2009 | SCULPTURE ROOF – Martin Fletcher/Systems House
19 March – 13 June 2009
SCULPTURE ROOF commissions outdoor public sculpture on the gallery’s roof for extended periods.
SCULPTURE ROOF, Transportable Transceiver Unit (installation view), 2009
MARTIN FLETCHER | SYSTEMS HOUSE
19 March – 13 June 2009
PRIVATE VIEW: 18 March, 6-8pm
CRISP presents the inauguration of SCULPTURE ROOF.
MARTIN FLETCHER | SYSTEMS HOUSE produces constructions derived from a mixed provenance referencing architectural forms and utilitarian design whilst acknowledging and recomposing elements of contemporary consumer culture. The specific choice of materials and recurrence of modular elements allude to the history of minimal sculpture and aspects of modernism.
The work often refers to elements that shape our everyday experiences within the built environment, from advertising, design and communication systems. The finished piece, despite its seemingly precise technical execution, which limits its level of rapprochement with its geometric austerity, is presented as a proposal or transitional prototype conceived as a solution to certain needs at particular points in time with no claims
on permanence.
The new work, Transportable Transceiver Unit has been specifically conceived for CRISP. The freestanding ‘tower’ consists of a square steel framework that is painted and simply bolted together to support 16 aluminium ‘shutters’ reminiscent of vertical window blinds or airplane wings. The cast concrete ‘feet’ anchor the whole work down to the gallery’s roof. The entire structure can be disassembled and ‘flat packed’ in order to move to other locations.
MARTIN FLETCHER lives and works in London and received his MA from Goldsmiths in 2006. Solo exhibitions include Gallerie S.E., Bergen, in Norway (2008) and Galerie Michael Janssen in Berlin (2007). Group exhibitions include FormContent (2009), Cell Projects and Victoria Miro in London (2008). His work has also been exhibited at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, Barbican, Hayward Gallery and Chisenhale in London.
SCULPTURE ROOF, Transportable Transceiver Unit (installation view detail), 2009
SCULPTURE ROOF, Transportable Transceiver Unit (installation view detail), 2009
SCULPTURE ROOF (private view), Transportable Transceiver Unit, 2009
Transportable Transceiver Unit (for Sculpture Roof), 2009
Steel, aluminum, concrete and industrial paint
275cm x 228cm x 228cm
Model for Sculpture Roof, 2009
Study for Sculpture Roof, 2009
MARTIN FLETCHER | SYSTEMS HOUSE
B. Kent, UK in 1974
Lives and works in London
Education
MFA, Goldsmiths College University of London, 2006
BFA, Nottingham Trent University, 1997
Kent Institute of Art And Design, 1994
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Sculpture Roof, CRISP LONDON LOS ANGELES, London, UK
2008
Martin Fletcher Systems House, Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
2007
Martin Fletcher Systems House, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2003
Air Cushioned Sculpture Division, Commercial Too Gallery, London
2001
Weightmaster, Kingsgate Gallery, London
1998
The Commercial Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
FOREIGN BODY(ies), Cottelston Advisors at White Box, New York
Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
SNAP, Cell Projects, London
Distinction, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
2006
News From Nowhere – Visions of Utopia, William Morris Gallery, London
2005
Worn Out Wash Monkeys, Riley Kenny Projects, London
2004
Disappointed, Riley Kenny Projects, London
2002
Lord Rodney, Lord Rodney’s Head, London
2000
Snowballing, Arthur R Rose, London
Snowballing, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1999
Snowballing, Teesdale Yard, London
Identity Crisis, The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Avantgarderobe Kunst und Mode im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Absolute Cobblers, Barbican Gallery, London
1998
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art And Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London
Root, Chisenhale Gallery, London
Awards
2001 Woo Charitable Foundation Bursary
Images courtesy the artist