{"id":1112,"date":"2009-11-12T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/vicky-wright-comma14\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T12:43:53","slug":"vicky-wright-comma14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/vicky-wright-comma14\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMA14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Exhibition Dates:<\/strong> 12 \u2013 28 November 2009<br \/>\nVicky Wright presented a series of new paintings, which draw upon her ongoing concerns with the paradoxical nature of portraiture, politics and patronage.<\/p>\n<p>The paintings, which continued on from her original Extraction series, hint at a hidden history by painting on the reverse of the frame. The works traversed the rear gallery appearing as windows into the machine or portraits of desire, their gaze looking out covetously. At the epicentre of the gallery stood a large \u2018totem\u2019 enclosing an illuminated piece of coal, a symbolic source of energy \u2013 the prize.<\/p>\n<p>The paintings, simply entitled The Guardians, appear as an exploration of portraiture and what might be revealed on the back of such portraits. The history of genre painting generally, especially portraiture, tends to immortalise the captains of industry who have commissioned it. As Wright explains, \u2018The darker side to this is the extraction of wealth at the price of human misery, whether its coal mining in the North or the extraction of minerals in Africa \u2013 they all reveal an exploitative transaction. In a sense, the people who aren\u2019t immortalised are the ones who are the exploited\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1115&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1116&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1117&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1114&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<strong>About:<\/strong> Jaime Gili<br \/>\n(b.Venezuela 1972) lives and works in London.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>About COMMA:<\/strong> Launched in March 2009, COMMA is a dynamic new series of commissions enabling artists to experiment and expand their practice in relation to Bloomberg SPACE and its communities. Over thirty of today&#8217;s most outstanding emerging and established international artists will be invited to create new work, installations and architectural interventions in a fast paced succession of exhibitions. The program is curated by David Risley, Graham Gussin, Stephen Hepworth, Sacha Craddock and Vanessa Desclaux.<\/p>\n<p>COMMA at Bloomberg SPACE, reflects the core principles of innovation, engagement, adventurous creativity and education central to Bloomberg&#8217;s reputation for arts sponsorship.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exhibition Dates: 12 \u2013 28 November 2009 Vicky Wright presented a series of new paintings, which draw upon her ongoing concerns with the paradoxical nature of portraiture, politics and patronage. The paintings, which continued on from her original Extraction series, hint at a hidden history by painting on the reverse of the frame. 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