Apologies, a bit late with this one, as Philip Malouins' show at Next Level Galerie has finished. Still well worth a retrospective look. The brass and concrete material combination sounds wrong, is totally unexpected, but really sings. It almost has an ecclesiastical feel to it, the hard concrete being an altar or tombstone set against the radiant, chalice like metal. Then there is the scale issue, how big are they? they could be 30cm or 30metres tall, and would still look amazing. What I also like is the way has Malouin has conducted a proper investigation into an idea. It is so easy to show too many concepts in a small exhibition, but here everything demonstrates a high level of critique, selection and refinement. Loads of other goodness on his site too.
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