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Friends in Love and War / L鈥櫭塴oge des meilleur路es ennemi路es: Works from the British Council Collection and macLYON
Ikon and macLYON present works by over twenty artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON that explore the theme of friendship.鈥��
Curated collaboratively, the exhibition interrogates friendship as a fundamental human relationship that is essential to individual well-being and society. Taking place in the partner cities of Birmingham and Lyon, Friends in Love and War 鈥� L鈥櫭塴oge des meilleur路es ennemi路es also reflects on diplomatic friendships and how regional capitals and cultural organisations can create new ways of living and working together in a post-Brexit climate. The exhibition spans painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, textile, film, sculpture and installation, combining existing and new works by international and Birmingham-based artists to form a rich depiction of our complex personal and political friendships.
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Ikon and macLYON present works by over twenty artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON that explore the theme of friendship.鈥��
Curated collaboratively, the exhibition interrogates friendship as a fundamental human relationship that is essential to individual well-being and society. Taking place in the partner cities of Birmingham and Lyon, Friends in Love and War 鈥� L鈥櫭塴oge des meilleur路es ennemi路es also reflects on diplomatic friendships and how regional capitals and cultural organisations can create new ways of living and working together in a post-Brexit climate. The exhibition spans painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, textile, film, sculpture and installation, combining existing and new works by international and Birmingham-based artists to form a rich depiction of our complex personal and political friendships.
Artists on show
- Bedwyr Williams
- Delaine Le Bas
- Emma Hart
- Fabien Verschaere
- Francis Upritchard
- Géraldine Kosiak
- Gillian Wearing
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Goshka Macuga
- Hetain Patel
- Jimmie Durham
- Kenneth Armitage
- Lola Gonzàlez
- Lubaina Himid
- Luke Routledge
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
- Madame Yevonde
- Marie鈥慉nita Gaube
- Markéta Luskacovà
- Niek Van De Steeg
- Patrick Caulfield
- Paula Rego
- Pogus Caesar
- Rachel Maclean
- Rose Wylie
- Sonia Boyce
- Tereza Buskova
- Tracey Emin
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