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British Art Show 8
- Title
- British Art Show 8 / curated by Anna Colin & Lydia Yee.
- Author
- British Art Show (8th : 2015-2017 : Leeds Art Gallery, etc.)
- Publication
- London, UK : Hayward Gallery Publishing, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
- Summary
- "British Art Show" catalogue accompanies the major survey exhibition of contemporary British art of the same name that takes place every five years. Organized by the Hayward Touring team at Southbank Centre, the show opens in Leeds in Autumn 2015 and will tour to Edinburgh, Norwich and Southampton. "British Art Show" is the biggest touring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK; the last iteration, "British Art Show 7" attracted over 420,000 visitors in 2010-11. The 39 selected artists have been chosen on the grounds of their significant contribution to contemporary art in the last five years. All artworks included have been produced since 2010 and encompass sculpture, painting, installation, drawing, photography, film, video and performance, with many artists creating new works especially for the exhibition. The curators of "British Art Show 8" are Anna Colin and Lydia Yee. Artists include Åbäke, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Caroline Achaintre, John Akomfrah and Trevor Mathison, Aaron Angell, Pablo Bronstein, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Andrea Büttner, Alexandre da Cunha, Nicolas Deshayes, Benedict Drew, Simon Fujiwara, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander and others.
- Alternative Title
- British Art Show eight
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition British Art Show 8: Leeds Art Gallery, 9 October 2015 - 10 January 2016; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, 13 February - 8 May 2016; Norwich University of the Arts and Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 24 June - 4 September 2016; John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton and Southampton City Art Gallery, 8 October 2016 - 14 January 2017.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- [Artists]: Abäke, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Caroline Achaintre, John Akomfrah & Trevor Mathison, Aaron Angell, Pablo Bronstein, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Andrea Büttner, Alexandre da Cunha, Nicolas Deshayes, Benedict Drew, Simon Fujiwara, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Melanie Gilligan, Anthea Hamilton, Will Holder, Alan Kane, Mikhail Karikis, Linder, Rachel Maclean, Ahmet Ögüt (with Liam Gillick, Susan Hiller and Goshka Macuga), Yuri Pattison, Ciara Phillips, Charlotte Prodger, Laure Prouvost, Magali Reus, James Richards, Eileen Simpson & Ben White, Daniel Sinsel, Cally Spooner, Patrick Staff, Imogen Stidworthy, Hayley Tompkins, Jessica Warboys, Stuart Whipps, Bedwyr Willams, Jesse Wine, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
- Roundtable on production: Andrea Büttner, Nicolas Deshayes, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Charlotte Prodger in conversation with François Quintin -- Roundatable on social relations : Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Melanie Gilligan, Ahmet Ögüt, Ciara Phillips, Patrick Staff in conversation with Anna Colin and Janna Graham
- ISBN
- 9781853323317
- 1853323314
- LCCN
- 2015514790
- OCLC
- ocn930770870
- 930770870
- SCSB-8880050
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library