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The Mead Gallery has a continuing commitment to the support of new work as a way of contributing to a lively contemporary culture. The gallery also provides a context for this work and provides audiences in the region with informed and original discussion of the show and an opportunity to meet the artists involved.
// Open Mon - Sat, 12pm - 9pm
// Admission FREE
DOUBLE AGENT
Pawel Althamer / Nowolipie Group
Phil Collins
Dora Garcia
Donelle Woolford
Christoph Schlingensief
Barbara Visser
Artur Zmijewski
Sat 26 Apr - Sat 28 Jun // curated by Claire Bishop / Mark Sladen
// Donelle Woolford. Photo: Namik Minter and Frank Heath. Courtesy Wallspace, New York.
Double Agent is an exhibition of art works and collaborative projects in which the artist uses other people as a medium. All of the works raise questions of performance and authorship, and in particular the issues of ethics and representation that ensue when the artist is no longer the central agent in his or her own work, but operates through a range of individuals, communities, and surrogates. One of the starting points for the exhibition is the recent and conspicuous rise of artistic interest in performance and performative gestures among contemporary artists.
But today's generation, unlike their precursors in the 1960s and 70s, do not necessarily privilege the live moment or their own body. Instead, they engage in strategies of mediation, delegation and collaboration. Such strategies can work to undermine the idea of the authentic or authoritative artist, who is substituted instead by a variety of figures.
Such strategies can also promote unpredictability and risk, as the artist's agents may prove to be partial or unreliable. In some instances the use of third parties can also raise ethical issues and questions of exploitation.
Double Agent includes seven artists, represented by a range of media including video and live performance. It includes the UK premieres of a number of significant works, as well as new commissions.
The exhibition premiered at the ICA, London before travelling to Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
Double Agent is an ICA touring exhibition supported by Arts Council England. Additional support has been provided by SEACEX (State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad), the Mondriaan
Events
| Date | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 May 2008 | Children's Saturday Art Club |
12:00PM |
| Sat 24 May 2008 | Children's Saturday Art Club |
12:00PM |
| Sat 31 May 2008 | Children's Saturday Art Club |
12:00PM |
| Sat 7 Jun 2008 | Children's Saturday Art Club |
12:00PM |
| Sat 14 Jun 2008 | Exhibition Talk by Claire Bishop and Mark Sladen |
3:00PM |
Groups and Workshops
The Mead Gallery welcomes visits from all sorts of groups and societies, not just those involved in education. We can offer short introductory tours of the exhibitions and of key works in the collection that are arranged in the Sculpture Trail or the Colour Trail.
For more information, please contact Carly Mee on 024 7657 4786 or by email
Future Exhibitions
tbc
~ The Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre is part of the Heart of England Galleries, raising the profile of the visual arts in the West Midlands to local, regional and national audiences ~
