Absinthe 3

Fraser, B; Mills, C; Capper, J; Vivian, PF

Abstract

Absinthe. Curious love of the sordid and the extravagant. Muse of the weird, twisted and eerie. Throughout its short history, absinthe has passed from antiseptic to vermicide, honorary salute to morphological being. It is ghostly and mutinous. It is no surprise that absinthe has long persisted in the underground, from Joyce to Baudelaire, Rimbaud to van Gogh. It was prolific amongst artists and writers of the boulevards of modern Paris: mystic visions of the Moulin Rouge, images that bled from their canvas with an emerald sorcery: hypnotic, aberrant and erotic.

Comprising 4 major exhibitions of emerging artists over the course of 12 months, ABSINTHE is a hybrid, eclectic, and at points inexplicable presentation of the weirder side of London’s emerging art scene. Located at the Spit & Sawdust pub, Bermondsey, each exhibition will present a mandala of artists that cut and splice between mediums and styles; a kaleidoscopic trip into the city’s current alternative art practices.

Citation

Fraser, B., Mills, C., Capper, J., & Vivian, P. (2019). Absinthe 3. 7 September 2019 - 14 September 2019. (Unpublished)

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: Sep 7, 2019
• End Date: Sep 14, 2019
• Publication Date: Sep 14, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 12, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2020
• Related Public URLs: http://www.paulvivianstudio.com/paulvivianabout
• Additional Information: Number of Pieces : 2