Alistair McClymont (UK) graduated from the Royal College of Art Sculpture School in 2005, he works in sculpture, photography and video. His work investigates the romanticism with which contemporary cultural products have been invested. He uses well-known commodities, brands and logos as recurring themes: a recent series of work has been based around the imagery of the Evian mountain, for instance.

In his most recent work, ‘The Dark Side of the Rainbow’, McClymont has extended his observation of cultural production to the cult status of film and music, merging the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the Pink Floyd album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, in accordance with a popular urban myth that the two can be played in perfect synchronisation. The relationship between Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz has been the subject of a long standing urban myth / conspiracy. A search on google reveals the interest in this subject. Even Turner Classic Movies made this conspiracy a topic on their site, The Dark Side of Oz.

Alistair, amongst a lot of other artists, will show some of his work at Whatbar # 8 in London.
Opening: March 18, 2010 | 8:30 pm
THE NON-OBVIOUS-BAR
The Boadicea
292-294 St. John Street
London
8.30 – 12.00pm

For more info check: Whatspace