Accompanying a major large-scale thematic exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, this extensive catalogue charts the artists' studio through the last century: as a laboratory or stage set; as place of refuge, or a public space; as a site of resistance or an arena for communal activity. Featuring over 80 artists and collectives from around the world, the catalogue will focus in two sections on 'the public studio' and 'the private studio', accompanied by six thematic essays and full colour plate sections of works by Brancusi, Fischli & Weiss, Roni Horn, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Nikhil Chopra, Gutai Group, Inji Efflatoun, Francesca Woodman, Ai Weiwei, Marisa Merz, Faith Ringgold and Francis Bacon, amongst many others.
Following the first display at Whitechapel Gallery of works selected by artist Ida Ekblad from Norway's Christen Sveaas Art Foundation, the second display will be selected and curated by artist Pauline Olowska.
La Whitechapel Gallery s'intéresse à l'histoire de l'abstraction géométrique avec une exposition (15/01 - 6/04) qui présente plus d'une centaine d'oeuvres de plus de 90 artistes du monde entier. Prenant pour point de départ l'oeuvre de Malevitch, le catalogue traverse un siècle de création, embrassant toutes les formes artistiques : peinture, dessin, sculpture, assemblage, installation et photographie.
Le projet Atlas, encyclopédique et continu de Gerhard Richter, a débuté en 1964 et comprend maintenant plus de 5 000 photographies quadrillées, diagrammes, dessins et croquis. En tant qu'archive d'images, outil de travail et livre d'artiste, Atlas se situe au coeur de la pratique de Richter, offrant une synthèse massive de ses explorations magistrales des tensions entre la photographie et la peinture, l'Histoire et la mémoire, la perception et la représentation. Ce livre constitue un outil essentiel pour la navigation à l'intérieur d' Atlas, réunissant les écrits de Richter et les commentaires des historiens d'art et conservateurs Armin Zweite, Jean-François Chevrier, Benjamin HD Buchloh, Lynne Cooke et Helmut Friedel.
Norwegian entrepreneur Christen Sveaas's collection of modern and contemporary Norwegian and international art includes work by Harald Sohlberg, Thorvald Hellesen, Howard Hodgkin, Yayoi Kusama, Marc Quinn, Lynda Benglis, Hannah Ryggen, Martin Creed and Edvard Munch. Whitechapel Gallery will display the highlights of this collection in four parts, from 2021-22.
The first display in the series with be selected by Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad. Choosing works from the Collection which thematically touch on night-time, she takes inspiration from the poem 'Night Mail' by W.H. Auden, which accompanied a 1936 documentary made by the General Post Office about the night mail train. The publication includes a conversation with the artist, plus full colour reproductions of works by Edvard Munch, Anna Eva Bergman, Louise Bourgeois, Martin Kippenberger and Theaster Gates.