JULIAN MONTAGUE
June 5 - July 12, 2008
To
Know The Spiders
Julian Montague continues his investigations
into overlooked realms of daily life. In his highly
acclaimed Stray Shopping Cart Identification Project
exhibited at the gallery in the fall of 2006, his
method was to build a system of classification around
a mundane object. In To Know the Spiders,
Montague mounts a visual exploration of seemingly
mundane animals – the spiders that occupy the
peripheries of human architectural space. His process
begins with the collection and killing of a spider.
He then studies its face under a microscope and from
the resulting drawings creates a portrait of the spider
in the form of a fabric banner. The banner is then
placed and photographed in the exact spot of collection.
The banner illuminates the presence of a silent witness
and sometime symbiotic partner while also serving
as a memorial to the spider that had to die for that
understanding to be gained.
September 7 - October 14,
2006
The
stray shopping cart identification project
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