Exhibition | I like to remove the lightswitch instead of painting around it by Vincent Knopper

Alumni documentation 2020-12-18

Vincent Knopper, alumni of finished Temporary Programme Material Utopias (2013-2015) exhibited I like to remove the lightswitch instead of painting around it, van Halstraat, Amsterdam at Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam 2020.

The exhibition title refers to one's preference when painting an apartment. Seven sculptures and installations are presented in a freshly renovated and painted domestic space. The lightswitches are removed and the floor of the apartment is covered in a clean plastic foil, which reminds of the paintjob that took place there.

In the works 'Hout verduurzaming vademecum 6', 'coin 1956' and 'PC M8 20' an orange-yellowish high gloss and matte lacquer has been applied by spray painting. The used lacquer is preserved since 1994. In these works the gesture of painting is a method to appropriate and conserve elements into a sculptural language.

Vincent Knopper took the context of his side job project as a starting point for his artistic practice. He addresses the notion of the separation ánd interweaving of his artistic and non-artistic practices. The works presented, he developed in, mostly, the same time span as the paintingjob.

More information: http://www.vincentknopper.nl/lightswitch.html