11.04.08 — 10.05.08 ‘Johan Pilgrim and the Cave of Wonders’, Jonathan Marshall
- Ryan Ras, 'A Country History' £275
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- Ben Long, 'The Great Travelling Art poster' £20
- Helga Steppan, 'See Through - All my things', 8 Postcards £10
- Larissa Nowicki, 'Meaning Obscured', Edition of 15 £800
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- Ben Long, 'Join the Land of the Free', Metro, April 2008
- Esther Teichmann, 'BLIMEY!: New Photography in Britain ', Art Review, May 2008
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- Esther Teichmann, 'Esther Teichmann', Bedeutung, Spring 2008
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- 'Walls Have Ears', Exhibition of the week, Spoonfed
- Ben Long, Grafik Magazine, Special Report Art, February 2008
- Kim Schoen, 'The Region of Unlikeness', X-TRA, Winter 2008
- Ryan Ras, 'Mea Culpa', Guardian Guide, Pick of the week
- 'Paper-thin worlds', Blueprint, December 2007
- 'Be long a part' by Helga Steppan at Man&Eve Gallery, 'Grafik Magazine', December 2007
- 'Paper-thin worlds', Flavorpill
- Esther Teichmann, 'Phantasie Fotostudio', 032c, Winter 2007/08
- 'Halfway House', Editor Art Review, BBC Collective
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- Exhibition of the week, Esther Teichmann 'Silently Mirrored', TimeOut London
- Helga Steppan 'Be long a part', Creative Review, SEEN Reviews, Pick of the Month, August 2007
- 'Whistle Stop', Sebastian Mary catches the bus to Kymaerica
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08.05.08
Man&Eve at The Solo Project, Basel, 2-8th June 200807.05.08
Ben Long - Stag Scaffolding Sculpture at the Elephant & Castle23.04.08
Man&Eve screening at Brixton Ritzy as part of Picturehouse Artspace series16.04.08
Man&Eve at NEXT art fair, Chicago15.04.08
Esther Teichmann solo exhibition at Galerie Karlheinz Meyer in Karlsruhe, Germany31.03.08
Esther Teichmann included in ‘In Our World. New Photography in Britain’ exhibition at Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy16.03.08
Sam Messenger in 'Blink, Cut + Repeat' at The Courtauld Institute of Art18.02.08
Helga Steppan 'See Through: All my things' at The Royal London Hospital02.02.08
Helga Steppan included in group exhibition at James Harris Gallery, Seattle10.11.07
Helga Steppan: Residency at the Nordic Artists’ Centre, Norway11.10.07
Ben Long in 'Drawn Apart East', a group show by Day+Gluckman Curatorial Partnership10.10.07
Eames Demetrios new film 'A Gathering of Elephants'09.10.07
Man&Eve at Year_07 art projects09.10.07
Man&Eve at Aqua Wynwood Miami 200707.10.07
ArtFacts Preview of Year_0706.10.07
Helga Steppan awarded The Magenta Foundation Prize04.09.07
Daring Stuff15.08.07
'Phantasie Fotostudio: The Esthacus Teichwynd Photos' at Gallery Giti Nourbakhsch01.08.07
'The Region of Unlikeness' at Bank Gallery, Los Angeles
Man&Eve is pleased to present the first UK exhibition of work by American artist, Jonathan Marshall.
The exhibition, ‘Johan Pilgrim and the Cave of Wonders’, forms the second part in a trilogy. The first part, ‘The Book of Lenny’, was exhibited at Art Palace in Austin Texas in 2007.
Drawing is the basis of Jonathan Marshall’s artistic practice, but not its only product. He works across video, animation, photo-collage, installation and sculpture to produce series’ of work that combine to produce narrative worlds.
In this exhibition, Marshall explores the capabilities of drawing as a narrative tool and its possibilities for crossover into the digital (animated) world. Visual references include the sublime in 19th century art; country and western and science fiction movies; and comics and Saturday morning cartoons. Also evident, is the visual impact of the Wyoming landscape in which much of this recent body of work was produced.
Marshall often depicts isolated figures engaged within epic landscapes. In ‘Johan Pilgrim and the Cave of Wonders’ the narrative centres on a character who is brought down to a great depth in order to discover his true calling. Like ‘The Book of Lenny’, the stage is set after a storm of global proportions has eased the demise of most of civilization. A decade following this demise, several wanderers are called to participate in humanities last great adventure.
The work fits within a Native American and Anglo-American folklore tradition of the ‘Vision Quest’, and has also been inspired by stories such as Jonah and the Whale, ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’, ‘The Wind Up Bird Chronicles’ by Haruki Murakami and Sergio Leone’s ‘Dollars’ Trilogy.
The gallery becomes the site for experiencing the story as it unfolds through series of drawings, photo-collage and animation. The exhibition raises questions about the contemporary relevance of narrative art and its place within contemporary fine art practice.
Jonathan Marshall lives and works in Austin, Texas where his work is in the collection of the Austin Museum of Art and the Blanton Museum of Art.