Paul Rooney : Bellevue

2 Oct-27 Nov 2010

Overview

A solo exhibition by Paul Rooney, the 2008 recipient of the Northern Art Prize. The show centres round a major new film work, Bellevue. Bellevue is an intricate, audacious work, shot on location at Harewood House, Leeds. It is based upon Malcolm Lowry’s short story ‘Lunar Caustic’. The exhibition also includes several other new works. Letters that Rot, 2010,Small Talk, also 2010, and the sound work Words and Silence, 2008. This selection of works provides a fascinating insight into Rooney’s current practice. Bellevue is co-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella with the Bluecoat, Liverpool in association with Harewood House, Leeds and Spacex, Exeter.