Hypocrite's lament

About this book

Ferreira Projects in association with WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY are proud to present Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress, an exhibition by highly acclaimed emerging South African Artists, Zander Blom (courtesy of Rooke Gallery) and Julia Rosa Clark. The exhibition consists of Zander Blom's celebrated body of work, The drain of progress, which was recently recognized by frieze magazine as one of the most internationally significant solo exhibitions of 2007, and Julia Rosa Clark's critically acclaimed Hypocrites lament. The installation, Hypocrite's lament, by Julia Rosa Clark was originally shown in April 2007 at Joao Ferreira Gallery. In this room-sized installation, Clark romanticises and bemoans our millennial obsession with The End, nasty weather, happiness and modernity. The work exists on one level as residue: the production process began as a response to the end of a love affair, caught up in twenty first century overwhelmingness and overtones of apocalypse. It consists of various sculptural parts, found objects, furniture, and cut out images mainly sourced from junk markets and second hand book stores. The boundaries of the pieces are intentionally unclear, invading each other's spaces, overlapping and seemingly evolving. The work is in parts literally stuck to the walls and floor of the gallery, and, in some parts, appears to be incomplete or in the process of being made. A sound piece can be heard through headphones. This consists of snippets of interviews carried out by the artist with a reformed heroin addict, a religious prophet and a climate change expert. There are also a number of text pieces that form part of the show.