Exhumed
dal 10/7/2003 al 31/8/2003
Segnalato da
Orla Barry
Suky Best
Cleo Broda
Clare Bryan
Michael Buchanan
Lisa Cheung
David Cotterrell
Phil Coy
Pascal-Michel Dubois
Peter Dukes
Oona Grimes
Stephen Healy
Sophie Horton
Tom Humphreys
Sophie Lascelles
Lynne Marsh
Lisa Z. Morgan
Mr & Mrs Ivan Morison
Paulette Phillips
Kate Scrivener
Finlay Taylor
Adam Thompson
Shane Waltener
Sarah Woodfine
10/7/2003
Exhumed
Museum of Garden History Lambeth, London
The exhibition will explore notions of storytelling, ancestry, memory and interpretation of history. Taking as its starting point the histories of the 26,000 famous, infamous and anonymous bodies held in the grounds of the museum, Exhumed features 24 artists practising in a range of disciplines and media. Artists will focus on well-known figures like Captain William Bligh, the John Tradescants and the Slade family as well as those bodies for whom little or no evidence remains.
Following the highly acclaimed diversion in 2002 and A Month in the Garden in
2001, both presented by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art and hosted by the
Museum of Garden History (housed in the de-consecrated parish church of
St-Mary-at-Lambeth), Exhumed will explore notions of storytelling, ancestry,
memory and interpretation of history.
Taking as its starting point the histories of the 26,000 famous, infamous and
anonymous bodies held in the grounds of the museum, Exhumed features 24 artists
practising in a range of disciplines and media. Artists will focus on well-known
figures like Captain William Bligh, the John Tradescants and the Slade family as
well as those bodies for whom little or no evidence remains.
Artists participating in the event include:
Orla Barry, Suky Best, Cleo Broda, Clare Bryan, Michael Buchanan, Lisa Cheung,
David Cotterrell, Phil Coy, Pascal-Michel Dubois, Peter Dukes, Oona Grimes,
Stephen Healy, Sophie Horton, Tom Humphreys, Sophie Lascelles, Lynne Marsh, Lisa
Z. Morgan, Mr & Mrs Ivan Morison, Paulette Phillips, Kate Scrivener, Finlay
Taylor, Adam Thompson, Shane Waltener and Sarah Woodfine.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication which explores attitudes to death
and the disposal of human remains from ethical, religious and historical
perspectives. The catalogue will also document all commissioned artworks in the
exhibition.
A series of workshops with the pupils of Walnut Tree Walk School are planned and
a talk outlining the aims of the exhibition chaired by Tiffany Jenkins,
Institute of Ideas, will be held at the museum on Saturday 30 August at 2pm.
Garden Pieces/Exhumed Film Programme: July 17 & 18: doors open 9.15, films
begin 9.45 pm
Two evening screenings of artists' and archival films will include Garden Pieces
(July 17), curated by Peter Todd, British Film Institute. A collection of films
inspired by gardens and horticulture, the evening features work by American
film-makers Stan Brakhage and Kenneth Anger and British work including rarely
seen time-lapse film from 1910 and recent video from John Smith & Ian Bourne.
The second evening (July 18) examines themes in Exhumed, focusing on memory and
reminiscence. Famous Lambeth resident and visionary, William Blake, is the
subject of Clio Barnard's short film Lambeth Marsh. Other new films and videos
by emerging and established artists will also be shown. The series is
co-ordinated by William Rallison, freelance curator.
Exhumed is part of the Vauxhall Festival and is presented in association with
Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, Parabola Trust and the Museum of Garden
History. The exhibition is curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan and Philip
Norman.
Image: Paulette Phillips & Michael Buchanan Dogwood Pond 2003
cabinet housing video monitor, mirrors and objects (detail)
Private view: Friday 11 July 6 - 9 pm
Open every day 10:30 am to 5:00 pm
For more information, contact Danielle Arnaud contemporary art on 020 7735 8292
or http://www.daniellearnaud.com
Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB