Erika Winstone will be presenting an installation at Shillam + Smith 3 that will incorporate a series of silverpoint drawings on canvas and drilled drawings into painted surfaces. The inspiration for the work is a video of auditions and performances for a children’s talent show together with appropriated footage of the original acts. Erika uses video as a screen through which to examine ideas of spontaneity and repetition. She draws repeatedly from the same sequence, investigating how acts of interpretation affect a constant. Through the layering of verbal and visual rhythms from footage of the performances from different periods, a synchronic energy is formed. During the first week she will be putting herself in the position of performer by making a large drilled work “live” in the gallery.

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Erika Winstone: Talent Show 05/06, installation view (drilled paint on panel)

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Erika Winstone: Talent Show 05/06, detail (drilled paint on panel)

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Erika Winstone: The Talent Show, installation view (silverpoint and goldpoint on goauche on panels)

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Erika Winstone: Anna/Roses (drilled paint on panel)

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Erika Winstone: Arike/Nancy (left), Harry/Fagin (right) (drilled paint on panels)

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Erika Winstone: The Talent Show, installation view (silverpoint on goauche on canvas)

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Erika Winstone: The Talent Show, detail (silverpoint on goauche on canvas)

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