Photo by Phil O'Kane
contemporarymonkey – slave to the amazon – A brilliantly in-depth review of Sergio Vega’s ‘Paradise: Real Time’ exhibition at Ikon Eastside by a rather clever ‘any old monkey’ who is ‘having a go at contemporary art’:
In Vega’s current exhibition at Birmingham’s IKON Eastside, entitled, “Paradise: Real Time”, he underscores nature’s influence on one of its dependents: man. Through multiple, and very large, high definition video images, it’s apparent that the mother of all form, line and colour holds sway over us in not only what we build, and how we build it, but what we do when we’re not busy destroying each other. Tower blocks in urban landscapes mimicking palm forests. Brightly saturated clothing imitating tropical birds, and Birds of Paradise. Bee-like tribal dance rituals stirring up mini tornado clouds of dust. My take away is that, while the human race endeavors to suck the life out of the planet, we often don’t recognise the force of strength coming the opposite way.
I went to the latter end of the launch party of the exhibition last Friday evening with out-of-town visitor Phil O’Kane, who took the above photo and pretty accurately described it as ‘an artsy dj thingy with some of the most hip hipsters ever’. There was drinking, dancing and what seemed to be a new sport of beanbag diving. Kids today….
The Sergio Vega exhibition in on at Ikon Eastside until 5th September.
