Malcolm LE GRICE b. 1940
Castle, 1964
(with additions from 2015)
Installation, with two paintings, flashing light bulb, found tables, branches, real fruit and two video screens.
Installation, with two paintings, flashing light bulb, found tables, branches, real fruit and two video screens.
Variable dimensions
60 x 60 cm (each painting)
60 x 60 cm (each painting)
Castle (1964) is a constantly evolving installation that includes various sculptural elements: found objects, a black painting and a flashing light bulb. This is a key transitional work in Malcolm...
Castle (1964) is a constantly evolving installation that includes various sculptural elements: found objects, a black painting and a flashing light bulb. This is a key transitional work in Malcolm Le Grice’s practice as it bridges together his fine art background and his subsequent career in avant-garde filmmaking.
Castle (1964) is often shown together with a very large sister ‘painting’, Lightbulb Assemblage (1964) and the expanded film Castle 1 (1966). The lightbulb is a recurrent element within these works: it is at the same time a real object, a collage (the ‘real’ lightbulb box), and a pre-recorded, then screened, image. By repeating this same element throughout the four related works, Le Grice provokes a conceptual discourse on representation and the ‘real’.
The current installation of Castle (2015) includes a film element: a miniature version of Castle 1 (1966) and a videocamera which feeds the image of an actual hanging lightbulb and the surrounding environment through two small screens nestled within the assemblage.
Castle (1964) is often shown together with a very large sister ‘painting’, Lightbulb Assemblage (1964) and the expanded film Castle 1 (1966). The lightbulb is a recurrent element within these works: it is at the same time a real object, a collage (the ‘real’ lightbulb box), and a pre-recorded, then screened, image. By repeating this same element throughout the four related works, Le Grice provokes a conceptual discourse on representation and the ‘real’.
The current installation of Castle (2015) includes a film element: a miniature version of Castle 1 (1966) and a videocamera which feeds the image of an actual hanging lightbulb and the surrounding environment through two small screens nestled within the assemblage.
Exhibitions
1968. Malcolm Le Grice: Location? Duration, Arts Laboratory Drury Lane, London, UK
2011. Malcolm Le Grice: Le Temps des Images, Espace Multimédia Gantner, Bourgogne, France
2012. Film in Space, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK