22nd February – 13th May 2012 Hayward Gallery
A hugely influential artist for much of the past two decades, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller has helped to rewrite the rules of contemporary art – his work explores compelling social and cultural territories while alternately taking on the roles of artistic producer, publisher, filmmaker, collaborator, curator, parade organiser, and cultural archivist. This mid-career survey – the first in the artist’s career – provides a fresh overview of his multi-faceted work. The exhibition will incorporate almost all of his major works to date, including installations, photographs, videos, posters, banners, performance works, and sound pieces, shown together with new work. Jeremy Deller: Joy in People will include a number of his pioneering collaborative works with fans and amateur cultural practitioners, such as The Uses of Literacy (1997), an exhibition created by fans of The Manic Street Preachers, which brings together paintings, collages, drawings, books, poetry and ephemera inspired by the band’s lyrics. The exhibition will also feature several music-related videos, such as Acid Brass (1997), for which he commissioned a traditional brass band to play contemporary acid house music. Full press release available.
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 10am – 6pm daily, late-night opening Thursday & Friday until 8pm. Admission £10 (includes entry to David Shrigley: Brain Activity)
We meet up with Jeremy on the 21st to ask some questions if you have anything you want to ask just email mark@FADemail.com.
JEREMY DELLER: OUR HOBBY IS DEPECHE MODE 22th February – 13th May 2012 Hayward Project Space
To accompany the exhibition Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, the film Our Hobby is Depeche Mode will be shown in the Hayward Project Space. Made by Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams in 2006 this new edit of the film (previously shown as The Posters Came From The Walls) follows the band’s fervent fans in Mexico, the US, Germany, Romania, Brazil and Canada. Shown alongside material made by the fans, this is a rare opportunity to view this work. Hayward Project Space, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1
10am – 6pm daily, late-night opening Thursday & Friday until 8pm. Admission FREE
EXHIBITION TALKS FOR FEBRUARY 20 Questions: Jeremy Deller with Matthew Higgs
Thursday 23rd February 2012, 7:30pm Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall Ticket price: £8
On the occasion of his mid-career survey at the Hayward Gallery, artist Jeremy Deller answers 20 questions from artists, critics, friends and enemies in the company of curator Matthew Higgs.
All Rock n Roll is Homosexual: An evening hosted by Alexis Petridis with Jon Savage and Nicky Wire Wednesday 29 February 2012, 7:30pm Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall Ticket price: £8
Music journalist Alexis Petridis hosts an evening exploring the extensive and sometimes unexpected influence of gay culture in rock and roll and pop music, with pop music writer and cultural historian Jon Savage and Manic Street Preachers lyricist and bassist Nicky Wire.
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