‘I just want to be taken seriously as an artist…etc’
Shari Hatt
Ukelele Louie, 2006, 20 x 30”, Archival Photograph, ©Shari Hatt
30 March to 25 May 2012
Exhibition previewing new site
Opening Times 31/03/2012 – 25/05/2012 Thursday-Sunday 12.00-18.00 Opening 30/03/2012 new site address: SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE 373 Kennington Road, London SE11 4PS
This exhibition by Canadian artist, Shari Hatt features the photographic series Clown Portraits (2006) and adjunct video I just want to be taken seriously as an artist… (2007). Also presented is Hatt's latest video in The Studio Visit (2011) and corresponding watercolour series Disappointing Paintings (2011). In these works Hatt uses humour and ‘clowning around’ to draw the viewer into the process of their reception. As the jokes fall flat, and they often do in Hatt’s work, the viewer is put into an uncomfortable place in which one is confronted with one’s own expectations and the work’s unwillingness to comply
