Aeneas Wilder

Untitled # 155. Iroko, Dimensions variable. This image shows the start of the collapse of the installation Untitled # 155. The culmination of a solo exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2011
To See Ourselves As Others See Us: Mixed media, 480cm x 360cm. Ongoing 2003-2006 Flora McDonald and Charles Edward Stewart, key figures in Scottish history and the prevalent nationalistic sentiment. The billboards were painted at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, by South Indian artisans brought over from Bangalore specially for this project.
Untitled # 89. Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable, 2002. Installation made for the group Artists in Residence exhibition at the Aomori Contemporaray Art Centre, Japan.
Liberate Yourself from National Ideantity. Performance. 2005. Video still from a performace at Association Pollen, France. The works all dealt with national identity and how to transcend the limitations of thinking within political boundaries. In this particular work the Scottish Saltire, made from the coloured sulphate of matches, was burnt as a symbolic and cathartic gesture.
Universal Flag, dimensions variable, ongoing. 2005 - 2007 This image shows the Universal flag flying outside the Tetsugoro Yorozu Memorial Museum, during Art@Tsuchizawa in 2006. Thye universal flag is a concept whereby the nationalist flags of individuals countires can be subsumed by the Universalist ideal. The flag has so far been planted in the geographical centres of both France and Thailand.
The End: Charred wood. 400cm x 400cm x 400cm, 2004. One of two istallations build for the solo exhibition Aeneas Wilder: New Projects, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Japan. 2004
The Ministry of Truth: Wooden boxes with spray paint and bar codes, printed text from international on line news papers, table, chair, ladder. Dimensions Variable, 2002. This installation was created during a residency period at the Bemis Centre for Contemporary Art. The work consisted of approximately 24,000 wooden boxes, used to creat a room. Within the room were posted an indeteminate number of English l;anguage news article taken from reputable internet newspapers located around the globe.
Untitled# 129: Palowina, Dimensions Variable. The first in an ongoing series of free standing wooden structures held in compression between the walls of a gallery. Inax Gallery, Tokyo, 2007.
wall Drawing #1. Oil marker, dimensions variable. Wall drawing using a repetative, free flowing, line to create a fictional landscape. Exhibited at DeKetel Factory, The Netherlands 2011.
Untitled # 153. Pine, Dimensions variable. Semi sperical form constructed over a circular water feature in the grounds of the Chateau du Seneffe, Belgium. 2011
Untitled # 150, Pine, domensions variable. Installation created for a solo exhibition at the Bewaerschole, Burgh hamstede, The Netherlands. 2010
Untitled # 151, Red pine, steel, 8m x 8m x 8m Permanent work commissiojned by the Psychiatric centre in Duffel, Belgium, 2010.
Untitled # 147/148, mixed media, dimensions variable. 2010 Installation view showing wall, tape drawing and wooden installaion as part of a solo exhibition at Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2010.
Untitled # 143, pine, steel, dimensions variable. 2009 Outdoor installation created for the art triennale, Beaufort 03, Belgium. The structure measured approximately 18m high and contained 1600 lengths of timber beam. 2009
Untitled # 143, pine, steel, dimensions variable. 2009 Interior detail of installation created for the art triennale, Beaufort 03, Belgium. The structure measured approximately 18m high and contained 1600 lengths of timber beam. 2009

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Biography

Aeneas Wilder works in a number of disciplines including installation, video, photography, time-based art, performance and public art

In 1998 Aeneas Wilder began to work with uniform lengths of wood, without any fixing materials, to make free standing and increasingly complex, structures that are highly original. The severe limits within the building of each work bring a discipline to the creative process that allows for infinite possibilities within these restricted parameters. His work is characterized by simplicity, precision and economy, while at the same time the works explore conceptually complex themes and ideas. These works articulate ideas about time and space, relativity, natural forces and human experience.

Aeneas Wilder has exhibited his works extensively in Europe, North America and Japan.

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