12 June - 05 July 2008
69 South Audley St London W1
Andreas Slominski's show at Sadie Coles HQ comprises of a new series of polystyrene pictures. Sculpted from wall-sized slabs of Styrofoam and spray-painted with a primary and fluorescent palette, these paintings skirt around definitions of painting and sculpture. Evocative of the everyday, they incorporate polystyrene renderings of objects as diverse as a saucepan of egg yolks, skis, a wood-working tool, and boat-objects, all of which suggest a hidden iconography linked to earlier series of sculpture by the artist. Their tropical colours and souvenir-like qualities are reminiscent of a strange journey, one that Slominski reveals through constructed mementos and literal imprints. Although aesthetically dissimilar to his previous work, the performative actions and conceptual roots remain.