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Please see HERE about Enjoy's upcoming One Day Sculpture with Kah Bee Chow on 31 August 2008.

On now at Enjoy

Compressed Space

Emma Fitts

August 28 - September 13 2008

Opening Party Wednesday 27 August, 6pm
Artist Talk Friday 5 September, 6pm

The walls of urban space both reveal and conceal the detritus of the city as excess matter is stuffed into cracks and merged into the architecture. Bus tickets are forced to lie between seats. Receipts and miscellany are trodden into cracks in the pavement. This matter is framed by its environment and remains part of a larger composition.

 Compressed Space will explore these ideas on framing, image and form alongside tactile qualities within constructed urban-centred environments. Wellington-based painter Emma Fitts has developed a system of compressing and representing painting materials in relation to the gallery’s architecture. The artist notes: “The idea is not to have a show about process, but to experiment with different processes in order to create new experiences.”

 At Enjoy, Fitts has worked with the space to create objects in frames the size of chosen gaps in the gallery. These objects are then taken out of these frames and then arranged. The whole of Enjoy will be activated into the dialogue of image and form as the gallery gives form to the paintings that become objects in themselves.

Enjoy facilitates contemporary art projects and is liberated from commercial constraints to actively promote critical dialogue. Enjoy gratefully acknowledges support from Creative New Zealand, Wellington City Council, Big Image Print and our valuable volunteers. Thanks!