5 April - 18 May 2008

Wilkinson Gallery is pleased to present a solo show by the acclaimed performance, video and installation artist, Joan Jonas.

The exhibition premieres a new installation, entitled Inferno Paradise, alongside The Juniper Tree (1976). Whilst taking inspiration from Dante, Inferno Paradise is not merely a visually seductive retelling of the story. It instead uses the classic’s themes to transform the gallery space into an immersive presentation of filmed footage taken from a performance and Jonas’ own travels. Five screens and a monitor display subtlety intercut film scenes- which include a shadow performance piece, a Mexican Modernist stone circle, a toy museum and an archive Jonas performance- which, though ambiguous in their meaning individually, assume an energetic aesthetic language when taken as whole. Read more