Simon Patterson
- Previous work
- 3/3
In Simon Patterson's The Great Bear, the familliar names of stations on the map of the London Underground were replaced by the names of philosophers,saints, footballers, actors. The map suddenly seemed to offer the opportunity to travel the famous names of history and popular culture, passing a succession of comedians on the way to a philosopher. Patterson uses familiar systems for the classification and the ordering of information and undermines their authority by imposing new yet similarly familiar information. He has used the forms of maps, typewriters, circuits, slide-rules, air traffic route plans and constellation diagrams. They become metaphors for the connectedness of things, they suggest new relationships between them, parallel readings, other ways of configuring the data which govern our lives. In this print based upon the Periodic Table, the names of the elements beneath their symbols are replaced by the names of astral bodies: Be becomes Betelgeuse, O becomes Orionis. The chemical elements of the universe become its astronomical components.
Multiple Choice: Prints by Young British Artists, The British Council 1997
- Accession Number P6791
- Dimensions 72 X 102 CM
- Media SCREENPRINT
Work Theme
Past exhibitions
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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2001
- Sri Lanka, Colombo, Lionel Wendt Gallery
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2000
- Singapore, Lasalle-Sia College Of The Arts
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- Thailand, Chiangmai University Gallery
- Thailand, Silpakorn University Art Gallery
- Czech Republic, Pilsen, X Centre Gallery
- Czech Republic, Gallery Zbrojnice
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1999
- Brazil, Brasilia, Art Museum
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Mac Museu De Arts Contemporanea
- Brazil, Curitiba, Museu Metropolitan De Arte
- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Paco Imperial
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1998
- Colombia, Bogota, Banco De La Republica
- Cuba, Havana, Centro Wifredo Lam
- Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Arts Contemporaneo, SOFIA IMBER
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1997
- Venezuela, Maracaibo, Museo Arte Contemporaneo De Zulia
- Bolivia, La Paz, British Council Office - La Paz
- Peru, Trujillo, Continental Bank
- Peru, Arequipa, Centro Cultural Chaves De La Rosa
- Peru, Lima, Peruvian British Cultural Association
