Actions: The image of the world can be different
The exhibition, with work by thirty-eight artists, marks the opening of the
new Kettle鈥檚 Yard. Actions. The image of the world can be
different seeks to reassert the potential of art as a poetic,
social and political force in the world.
Inspired by a letter by artist Naum Gabo, Actions reflects the energising diversity and breadth of art in the modern and contemporary period within the UK and internationally.
Actions is in two parts. The first part including
all artists ends on 2nd April. The second part is from 11th April to 6 May.
During this period there will be a solo project of new paintings by Caroline
Walker, titled 鈥楬ome鈥�, of refugees living in London in Gallery 2, and screenings
of John Akomfrah鈥檚 award winning 鈥楢uto Da F茅鈥� in the Sackler Gallery. Work by
the following artists will also continue to be on display throughout until 6th
May: Cornelia Parker, Edmund de Waal, Helen Frankenthaler, Rana Begum, Nathan
Coley, and eL Seed.
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The exhibition, with work by thirty-eight artists, marks the opening of the
new Kettle鈥檚 Yard. Actions. The image of the world can be
different seeks to reassert the potential of art as a poetic,
social and political force in the world.
Inspired by a letter by artist Naum Gabo, Actions reflects the energising diversity and breadth of art in the modern and contemporary period within the UK and internationally.
Actions is in two parts. The first part including
all artists ends on 2nd April. The second part is from 11th April to 6 May.
During this period there will be a solo project of new paintings by Caroline
Walker, titled 鈥楬ome鈥�, of refugees living in London in Gallery 2, and screenings
of John Akomfrah鈥檚 award winning 鈥楢uto Da F茅鈥� in the Sackler Gallery. Work by
the following artists will also continue to be on display throughout until 6th
May: Cornelia Parker, Edmund de Waal, Helen Frankenthaler, Rana Begum, Nathan
Coley, and eL Seed.
Artists on show
- Alice Channer
- Anna Brownsted
- Anya Gallaccio
- Barbara Hepworth
- Basel Abbas
- Ben Nicholson
- Callum Innes
- Caroline Walker
- Cornelia Parker
- Edmund de Waal
- eL Seed
- Emma Smith
- Gustav Metzger
- Harold Offeh
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
- Idris Khan
- Issam Kourbaj
- Jamie Fobert
- Jeremy Deller
- John Akomfrah
- Joseph Beuys
- Julie Mehretu
- Katie Paterson
- Khadija Saye
- Laïla Diallo
- Mary Kelly
- Melanie Manchot
- Nathan Coley
- Oscar Murillo
- Rana Begum
- Regina José Galindo
- Richard Long
- Ruanne Abou-Rahme
- Vicken Parsons
- Zoran Popovic
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