Rhubaba Gallery & Studios
We are all U.F.O.-nauts
4 August – 2 September 2012
Taking as its starting point the photographic series 'Self-portraits as a U.F.O.-naut' by Slovakian artist Július Koller (1939–2007), this group show explores the ongoing potency of Koller’s practice.
The works in this show assume a playful strategy of resistance to ‘reality’, with the artists pairing themselves with images of the ‘other-worldly’ and exploring methods of navigation unrestrained by logic. Featuring a series of Koller’s photographs from the 1980s and new works by artists including
Gintaras Didžiapetris and Catherine Payton, the exhibition questions the connection between imagination, optimism and agency in contemporary art.
This exhibition is supported by an Edinburgh Art Festival bursary.
Thur—Sun, 12—5pm, and by appointment.