Mark Titchner, I Progressive

Mark Titchner
I Progressive
2007
Jesmonite, cellulose paint and wax on panel
24-1/2 x 24-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches (62.23 x 62.23 x 20 cm)

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by APT

About the Artwork

A hybrid relief that combines pictorial and sculptural elements, such as the added hand clasping a candles, I Progressive explores the concept of identity in modern society. Forms and texts are used here as a means of critically reflect upon the notion of the self and, in particular, the contemporary creation of a liquid subject situated between the “I” and the “we”. As the artist explains: “My work is really about how we receive ideas about ourselves from outside of our lived experience, that leads to all kind of expectations about how or what our lives should be”.

Using a wide range of media that includes sculpture, drawing, text and video, Titchner’s practice often combines found text from a variety of sources, such as song lyrics, philosophical treatises and political manifestos to create powerful images and ideas that can shift public notions of what is possible in our world today.

About the Artist

Mark Titchner (b. 1973, Luton, UK) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Hertfordshire College of Art & Design in 1992, and Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in 1995. In 2006, he was nominated for the Turner Prize for his seminal show, IT IS YOU, at the Arnolfini in Bristol.

Titchner has been included in solo exhibitions at many prominent institutions including Me Here Now, Lokaak 01, Antwerp (2016); Mark Titchner, CGP, London (2014); Rose, Dilston Grove, London (2014); The World Isn't Working, Pavement Gallery, Manchester (2013); Please believe these days will pass, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2012); New Art Gallery, Walsall (2011); Motto, Art House Foundation, London (2009); The Age of Happiness, Hellenic American Union, Athens (2009); Run, Black River, Run, BALTIC, Gateshead (2008).

Selected group exhibitions include 2050. A Brief History of the Future, Palazzo Reale, Milan (2016); Island, g39, Cardiff (2015); Diagrams, The Holden Gallery, Manchester (2014); Altars of Madness, Casino Luxembourg (2013); Thresholds, Tate Liverpool (2012); The Future Demands your Participation, Minsheng Art Gallery, Shanghai (2010); Psychosomatic Acid Test, GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2009); Material Presence, 176 /Zabludowicz Collection, London (2008);  Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London (2008); A Poem about an Inland Sea, 52nd Venice Biennale, Ukrainian Pavillion (2007); Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London (2006); and Between Two Deaths, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (2006). Titchner’s work has been acquired by museums and private collections throughout the world, including the Tate Modern, Arts Council; British Council; The City of London; Government Art Collection, and South London Gallery.