BRITISH ART SHOW 8
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Leeds, 10/09/2015 - 01/10/2016
Collier Lane, Aberford
Hayward Touring announces the selection of artists for British Art Show 8, opening in Leeds City Art Gallery on 9 October 2015 and touring to Edinburgh, Norwich and Southampton. The British Art Show is widely recognised as the most ambitious and influential exhibition of contemporary British art, with artists chosen for their significant contribution over the past five years.
The curators Anna Colin and Lydia Yee made their selection after extensive research and travel across the UK. Many of the artists have a strong international presence, reflecting the increasingly globalised networks operating in the art world. More than half of the participating artists are making new work for the exhibition, while others will present recent work not previously seen in Britain.
The artists in British Art Show 8 are:
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
Melanie Gilligan
Anthea Hamilton
Will Holder
Alan Kane
Mikhail Karikis
Linder
Rachel Maclean
Ahmet Öğüt
Yuri Pattison
Ciara Phillips
Charlotte Prodger
Laure Prouvost
Magali Reus
James Richards
Eileen Simpson and Ben White
Daniel Sinsel
Cally Spooner
Patrick Staff
Imogen Stidworthy
Hayley Tompkins
Troy Town Art Pottery
Jessica Warboys
Stuart Whipps
Bedwyr Williams
Jesse Wine
Lynette YiadomBoakye
The exhibition concept reflects on the status of the object at a time of increasing convergence between the real and the virtual. In today’s seemingly dematerialised reality, many artists are reconsidering the potential of the physical, revisiting skills and practices that have been overshadowed in the transition to the digital. The notion of the object is reimagined through a variety of production and collaborative processes, as well as through the use of narrative and fiction.
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