Image:Dan Witz, Prank, 2005, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC
Exploring the use of humour in contemporary art practice, Ha Ha Road presents the work of artists who play with a ‘rupture of sense’. The exhibition includes artists utilising or reflecting upon humour, and how it is used as a gateway to another realm.
Ha Ha Road’ is curated by Dave Ball and Sophie Springer and produced by QUAD in collaboration with Mostyn Gallery.
Artists presented in the exhibition: Boris Achour (FR), Chantal Akerman (BE), Bobby Baker (UK), Dave Ball (UK), Anna + Bernhard Blume (DE), Stella Capes (UK), Yara El Sherbini (UK), Fischli + Weiss (CH), Ceal Floyer (UK), Rodney Graham (CA), Ellie Harrison (UK), Debbie Lawson (UK), Mike Marshall (UK), Kirsten Pieroth (DE), Pipilotti Rist (CH), Mathew Sawyer (UK), Ariel Schlesinger (IL), Hank Schmidt in der Beek (DE), Michael Shaw (UK), Roman Signer (CH), Charles Stankievech (CA), Annika Ström (SE), Bedwyr Williams (UK), Dan Witz (US) & Erwin Wurm (AT).
