Thursday, 27 November 2014

Melissa Kime in Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Melissa Kime, Joseph and the Technicolour Bankers
Melissa is in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 with recent large watercolours from her MA Painting course at the RCA.
Previous 'new contemporaries' have includedTacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson.
Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf

Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf
Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf
Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson. - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf
Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson. - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf
Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Mike Nelson. - See more at: http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2014-ica#sthash.43Y6DIRI.dpuf
Details of the exhibition on the New Contemporaries' website.
Melissa was also included in the Telegraph's article on the exhibition, with her painting 'Joseph and the Technicolour Bankers' being the covering image.

'Many reference the economic crash directly: Marco Godoy’s choral video work “Claiming the Echo” (2012) explores the aftermath of the financial crisis in Spain. A choir sings protest slogans that are usually sung at demonstrations in Spain, adapted into a musical piece, using the composer Henry Purcell's scores. And Melissa Kime alludes to it more playfully in her painting “Technicolour Joseph and The Amazing City Bankers” (2013). Meanwhile, Simon Senn’s films deal with human behaviour and patterns of interaction. His film "Just Let Go" sets up the intriguing proposition of dealing with the financial crisis through the creation of filmed cathartic experiences that aim to release anxiety.'

Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
26 November 2014 - 25 January 2015