Krijn de Koning (co-commissioned with Edinburgh Art Festival)
Land
1 August – 1 September 2013
Krijn de Koning, Land, 2013. Co-commissioned with Edinburgh College of Art. Photo: Kat Gollock.
Krijn de Koning builds structures which offer new possibilities to navigate and experience the space they inhabit. Initiating a direct dialogue with the rooms or galleries which host them, his work proposes an architecture where inside becomes outside, windows and stairs offer views of and access to things which normally lie beyond the bounds of sight or experience.
For Parley (in what is his first ever UK exhibition), de Koning develops a new work for the extraordinary space of the Sculpture Court at Edinburgh College of Art, who are co-commissing this work. The artist has spent the past year as John Florent Stone Fellow working with students to explore a collection of Eduardo Paolozzi’s works which is currently not on public display. His new work by contrast, makes familiar works disappear from view, or manifest in surprising ways, in a series of platforms encasing several iconic works from the school’s cast collection. A site for several Parley events during the festival, de Koning’s latest work offers an active platform for framing questions, and excavating and exploring ideas.
Mon–Sun, 10am–5pm
Free admission
Supported through The Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund and by The University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh College of Art
74 Lauriston Place, EH3 9DF
0131 651 5800
www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art