Spring Series 09 - David Blandy
6.30pm Wednesday 22nd April 2009 Proctor Building Cornwall College Camborne
David Blandy’s recent work Crossroads (2009) has developed from the artist’s investigation into the mythology surrounding the legendary Robert Johnson, a bluesman with three gravestones, 29 recorded songs and only two known photographs. Crossroads revisits the well-trodden path of the white man looking for a genuine blues experience. A figure roams the landscape, yearning for Blues authenticity, re-enacting clichéd images from popular culture; guitar picking on porches, walking dusty roads, finding the crossroads. The landscape seduces, but undermining this romantic vision is the appearance of an inverted Minstrel, an alter-ego who haunts the journey.
Crossroads is currently showing at Turner Contemporary, Margate. Recent exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial 2008, Far West, Arnolfini, 2008 and Jerwood Platform for Artists, 2007. David graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2003 and now lives and works in London.
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