Marina Abramovic
Ulay
Vito Acconci
John Baldessari
Dara Birnbaum
Dan Graham
Joan Jonas
Mike Kelley
Paul McCarthy
Bruce Nauman
Tony Oursler
Pipilotti Rist
Martha Rosler
Richard Serra
Bill Viola
William Wegman
Single channel works from the collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust.
Single channel works from the collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust
'Set aside a weekend' Artforum 'indispensable viewing' New York Times
Video Acts comes to the ICA after its critically acclaimed reception at P.S.1 in New York. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see gathered together more than eighty landmarks in the development of video art. Each work is shown continuously and simultaneously on separate monitors or projectors. It includes major pieces by, among others, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Pipilotti Rist, Martha Rosler, Richard Serra, Bill Viola and William Wegman.
Video Acts provides the indispensable historical context within which the explosion of contemporary video art can be understood.
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach with Barbara London and Christopher Eamon, the exhibitionx{2019}s design provides a radical account of how to exhibit video within a gallery context.
This extraordinary show is selected from the Single Channel Works from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust, organised by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, a MoMA affiliate, New York. Images courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Open daily 12-7.30pm
Wed 30 Jul - Fri 17 Oct 12:00 Concourse Gallery
12:00 Lower Gallery
12:00 Upper Gallery
Sat 18 Oct 12:00 Concourse Gallery
12:00 Lower Gallery
Sun 19 Oct 12:00 Concourse Gallery
12:00 Lower Gallery
12:00 Upper Gallery
Full Price : £1.50 Mon-Fri; £2.50 weekends.
Free with Day Membership.
Venue(s) : Upper Gallery.
Lower Gallery, Concourse Gallery.
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