Wednesday 28 May 2014

Whitechapel Gallery May - to June

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Stephen Willats, The Place of Work 1979, Two panels, each 103 x 76cm,
Photographic prints, photographic dye, gouache, ink, Letraset text on card,
Work made with the co-operation of the staff of S D Fashions, Fournier
Street. London E1, Collection Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough

Upcoming Events Highlights

the-market-web.jpgTalk: The Market
Thursday 29 May, 7pm - 9pm 
Natasha Degen leads a panel discussion on the forces at play between art and money. Speakers include artist Michael Elmgreen, academicKaren van den Berg, and Matthew Slotover, Frieze Art Fair co-director. 
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Talk: Stephen Willats: In Conversation
Thursday 5 June, 7 - 9pm
Looking back at projects from the late 1970s, artist Stephen Willats is joined by Ann Gallagher, Tate Head of Collections (British Art), to discuss the continued importance and impact of a socially engaged art.
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salon.gifTalk: The Future of Theory III: Digital Futures Thursday 12 June, 7 - 9pm
As online platforms increasingly dominate publishing, distribution and research, what impact does this have on theory? A debate on how theory changes within the digital landscape featuring critical theorist Gary Hall and artist and theorist Cornelia Sollfrank.
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thevoiceandthelens.gifSpecial Event: The Voice and the Lens
Friday 13 June, 12 - 6pm 
The festival opens with Michael Snow’s epic filmRameau’s Nephew (1974), a playful and absurd compendium of the ways sound and image are combined, led by the voice.
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Special Event: The Voice and the Lens
Sunday 15 June, 12 - 6pm

For the festival finale, an afternoon of films and performances by 20 artists, including work and performance by Robert Ashley, Bruce McLeanAnri SalaImogen Stidworthy and Bill Viola, among many others. 
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7storiesposter.gifTalkClémentine Deliss: Exhibition Histories
Sunday Thursday 19 June, 7 - 9pm
Curator Clementine Deliss discusses the Whitechapel Gallery’s 1995 exhibition, Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa, which aimed to provide a context for twentieth century African art through the personal accounts of artists and historians.More