Journey into the Unknown (yellow & red)
Documentary footage and wearable sculpture resulting from David Sherry’s performance on 31st October which was part of Derry’s Halloween celebrations, comes together to create the exhibition Journey into the unknown (yellow & red). The exhibition is presented in the gallery’s library space.
Commissioned by CCA, with the kind support of Derry City Council, Journey into the unknown (yellow & red) was a performance that involved the artist walking the streets of Derry, attracting the curiosity of onlookers and passers-by. The wearable sculptures have no clear purpose, identity, or design. A number of hands, made with stuffed colourful fabric, protrude and point in contradictory directions. Although Journey into the unknown (yellow & red) can be seen as a humourous interuption into the expected patterns of everyday life, it can also been seen as a response to the pressures of making a choice or choosing a path.
David Sherry (b.Northern Ireland, lives and works in Glasgow) is an artist whose work includes performance, drawing, video, sculpture, and sound. His work often reflects on cultural codes, asking questions of accepted and learned behaviours: What is work? What is success? What is respect? What is a living? What is happiness? He graduated with an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art in 2000. He has had solo exhibitions in Mother’s tankstation, Dublin; Catalyst Arts, Belfast; Villa Concordia, Germany; Glasgow Museum of Modern Art and Tramway, Glasgow. Selected group exhibitions including Film and video at BBC Scotland, BBC Scotland, Glasgow; Grin and Bear It at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork and One fine morning in May, at GAK Bremen. In 2003, Sherry was selected to represent Scotland at the 50th Venice Biennale and his work is held in many collections including the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art.
David Sherry: Journey into the unknown (yellow & red) has been supported by Derry City Council. Thanks to Rebecca, Erine, Michelle, Tracey, Carol, Mary, and Sarah from North West Regional College for their help in producing the wearable sculptures.
