David Ireland: Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings

This catalogue accompanies the first UK solo exhibition of American West Coast conceptual and installation artist David Ireland at Karsten Schubert, London, June - July 2008. 'You can't make art by making art has been a guiding principle in his work: 'Ideally my work has a visual presence that makes it seem like part of a usual, everyday situation,' he says. 'I like the feeling that nothing's been designed, that you can't tell where the art stops and starts'. Over the past 30 years,...
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This catalogue accompanies the first UK solo exhibition of American West Coast conceptual and installation artist David Ireland at Karsten Schubert, London, June - July 2008. 'You can't make art by making art has been a guiding principle in his work: 'Ideally my work has a visual presence that makes it seem like part of a usual, everyday situation,' he says. 'I like the feeling that nothing's been designed, that you can't tell where the art stops and starts'. Over the past 30 years, David Ireland has produced a remarkable series of architectural transformations, installations, objects and drawings that consistently challenge viewers' everyday distinctions between art and non-art. A self-described 'post-discipline' artist guided by Zen philosophy and postmodern aesthetics, Ireland moves fluidly from making small drawings to creating sculptures as large as houses. Ireland's recent two and three-dimensional pieces reflect his wide-ranging interests, from exploration of the phenomenon of chance to his interest in process and history.