Mat Collishaw's Kinetic Zoetrope Explores Courtship Rituals at Blain Southern
Mat Collishaw's exhibition 'The Centrifugal Soul' at Blain Southern in Mayfair, London, features a large naturalistic zoetrope as its centerpiece. The show includes paintings, sculptures, and installations inspired by evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller's theories, which trace art's origins to atavistic factors like courtship rituals. A central theme is the superficiality of self-presentation; Miller describes an 'centrifugal soul effect' where people invest too much in their facades, leaving inner emptiness. The exhibition opened in 2017.
Key facts
- Mat Collishaw was born in Nottingham in 1966.
- The exhibition is titled 'The Centrifugal Soul'.
- It is held at Blain Southern gallery in Mayfair, London.
- The central work is a large naturalistic zoetrope.
- The show includes paintings, sculptures, and installations.
- The work is inspired by evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller (born Cincinnati, 1965).
- Miller's theories trace art origins to courtship rituals.
- The exhibition opened in 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Mat Collishaw
- Geoffrey Miller
Institutions
- Blain Southern
Locations
- London
- Mayfair
- Nottingham
- Cincinnati