Those who experience the oeuvre of Ceal Floyer (Born 1968) who has lived for many years in
Berlin for the first time may initially be surprised irritated and ultimately delighted. She
plays with conventional patterns of perception in a highly sophisticated way piercing through
them with a keen sense of irony and the simplest of means. Her works are productive irritations
whose inherent logic prompts an open process of seeing and thinking. With her work Light Switch
(1992) she hoodwinks us by showing us the photograph of a light switch at a place in the room
where one might be located. Light illusions of deception and disappointment that also turn up
in later works such as Overhead Projection (2006). In this case a light bulb seems to be
suspended from the ceiling of the space that in reality is lying on the projection stage of an
overhead projector. This is the first publication to systematically document sixty-three works
selected by the artist herself. Mark Godfrey and Sergio Edelsztein-two established authorities
on Ceal Floyer's art-and her fellow artist and friend Tacita Dean examine her oeuvre and
inspire us to reflect on it. Exhibitions: Kunstmuseum Bonn 29.10.15 - 10.10.2016 Aargauer
Kunsthaus Aarau 19.1. - end of April 2016
