For her first solo
show in London, Vilma Gold is proud to present two works by
Aïda Ruilova, including a new work shot on location in
Turin.
In 1960, on the Po River in Turin, Italian architect and designer
Carlo Mollino began restructuring a villa, Villa Avondo, which
would be his final building project, keeping him busy until
his death. Conceived of as a pyramid or "warrior's house
of rest", he prepared the house with a view to it becoming
his final resting place, creating a "true residence after
the necessary interval of life". Casa Mollino was his private
pyramid, filled with his private collection of artefacts and
photographs.
Ruilova's new film was shot on location and features objects
from his house. This interior was the perfect setting for Ruilova
to develop her interest in western contemporary culture's relationship
with death through Mollino, who had a particularly unusual interest
in the occult and the rituals that surround it.
In Endings, the 7-monitor video installation in the main gallery,
miniature models represent the psychological spaces depicted
in seminal films that have influenced Ruilova's work. These
haunting architectural environments, from Possession (Andrzej
Zulawsk), The Beyond (Lucio Fulci), Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard),
and Zabriskie Point (Michealangelo Antonioni) serve as ideological
bookends. Ruilova references generic filmic establishing shots.
Despite their specific origins, they serve to set the scene,
but in this case for no subsequent narrative.
Aïda Ruilova is currently in Uncertain States of America
at the Serpentine Gallery, and has recently shown in the 4th
Berlin Biennale, in The Pantagruel Syndrome, T-1: Torinotriennale
tremusei and has had solo shows at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
and Franklin Art Works.
For further information or images please contact Sarah McCrory:
+44(0) 20 8981 3344 or: sarah@vilmagold.com |
Installation view: Endings
2006
Vilma Gold, London
Installation view: Endings
2006
Vilma Gold, London
Installation view: Endings
2006
Vilma Gold, London
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