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Clement Page »CRYPTOPHOBIA«
Opening: fri., 07.03.2008, 7 pm
Exhibition: 08.03 – 12.04.2008
Opening hours: tue. – sat. 2 pm – 7 pm
CRYPTOPHOBIA
In his first exhibition in Berlin Clement Page confronts us with enigmatic images exploring human phobia. CRYPTOPHOBIA unites Page's film »Turned to Stone« (2006) and brandnew large black & white watercolours. In his film the psychological disturbance of vision known as »Photophobia« or »Fear of Light« is explored.
The paintings are part of an ongoing series which explore Sigmund Freud's case history: »The Wolfman, from the History of an Infantile Neurosis«. This case of an enigmatic Russian boy bewitched by a severe phobia of animals (wolves in particular), has haunted psycho-analysis ever since its publication in 1914. The case centres around a series of cryptic images which conceal and reveal one another's meaning in an endless chain of association. Page's paintings interrogate these associations and the cryptic meanings they produce.
Concurrently, Page is making a black & white three screen film entitled »The Wolfman's Magic Word«, which will be completed in 2009.
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