Paperback, black and white and colour images, 324 pages, W170 x H210mm
Ikon presents the first solo exhibition of work by Spanish artist
Ignasi Aballí. Involving a wide variety of media, it is concerned with
the nature of nothingness. Absence and disappearance are themes
threaded through a selection of work. People (2000 – 2005) consisting of shoe scuff marks on the wall, suggests a queue of waiting individuals, now moved on. Big Mistake
(1998 – 2005), is based on a black square (1m2) painted directly onto a
wall. This shape, signifying pure, modernist abstraction is obliterated
by thousands of small Tipp-Ex brushstrokes, barely visible now as a
geometrical ghost.
Other works in 0-24 h reiterate a tendency to counteract conventional practice. Waste
(2001) comprises a number of opened cans of white paint, informally
arranged on the floor. Close inspection reveals that the cans are not
full – but, on the other hand, the paint has not been used. Simply, it
is in the process of slow evaporation, occurring through human
inactivity. English and Portuguese text.