be layered with specialized paint techniques, textures and props, to appear like the alleyway it once was.
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail of trash bags, using local references
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail of trash bags, Rebecca incorporated her notes used in the planning of the installation
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail of trash, including postcards for local art events
Rebecca Key, Archetype, 2010, Detail