Whitechapel Gallery have just announced their programme for 2014.
Major exhibitions
Hannah Höch
15th January – 23rd March 2014, Galleries 1, 8 & Victor Petitgas Gallery (Gallery 9)
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition of the influential artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978), an important member of the Berlin Dada movement and a pioneer in collage. Splicing together images from fashion magazines and illustrated journals, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society during a time of tremendous social change. Höch was admired by contemporaries such as George Grosz, Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters, yet was often overlooked by traditional art history. At a time when her work has never seemed more relevant, the exhibition puts this inspiring figure in the spotlight. Bringing together over 100 works from major international collections, the exhibition includes collages, photomontages, watercolours and woodcuts, spanning six decades from the 1910s to the 1970s.
Admission £9.95/£7.95 concs (inc Gift Aid donation) £8.95/£6.95 concs (without Gift Aid) whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/hannah-hoch
Chris Marker
16th April – 22nd June 2014, Galleries 1, 8 & Victor Petitgas Gallery (Gallery 9)
Visionary French filmmaker, photographer, writer and artist Chris Marker (1921 – 2012) is widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of the ‘essay film’. He is best known as the director of over 50 films including Sans soleil (Sunless, 1983), A Grin Without a Cat (1977) and for his most influential work La Jetée (The Pier, 1962), imagining a Paris devastated by nuclear catastrophe and composed almost entirely of black-and-white still photographs, which later informed the narrative of Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys (1995). He was a prescient multi-media maker, exploring the future through both digital art and via his numerous online avatars. This important exhibition – his first UK retrospective – looks at Marker’s prolific career and considers his influence on contemporary British art and artists.
Organised in collaboration with Chris Darke and the Centre Pompidou. Free
Giulio Paolini: To Be Or Not To Be
9th July – 14th September 2014, Galleries 1, 8 & Victor Petitgas Gallery (Gallery 9)
Italian artist Giulio Paolini (b.1940) is one of the leading figures in Conceptual Art. His belief that a work of art is not just itself in the ‘here and now’ but also the record of earlier traditions, has led him to investigate art’s relation to the past. Paolini’s intriguing installations are deeply rooted in art history from the Renaissance to today – from plaster casts of classical sculptures shattered on the ground to photographs of iconic paintings by Lorenzo Lotto, or to inquiries into modern gestural painting. Driven by an exploration into the nature of images, the making of art and the role of the artist, he asserts that ‘to be authentic, a work of art must forget about its author.’ The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major solo show of Giulio Paolini in the UK since 1980, with works from the 1960s to today, including a brand-new installation created specially for the exhibition.
Giulio Paolini: To Be Or Not To Be is organised in collaboration with MACRO, Rome. Free
Richard Tuttle: The Weave of Textile Language
14th October – 14th December 2014. Galleries 1, 8 & Victor Petitgas Gallery (Gallery 9)
A major new project realised in three parts: an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, a large-scale sculpture in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall and a joint publication. Renowned US artist Richard Tuttle (b.1941) came to prominence in the 1960s as part of a generation of Post-Minimalist artists and is known for his delicate, small scale works and use of everyday, ephemeral materials. His work has often been described as being in a state of ‘in between’, moving between sculpture, painting, poetry and drawing, avoiding categorisation. The Whitechapel Gallery presents Tuttle’s first major UK survey, tracing the use of textile in his 50-year career.
Organised by the Whitechapel Gallery in association with Tate Modern. Free
Commissions
Kader Attia
26th November 2013 – Autumn 2014, Gallery 2
French Algerian artist Kader Attia’s (b.1970) site-specific commission for the Whitechapel Gallery revisits the biblical story of Jacob’s Ladder, describing the Prophet Jacob’s vision of angels ascending from earth to heaven. A towering floor to ceiling structure of bookshelves will fill the lofty spaces of the Gallery as a cabinet of curiosities. This new work of art is the result of Kader Attia’s in-depth engagement with the Whitechapel Gallery’s past exhibitions and a space that is loaded with its history as the reading room of a former library, Gallery 2. The commission is Attia’s first solo project in the UK.
Artists in Residence: Heather & Ivan Morison
10 December 2013 – 9 March 2014, Outset Project Gallery (Gallery 5) & 176/Zabludowicz Collection Project Gallery (Gallery 6) From gardening and kite flying, to science fiction and puppetry, artists Heather & Ivan Morison create performance works and site-specific installations. Following a year-long residency at Thomas Buxton Primary School, Tower Hamlets, the artists present a new display inspired by their experience.
Children’s Art Commission
10 June 2014 – 31 August 2014, Outset Project Gallery (Gallery 5) & 176/Zabludowicz Collection Project Gallery (Gallery 6)
The Whitechapel Gallery’s annual commission asks a leading contemporary artist to make a work of art that engages with children. Artists Eva Rothschild, Alan Kane, and Jake & Dinos Chapman have previously made new works of art.
Displays
Contemporary Art Society Until 31 August 2014, Gallery 7
As part of the Whitechapel Gallery’s programme opening up public and private collections, the Gallery presents four displays with the Contemporary Art Society. Bringing together important works from public collections across England to be shown together in London for the first time, such as paintings by L.S. Lowry, Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt, the exhibitions present the unique histories of these collections. The Contemporary Art Society supports museums and galleries across the UK, through advice, advocacy and gifts for purchasing works of art.
Three more displays in 2014 include:
Damn braces: Bless relaxes, 10th December 2013 – 9th March 2014. Looking at the relationship between art schools, landscape and technology, this display focuses on collections from the east coast of England.
The best is not too good for you, 19th March – 1st June 2014. A display drawing on the Midland’s collections of Pop Art and ceramics, with works and prints by artists such as Patrick Caulfield, Jann Haworth and Richard Hamilton alongside studio and mass produced ceramics.
Twixt Two Worlds, 11th June – 31st August 2014. Looking at the south of England and the development of early film and photography in Brighton and the surrounding areas alongside contemporary works which reference these experimental pioneers.
Whitechapel Gallery at Windsor – Jasper Johns: Shadow and Substance
8th December 2013 – April 2014, The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida
The exhibition explores ‘the body’ as it has appeared in Jasper Johns’ lithographs and etchings created with Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) print studio from the 1980s to today. This presentation is a curatorial partnership between the Whitechapel Gallery and The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida. Curated by the Whitechapel Gallery in partnership with Windsor’s co-founder and Creative Director The Hon. Hilary M. Weston, to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach.
Free
Artists’ Film International: Elizabeth Price
14th January – 15th April 2014, Zilkha Auditorium
Elizabeth Price’s At the House of Mr X (2007) is a study of desire and consumption which takes us on a journey through the objects and late 1960’s modern home of an anonymous art collector. Artists’ Film International is selected by 15 organisations in Afghanistan, Argentina, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, UK, US and Vietnam. Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price is chosen by the Whitechapel Gallery.
Free
Archive Displays
Supporting Artists: Acme’s First Decade 1972-1982
Until 23 February 2014, Pat Matthews Gallery (Gallery 4)
This archive display revisits the first decade of Acme Studios, the pioneering arts initiative which, since 1972, has played an important role in establishing east London as a hub for the visual arts. This display includes photographs, film, rare exhibition posters and other materials from the extensive Acme archives alongside artist testimonials charting the early years of the organisation.
The Whitechapel Gallery archive exhibitions are generously supported by Catherine and Franck Petitgas and The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Free
Stephen Willats: Concerning Our Present Way of Living
4 March – 14 September 2014, Pat Matthews Gallery (Gallery 4)
English conceptual artist Stephen Willats (b.1943) pioneered socially interactive and community engaged art in the 1960s and 70s. This display focuses on his exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1979 that directly related the Gallery to daily life around east London, including local communities, from the former leather industry workers in Brick Lane, to dock workers and residents of the nearby Ocean housing estates. The display draws from the artist’s own archive alongside collections from the Whitechapel Gallery, Tate and the Museum of London.
The Whitechapel Gallery archive exhibitions are generously supported by Catherine and Franck Petitgas and The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Free
The Henry Moore Foundation
23 September 2014 – March 2015, Pat Matthews Gallery (Gallery 4)
This display reveals the working process of leading sculptors, tracing works of art from inception to execution by presenting rarely-seen materials including drawings and maquettes from the Henry Moore Institute archive.
The Whitechapel Gallery archive exhibitions are generously supported by Catherine and Franck Petitgas and The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Free
Events
Max Mara Art Prize for Women: Winner Announcement January 2014
Established by the Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with Max Mara in 2005 to promote and nurture female artists, the Max Mara Art Prize for Women is the only visual art prize for women in the UK. Shortlisted artists for the fifth edition of the Prize are Beatrice Gibson, Melanie Gilligan, Judith Goddard, Philomene Pirecki and Corin Sworn. The winner is announced in early 2014 and will be awarded a six-month Italian residency, followed by a major solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery and Collezione Maramotti in 2015.
The Whitechapel Gallery Gala Dinner 2nd April 2014
A glamorous and high-profile gala to honour the achievements of one of our greatest living artists, while raising vital funds for the Whitechapel Gallery.
The London Art Book Fair 26th – 28th September 2014
The Whitechapel Gallery’s annual event which celebrates the best of international contemporary art publishing. The Fair showcases everything from individual artist publishers to galleries, magazines, colleges, arts publishing houses, rare book dealers and distributors. A diverse range of events including high-profile artist talks, workshops and readings run throughout the weekend. Free
