'3am eternal'

2 July – 9 August 2008
press release

MAURIZIO ANZERI, LEE BENJAMIN/STEFAN KNIGHT, BILLA, ELLEN CANTOR, JAY CLOTH,
ANDREAS DOBLER, KIRSTEN GLASS, VIDYA GASTALDON/JEAN-MICHEL WICKER, NAN GOLDIN,
DONNA HUDDLESTON, ALI KEPENEK, MARK LECKEY, RENEE SO, SUPERSTEVE,
RICKY SWALLOW, WOLFGANG TILLMANS, CONRAD VENTUR, JULIE VERHOEVEN,
HORSE MEAT DISCO & SPECIAL GUESTS TBA…

Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd is pleased to announce the exhibition ‘3AM Eternal’ in collaboration with SuperSteve,
aka Steve Slocombe, Director, Publisher of SuperSuper magazine.

'3 a.m. Eternal' addresses the experience of nightclubbing and presents a series of contemporary artistic strategies
to reveal the hidden and previously undocumented influence of club culture on a selection of contemporary
artists and their practice. This context aims to augment the viewers' existing understanding and reading of the
works that are exhibited.

Nightclubbing is ‘the triumph of imaginative life, the exhilaration of collective experience, the inversion of social roles,
the supremacy of the present’ (Peter Braunstein, ‘Disco’, in American Heritage Magazine, November 1999).

The exhibition at Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd brings together documentation relating to various London nightclub scenes
and works that give an impression of that experience - an attempt to explore the more ethereal, and the romantic aspect
of club culture (as opposed to the literal and immediately obvious themes such as dancing and music).

Within the gallery, the carefully sculpted ceramic busts by Renee So and the subtle protagonists in the theatrical
drawings by Donna Huddleston evoke sophistication and dandyism.
Whereas eccentricity, mirage and freakiness are echoed in a life size sculpture entirely made of black hair by
Maurizio Anzeri; in the flamboyant collages by Jay Cloth, sourced from eclectic and varied publications and
promotional material; in the paintings by Andreas Dobler and drawings by Ricky Swallow giving us a sense of
fantasy; in a new floor installation made of objects, drawings and video evoking nightclub bathrooms by Julie
Verhoeven; and in Ali Kepenek’s wall installation that comprises thirty close-up photographic shots capturin
intimate and sneering expressions of a young man, taken within the twilight hours.

A life size ‘Booby Tuesday’ doll made in collaboration by Lee Benjamin (Leigh Bowery tailor/craftsman/designer)
and Stefan Knight (night life performer and make up artist), drawings of Barbie by Ellen Cantor, a saturated colored
picture of Little Richard by Mark Leckey, embroidered old photographic portraits by Maurizio Anzeri and the
Femme Fatales by Kirsten Glass recall glitz, glamour and make up.
Reality is back with the photographs of fabulous nightclubbers by Billa and Nan Goldin and the photographic
recollection of dazzling flyers by Conrad Ventur; memorabilia and accessories by Horse Meat Disco (disco Dj
Kings of Vauxhall Jim Staton and James Hillard), Disco sensations all summarized in a poetic photographic
diptych by Wolfgang Tillmans. Finally the vintage embroidered cushions and fabric sculptures by Vidya Gastaldon
in collaboration with Jean-Michel Wicker, design an ethereal and chill out space.

'3 a.m. Eternal' a reference to the signature tune by the music anarchists KLF, questions whether an exhibition
can generate in the viewer, some of the positive emotions they might feel when participating in a particularly
exciting club moment – only in a white cube space sans DJ, music and crowd.




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"Booby Tuesday" by Lee Benjamin & Stefan Knight, "3 Minute Miracle" by Kirsten Glass and "Untitled" by SuperSteve



"Booby Tuesday" by Lee Benjamin & Stefan Knight



"Booby Tuesday" by Lee Benjamin & Stefan Knight and "Sheep Pieces on Electric Meadow" by Andreas Dobler



Works by Ellen Cantor, Ricky Swallow, Maurizio Anzeri and Nan Goldin



Installation view from gallery's entrance



"Late at Night" by Maurizio Anzeri



"Who Does Your Hair" by Kirsten Glass, "Sylvia" by Renee So and "Day Disco" (left and right) by Wolfgang Tillmans



Installation view of the gallery's main space with "Sylvia" by Renee So on the foreground



"Pissing Patchwork" and "Knee Deep in Your Eyes" by Julie Verhoeven, "Camp" by Julie Verhoeven,
"Untitled" by SuperSteve, "Barbie Clown" by Ellen Cantor and "Chains by Night" by Andreas Dobler



"Untitled" by Donna Huddleston, "Ashram" by Vydia Gastadon & Jean Michel Wicker, "Picnic on the Esplanade, Boston" by Nan Goldin
and "Fisherspooner, Peaches, A.R.E.Weapons + NYC Artists October 11th" by Conrad Ventur



"Pissing Patchwork" and "Knee Deep in Your Eyes" by Julie Verhoeven,
"Camp" by Julie Verhoeven and "Untitled" by SuperSteve



Installation view in the gallery's main space with "Ashram" by by Vydia Gastadon & Jean Michel Wicker in the foreground



"Untitled" by Donna Huddleston, "Ashram" by Vydia Gastadon & Jean Michel Vicker, "Picnic on the Esplanade, Boston" by Nan Goldin
and "Fisherspooner, Peaches, A.R.E.Weapons + NYC Artists October 11th" by Conrad Ventur



"G COKE K NEON SEX" by Ali Kepenek and "Late at Night" by Maurizio Anzeri



Installation view of the gallery's main space



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