M Gallery, CICA Museum
March 29 – April 2, 2023
2023.03.29 – 04.02
Quicksilver
Quicksilver is a mercurial response to a gallery within CICA Museum. A 10m long shiny inflatable, the resulting organically globular sculpture will infer an elongated droplet of mercury. The sculpture is a bespoke response to the architecture of the building and will guide the movement of viewers as they walk around the gallery. A deliberately tight fit within Gallery M, means viewers will have to push past the inflatable in places to get around it; a geometry designed to give the appearance of it pushing against the gallery walls. Quicksilver will also draw reflections of both the gallery and viewers onto its reflective surfaces, meaning its aesthetic changes as people interact with it.
Michael Shaw curates, teaches and makes sculpture. He has been the curator of Burghley Sculpture Garden since 2005, is a lecturer in Fine Art at Loughborough University, UK, whilst also creating giant site-specific inflatables and sculptures in response to museum collections.
Michael Shaw is a sculptor with over 20 years professional experience, participating in multiple solo exhibitions in the UK and group shows around Europe and beyond. Complemented by various public commissions, residencies, projects and a practice-based PhD completed in 2005, which explored Donald Judd’s sculptural concept: Specific Objects, his triplicate of sculptural roles complement one another and encourage his attempts to define and extend the sculptural language through practice, curation and lecturing. The exhibition at CICA is a welcome opportunity to show in Korea and Aisa for the first time.
