Revered Ethan Acres
dal 16/10/2002 al 26/10/2002
Segnalato da
16/10/2002
Revered Ethan Acres
f a projects, London
Guise of Satan. London Mission. Reverend Acres plays on the history of the holy fool, fusing the flamboyant and the humorous with a deep and genuine spirituality. For the Reverend's first show in the UK, students on the MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art have developed a project with the artist that will draw upon the breadth of his eclectic practice. fa projects will host an exhibition and function as the London Mission's headquarters.
Guise of Satan
LONDON MISSION.
A project by students on the MA in Curating Contemporary Art,
Royal College of Art.
Supported by the Monique Beudert Fund.
Raised to take on the mantle of his circuit-preacher stepfather in the poor rural
South of America, the Reverend Ethan Acres seeks 'to defeat the Devil in all his
evil forms' and strives to put the 'fun back into fundamentalism'. Ordained as a
minister by the World Christianship Ministries, the Reverend also holds a Master
of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Acres's practice
includes elaborate and eccentric rituals, goofy biblical sculpture, home baking
and esoteric digital prints.
Reverend Acres plays on the history of the holy fool, fusing the flamboyant and
the humorous with a deep and genuine spirituality. For the Reverend's first show
in the UK, students on the MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College
of Art have developed a project with the artist that will draw upon the breadth of
his eclectic practice. fa projects will host an exhibition and function as the
London Mission's headquarters. The exhibition, Guise of Satan takes as its
subject the legendary glam-rock band KISS, on which a sermon will be delivered
at the exhibition's opening.
In parallel with the exhibition, the Reverend's London Mission will incorporate a
series of performances and events taking place throughout the city.
Performance/Christening: Pearl, 28 Old Nichol St., E2 7HR (TBC)
Sunday 20 October Performance/Sermon: Tate Modern, Turbine Hall
Friday 25 October 2002 at 8pm Performance/Sermon: Eve Club, 189
Regent Street, W1
On Sunday 20 October, the Reverend will stage a performance/sermon
concluding at Tate Modern. Drawing on the proximity of St. Paul's Cathedral and
the Millennium Footbridge that connects the two institutions, the Reverend will
speak - with choral accompaniment - about the bridge between religion and art.
The Mission will conclude with a finalé at the recently restored Eve Club on
Regent Street on the evening of 25th October. The club originally opened in the
early 1950s and is allegedly where Mandy Rice Davies and Christine Keeler
worked as dancers when Keeler first met John Profumo. Frank Sinatra, Errol
Flynn and Judy Garland were regulars at The Eve when in London and would
often give impromptu performances. The interior is an uncanny blend of the
Garden of Eden and 50s nightclub kitsch. Its coloured glass hydraulic dance
floor, installed in 1953, is the only one of its kind in London.
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* MONIQUE BEUDERT FUND
Monique Beudert (1950-99) was a gifted curator who worked for eleven years at
the Museum of Modern Art, New York and for five years at the Tate Gallery,
London. She was widely respected as a curator who had a special sympathy for
artists and an exceptional ability to present contemporary artworks in a museum
context. A group of her friends have created a Fund in her memory.
The Fund is used each year to support special projects undertaken by students
on the master's programmes in curatorial studies at the Royal College of Art,
London and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, New York. Last
year (2001), the Royal College of Art's inaugural project was David Lamelas: The
Impossibility of Information, an exhibition and symposium at the Camden Arts
Centre, London. The Fund focuses on exchange of ideas between Europe and the
Americas, encouraging students in each institution to study and present
contemporary work by artists from the other side of the Atlantic. Projects may
take the form of exhibitions, publications, lectures, symposia or manifestations
using electronic media.
* CURATING CONTEMPORARY ART
TWO YEAR MA AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
The course was set up in 1992 and is the first postgraduate programme In Britain
to specialise in curatorial practice relating to contemporary art. The course is
designed to offer both a vocational training in and an academic study of curatorial
practice, underpinned by an understanding of the wider cultural and critical
context. The course provides an introduction to the ways in which the
contemporary visual arts are funded, presented, interpreted and managed in
Britain and internationally. Students gain practical skills in curating exhibitions
and managing art commissions and meet a wide range of professional curators,
critics, artists and administrators. The programme provides a professional
preparation for curators, exhibition organisers, critics, arts administrators and
those who wish to work with artists to present art outside a gallery setting. The
course is co-funded by the Royal College of Art and the Arts Council of England.
For further information and project updates see
http://www.cca.rca.ac.uk/RevAcres contact Louise
Coysh:louise.coysh@rca.ac.uk or Brooke
McConochy:bmcconochy@faprojects.com
17 - 26 October 2002, daily, 10am - 6pm Guise of Satan
f a projects
1 - 2 Bear Gardens SE1 9ED
London