'Paroxysm' (solo show) at ®artspace Barcelona

Paroxysm (solo show): 18.05.2010 - 17.06.2010

®artspace Barcelona
Carrer Girona 61 Local 02,
Eixample. 08009 Barcelona. Spain.
+34 934 673 598

www.rojo-magazine.com/bcn


"By constructing abstract bodies formed from multiple elements these works mimic the complex bodily structures found within nature. Biological machines such as the human body process and retain energy and any processes placed under restraint will result in an intensification of it's eventual release. The work attempts to portray this intermediate state as control gives way to chaotic abandon and a transition occurs from one state to the next. Roper is heavily influenced by the excessive and sensuously rich imagery of Baroque art and it's depiction of the unfettering of religious restraint. Instead of the gentle ushering of the spirit towards the heavens his paintings spit, ejaculate, regurgitate and projectile vomit the spirit out, rejecting it's bodily form in a fit of maniacal hysterics, a nonsensical reflexive outburst like the spasmodic speaking in tongues of those 'slain in the spirit'."

'Mirabilia' at ®artspace Milano

Mirabilia (group show): 11th March - 11th April 2010

®artspace Milano
Via Tortona 17-19. 20144
Milano, Italy
+ 39 02 894 230 87

www.rojo-milano.com

"To celebrate its second anniversary, ROJO®artspace Milano presents a group exhibition emblematically titled "Mirabilia". It brings togheter over 50 artists for a transversal overview of international contemporary creativity through painting, graphics, illustration, photography, sculpture, video, installation and visual poetry."

'Hypermass' at ®artspace Milano

Hypermass (solo show): 19 November 09 - 20 December 09

®artspace Milano
Via Tortona 17-19. 20144
Milano, Italy
+ 39 02 894 230 87

www.rojo-milano.com

"James Roper's work explores a variety of subjects from the heightened realities depicted in Baroque art and modern media to the restraint and release of energy found within complex structures such as the human body. In his first solo show in Italy, James Roper presents a new series Hypermass, where the compositions are constructed using images specifically appropriated from japanese animation (anime). Forms such as hair or body structure are highly caricatured in anime resulting in a visual style that can be read adversely as either an intensification of concrete reality or an evasion into escapist fantasy."

OCHO group show

In the first collaboration project between nine member galleries of the ®artspace global network more than 140 artists will be showing in nine group shows in nine different cities around the world: ®Barcelona, ®Milano, POP Sao Paulo, ClubBlast Rosario, Concrete Hermit London, We Love Asbaek Copenhagen, Inoperable Vienna, Carmichael Los Angeles & Subaquatica Madrid.

ROJO® is also publishing a limited edition ROJO® issue featuring works by a selection of artists showing in the global group show.

I will be showing pieces from the Rapture series in the following shows:
®artspace Barcelona: 18 March 2009 - 30 April 2009
®artspace Milano: 12 March 2009 - 15 April 2009

The limited edition ROJO®ocho book is available on the ROJO® shop
The Rapture pieces on show are available to purchase on the ROJO® artstore