CO2 is pleased to present the first Italian solo show by Jesse Wine (1983, Chester, UK). This exhibition is made up of a series of sculptures examining the artist’s feelings towards the contemporary world: the works here present records of labour, opportunism and marketplaces in 2013.

The ceramic sculptures offer an insight into a fictional account of the collector of artifacts, considering the way in which the collector and the artifacts reside together, inhabiting the same space. The evidence of the owner’s behavior is reflected in the physical make up of the objects; it is as if the rushing male has thrown his belt on a sculpture as he expressively takes his clothes off. He finds comfort in the narcissism of owning objects that he can observe himself in, such as the individual work Travelling white man.

Each ceramic sculpture sits atop a plinth, which archives the traces of daily life and routine in various artists’ studios of Rome. The plinths are made from boards, which have been living in a number of these studios, serving their time as floor and wall coverings, temporary paint palette’s or discarded mats, left to wipe the artists feet. These boards sentimentally pick up a record of the daily life of an artist living in the city of Roma.

These plinths present Wine’s sculptures, which themselves carry a record of his hand making. The union of ceramic on plinth is record on record.

Travelling white man is a journey.
Travelling white man is the practice of the traveller, telling secrets and visions
Travelling white man is a pathway of actions and reactions that are triggered in daily life.
Travelling white man is the man who prefers the forest track to experience better the smell of the leather of his backpack.

with the support of Regione Lazio

Jesse Wine (1983, lives and works in London, UK); MA Royal College of Art, London; Hunter College, New York; BA Camberwell College of Arts.

Solo exhibitions: 2013 – People, Tunisi, London; Real Texture with Jackson Sprague (two person exhibition), Hobbs McLaughlin, London; 2012 – Practice of the wild, Limoncello, London; 2011 - Modern Tone, The Sunday Painter, London; Dax Wax, Hayward Gallery, Concrete Café, London; Group exhibitions: 2013 – The Fresh Air Collection, SPACE, London; Sculpturing, 2 Queens, Leicester; Young London, V22, London; PAMI 2013, London; Open Heart Surgery, The Moving Museum, London; Al Fresco, Marcelle Joseph projects, Virginia Water, Ascot; Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn gallery, Llandudno; Paradise Garage, 81, London; Summer Show, Cul De Sac, London; 2012 - Duty Free, NearEast, Istanbul; House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London; Chester, CO2, Rome; We will Disappear you, Frutta, Rome; Accidentally on Purpose, Online collaboration with QUAD, Nottingham; Minstrel, Hannah Barry Gallery, London; Mocha non-truth, Cul De Sac, London; Original/ Copy I, Pele’s Empire, London; Courtship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London; Re-Run, Banner-Repeater, London.

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Related images

  1. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, installation view at CO2, courtesy CO2, photo M.G.Romiti
  2. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, Guacamole, 2013, glazed ceramics, 51x36x48 cm, courtesy CO2, photo M.G.Romiti
  3. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, Market culture, 2013, glazed ceramics, 38x36x36 cm, courtesy CO2, photo M.G.Romiti
  4. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, Guacamole, 2013, glazed ceramics, 51x36x48 cm, courtesy CO2, photo M.G.Romiti
  5. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, 2013
  6. Jesse Wine, Travelling white man, Market culture, 2013, glazed ceramics, 38x36x36 cm, courtesy CO2, photo M.G.Romiti