Substance

Substance

Residues, Drawings & Partial Objects 1976 - 2008

300 pages full colour
isbn 978-0-9559228-0-0
Published by SPACEX
45 Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF, England
+44 (0)1392 431 786 - www.spacex.co.uk

The present volume, and accompanying exhibition, explores the material and hidden narratives that inform Stitt's public demonstrations as an internationally acclaimed performance artist. These reliquary artworks are imbued with the stained, battered souvenirs of encounter, redolent of bodily contact and involvement. They represent an insight into the artists multi-faceted studio practice, and reveal further, intimate strategies, investigations and processes that inform his public work.

These works question and reveal concerns that delight and celebrate a symbiotic relationship between the private and public. As Roddy Hunter points out, "[they] clearly exist to sublimate his more public performances and to provide insights into process where they may be currently lacking."

Includes an introductory essay by Heike Roms with interviews and texts by Stewart Home, Simon Herbert, Roddy Hunter, Lukasz Guzak and Phil Babot plus an exclusive interview investigating formative work made in Belfast during the late nineteen seventies.