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Super Night Riders

Opening Times
Nov 23–Dec 21

Thurs–Sat 11–5pm

Shapeero Murray

Newton Mearns
Glasgow G77 6EY

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director@shapeeromurray.com

Public Transport:Take the Bus 4 / 38 from
City or Shawlands

Super Night Riders is a modern checkpoint arcade racer game. Taking cues from Japanese predecessors, such as Sega classic’s ‘Hang-On’ and ‘OutRun’, the rider must reach their destination before the timer hits zero. Beginning at sunrise and ending at dawn, the checkpoint acts as a timestamp that marks the arc of the sun and the night sky.

Since the 1970’s, checkpoint racer series have become a mainstay attraction in Arcade rooms. Why is this? Because deep down, everyone wants to be on a bike and in a race. Daily worries about the price of olive oil subside into a glorious, unabashed race against time. It’s just you and the horizon. And the clock. On a simulated motorbike with simulated horsepower, listening to a generational soundtrack from the mastermind Hiroshi Kawaguchi.

This show is about a gang of Super Night Riders. It is a show of wonky collage, furious drawings, secret visions, sonic prints and strange nightmares. Somehow, for the riders, the fire still burns within. In a bleak political landscape lies a bunch of shoegaze bikers, haphazardly circling their own start and finish line in the sand. More than just racers, these artists walk the trapezoid between making art and wrestling work, 9-5s, babies, boyfriends, sick parents, and societal demands to have nice holidays. Between these two disparate universes is the the studio. It is the ultimate checkpoint where time speeds up and slows down. This group show celebrates the inner clock that guides artwork to a finish line.

The work of Anne Goldrick, Julia Johnstone, Beth Shapeero, Fraser Taylor and Andy Murray speak of a studio practice built on impression, speed and instinct, call and response. This speed acts as a counterpoint to the work of Angus Fernie and Colette Kerr, who both use the window as a portal to describe the passing of time. Whilst Tracey McMaster’s work conjures the ethereal subconscious of night, photographer Catherine Hyland scans the expansive horizon of China’s Gansu Province in the sun drenched daylight. For others, the horizon is imagined. Toby Messenger’s assemblage work operate like a Sega controller: one switch, and a secret highway emerges in front of you. Heeyoung Noh’s unicorn gore fantasy and Oscar Marcus Boyle’s melancholic vortex drift into mythology and folklore. Kirsty Lackie and Marguerite Carnec draw from the well of real life – both celebrate simple pleasures, poetic visions and hidden fantasies.

Although a studio life is resolutely solo, for a brief moment in time,
the band gets together. The engine is revved. The stars glisten to
the promise of new frontiers. Enter the Super Night Riders.
Artists:Anne Goldrick
Andy Murray
Angus Fernie
Beth Shapeero
Catherine Hyland
Colette Kerr
Fraser Taylor
Heeyoung Noh
Julia Johnstone
Kirsty Lackie
Marguerite Carnec
Oscar Marcus Boyle
Tracey McMaster
Toby Messenger

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Gallery:ShapeeroMurray
The Avenue / Newton Mearns
Glasgow G77 6EY

Public Transport:
Take the Bus 4 / 38 from City
or Shawlands

Contact:For all enquiries contact:
Andy Murray /
Beth Shapeero director@shapeeromurray.com