Saturday 6 May 2017

What's On: May at the Whitechapel Gallery

What's On: May

Exhibitions & Displays

ISelf Collection: Self-Potrait as the Billy Goat
Until 20 Aug 2017 | Free entry
Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat brings together physical, psychological and imaginary self-portraits by a selection of leading international artists.
Continuing the Whitechapel Gallery’s programme of opening up rarely seen collections from around the world, this is the first of four exhibitions drawn from the ISelf Collection. More
Discover highlights from the display:
Pawel Althamer
Pawel Althamer, Self-Portrait as the Billy-Goat, 2011, (detail)
The exhibition title is taken from Pawel Althamer’s (b. 1967, Poland) flayed and melancholic self-portrait in the guise of Auguste Rodin’s famous The Thinker (1903), with an additional twist in that he represents himself as a Billy Goat.
André Breton
André Breton, Photomaton, C 1929, (detail)

In a series of photo strips taken in 1929, André Breton and his Surrealist colleagues experimented with a new form of self-portraiture, the photobooth. Playing with different poses, they depict themselves as complex and multi-faceted individuals.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman, Untitled, No. 507, 1977/2011, (detail)

By staging their own portraits the artists in this display examine the mechanisms that we use to present ourselves to the world. In her Untitled (1977/2010) photographs, Cindy Sherman (b.1954, USA) stages her appearance through a curtain call where she poses as four different actors.
On the blog: Find out more about these works and the display in our Introducing: ISelf Collection blog.

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Emanuel Almborg: Learning Matter
Until 20 Aug 2017 | Free entry

Swedish artist Emanuel Almborg (b. 1981) presents a new work looking at the role technology plays in our everyday lives. Learning Matter was developed in collaboration with his mother, educator Agneta Almborg and a group of 7 to 10-year-olds from a local school in east London. The workshops were documented using black and white photography. Learning Matter considers how material conditions and technologies shape social relations. More

Last Chance to See

Eduardo Paolozzi
Until 14 May 2017
£13.50/£11.95 (without Gift Aid).
Free for Members

This major retrospective spans five decades and features over 250 works; from the artist’s post-War bronzes, revolutionary screen-prints and collages, to his bold textiles and fashion designs.

“Gives a profound sense of an artist challenging, enquiring, innovating” Evening Standard

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Event Highlights

Videoclub
The Jarman Award Selected
Thu 18 May, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs

This year’s Selected brings together work by talented UK-based artists in a vibrant programme of recent moving image.
Work screened is chosen by the 2016 Jarman Award shortlist: Cécile B. Evans, Heather Phillipson, Mikhail Karikis, Rachel Maclean, Shona Illingworth, Sophia Al-Maria. Featuring a Q&A with participating artists. More
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Talk
Art in the Public Realm
Sat 25 May, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs

What purpose do arts festivals have in the urban fabric of a city? In the run up to Art Night 2017, join an evening dedicated to the subject of art in the public realm, with contributions from artists and curators.

Guest speakers include Gareth Evans, Melanie Manchot, Fatoş Üstek & Sam Wilkinson. More

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Friday Tastings

After Hoursour wine bar and charcuterie, launches free fortnightly tastings accompanied by a special menu on Fridays 6.30-11pm. 

Today (Fri 5 May) chef Drake Aldrich teams up with our new wine bar After Hours at the Whitechapel Refectory, to bring the Mexican flavours of his childhood to a one night pop-up. More

Next (Fri 19 May), join Hiver to try the new honey brown ale. There will be tasting of the two beers alongside a special toastie menu. More