Took My Hands Off Your Eyes Too Soon

Comprised of sculpture, installation, performance, and works on paper, Took My Hands Off Your Eyes Too Soon deals with issues of trust and surprise between the artist and the viewer, exploring themes of expectation and timing, and the effect of both on the viewer`s interaction with the work. Featuring a selection of pieces by Jesse Ash, Justin Beal, Alice Channer, Sean Edwards and Jack Strange, Took My Hands Off Your Eyes Too Soon is curated by Ryan Gander. Ryan explained the initial idea of the show as being “as much about the sound that is made when the works collide, as the specific terrain that five artists (who had not yet met) unwittingly share…” In the entryway Jesse Ash presents, “Review,” 2007, a fictional review of the exhibition, written before the opening of the show by the critic Michael Wilson. Subverting expectations about the logical progression of an exhibition (creation of work, opening of show, and subsequent review) Ash lightheartedly critiques the idea of the impartial or “official” account. Ash graduated from The Royal College of Art in London with an MA in painting, and is currently working toward a fine art PhD on the subject of rumor at Goldsmith’s College in London. His work was recently featured in The Courier’s Tragedy at The International 3, Manchester, 2007 (group).