Abigail Lane
There is a deathly sense of impending tragedy in 25 Watt Moon, a photolithograph image derived from her film of the same name. Moths repeatedly encircle the weak light bulb, colliding with it in their delicate excitement; the seductive light which is finally of no use to them and is likely to accelerate their deaths. The low wattage implies low life, and the setting is ambiguous: is this a cheap hotel, tenement or charnel house? In the context of Lane's previous works, this scene takes on the identity of aftermath, evidence of an event as much as portents of things to come. For her 1995 installation Bloody Wallpaper, she used the image of marks made by a murder victim with their own blood, in the last desperate flailings or an attempt at communication, as the repeated pattern on wallpaper. Actions leave evidence, and many of her works have built fragile narratives upon traces, a note here, a print there.
Multiple Choice: Prints by Young British Artists, The British Council 1997
- Accession Number P6602
- Dimensions 59.3 X 29 CM
- Media PHOTOLITHOGRAPH
Glossary (2)
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Film
A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.
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Installation
An artwork comprised of many and various elements of miscellaneous materials (see mixed media), light and sound, which is conceived for and occupies an entire space, gallery or site. The viewer can often enter or walk around the installation. Installations may only exist as long as they are installed, but can be re-created in different sites. Installation art emerged in the 1960s out of Environmental Art (works of art which are three-dimensional environments), but it was not until the 1970s that the term came into common use and not until the late 1980s that artists started to specialise in this kind of work, creating a genre of ‘Installation Art’. The term can also be applied to the arrangement of selected art works in an exhibition.
Work Themes (2)
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
