Thresholds

Whitechapel, London

Focusing on drawings, prints and photographs, Thresholds brings together 50 works that span the 20th century. Linked by a strong narrative element and a focus on representations of women, they include the intimate, domestic dramas depicted by RB Kitaj, Victor Willing and Cecil Beaton, amongst others. This display marks the British Council's 75th anniversary.

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Characters drawn from myth and legend, brooding allegories of everyday life, strange, fantastical visions of the animal and natural world: these are the subjects selected by artist Paula Rego for her display of works chosen from the British Council Collection.

Also on display are portraits by Frank Auerbach, Augustus John, Gwen John and Chris Ofili, while David Hockney’s etchings bring to life the Brothers Grimm’s fairytales. Organic forms and otherworldly creatures feature in the works of Prunella Clough, Chris Orr and Graham Sutherland.

This display marks the British Council’s 75th anniversary. It is one of five displays presented over one year and selected by guest curators. The final display in spring results from an international competition for curators.

Until 3 May 2010

The Bloomberg Commission: Goshka Macuga

London-based Polish artist Goshka Macuga’s new site specific artwork focuses on a key moment in the history of the Whitechapel Gallery: the presentation of Picasso’s Guernica in 1939. Forming the centrepiece is a life-size tapestry of Guernica, commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955, and created, in collaboration with Picasso. In 1985, the Rockefeller Estate lent the tapestry to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, to offer a deterrent to war.

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Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday 11am-6pm
Monday Closed
The Gallery will close for Christmas and New Year at 6pm, Wednesday 23 December 2009 and will reopen at 11am, Saturday 2 January 2010.
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