April 4, 2017
2-TIMES · Art
James Beckett,
‘The Guinness
Curse’ @ T293
—
“...A mélange
evoking discomfort
through clash”
Key themes:
Speculation,
myth, superstition
and, inevitably,
pop culture itself.
Title reference:
‘The Guinness
Curse’ has been
a recurring media
phrase referring
to the Guinness
family's high death
rate; deemed
‘pre-destined’ &
somehow doomed
to be repeated
throughout the
family history.
The exhibition:
Is the Zimbabwe-
born artist's 4th
solo with T293 in
Rome, consisting
of a new body
of wall & floor
assemblages —
using display
grids, additional
planes of custom
printed fabrics &
tinted glass to
evoke an austerity
— making for an
environment of
fatality, then
memorial.
Process:
Beckett's works
are developed
in a macabre
museological
sphere, using
formal artifacts
to legitimize
peripheral
narrative.
On view at:
T293
—
Via Ripense 6,
00153 Roma,
Italy.
Closes:
April 21, 2017.