The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction From the 1960s to Now
Oct 08, 2011 - Jan 03, 2012
The Indiscipline of Painting is an international group exhibition including works by forty-nine artists from the 1960s to now. Selected by British painter Daniel Sturgis, it considers how the languages of abstraction have remained urgent, relevant and critical as they have been revisited and reinvented by subsequent generations of artists over the last 50 years. It goes on to demonstrate the way in which the history and legacy of abstract painting continues to inspire artists working today.
The contemporary position of abstract painting is problematic. It can be seen to be synonymous with a modernist moment that has long since passed, and an ideology which led the medium to stagnate in self-reflexivity and ideas of historical progression. The Indiscipline of Painting challenges such assumptions. It reveals how painting鈥檚 modernist histories, languages and positions have continued to provoke ongoing dialogues with contemporary practitioners, even as painting鈥檚 decline and death has been routinely and erroneously declared.
The show brings together works by British, American and European artists made over the last five decades and features major new commissions and loans. It includes important works by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Gerhard Richter and Bridget Riley alongside other lesser known artists such as Tomma Abts, Martin Barr茅, Mary Heilmann and Jeremy Moon.
The contemporary position of abstract painting is problematic. It can be seen to be synonymous with a modernist moment that has long since passed, and an ideology which led the medium to stagnate in self-reflexivity and ideas of historical progression. The Indiscipline of Painting challenges such assumptions. It reveals how painting鈥檚 modernist histories, languages and positions have continued to provoke ongoing dialogues with contemporary practitioners, even as painting鈥檚 decline and death has been routinely and erroneously declared.
The show brings together works by British, American and European artists made over the last five decades and features major new commissions and loans. It includes important works by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Gerhard Richter and Bridget Riley alongside other lesser known artists such as Tomma Abts, Martin Barr茅, Mary Heilmann and Jeremy Moon.
The Indiscipline of Painting is a collaborative project between Tate St Ives and Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre. The exhibition travels to the Mead Gallery and opens on the 14 January 2012, running until 10 March 2012.
The Indiscipline of Painting is an international group exhibition including works by forty-nine artists from the 1960s to now. Selected by British painter Daniel Sturgis, it considers how the languages of abstraction have remained urgent, relevant and critical as they have been revisited and reinvented by subsequent generations of artists over the last 50 years. It goes on to demonstrate the way in which the history and legacy of abstract painting continues to inspire artists working today.
The contemporary position of abstract painting is problematic. It can be seen to be synonymous with a modernist moment that has long since passed, and an ideology which led the medium to stagnate in self-reflexivity and ideas of historical progression. The Indiscipline of Painting challenges such assumptions. It reveals how painting鈥檚 modernist histories, languages and positions have continued to provoke ongoing dialogues with contemporary practitioners, even as painting鈥檚 decline and death has been routinely and erroneously declared.
The show brings together works by British, American and European artists made over the last five decades and features major new commissions and loans. It includes important works by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Gerhard Richter and Bridget Riley alongside other lesser known artists such as Tomma Abts, Martin Barr茅, Mary Heilmann and Jeremy Moon.
The contemporary position of abstract painting is problematic. It can be seen to be synonymous with a modernist moment that has long since passed, and an ideology which led the medium to stagnate in self-reflexivity and ideas of historical progression. The Indiscipline of Painting challenges such assumptions. It reveals how painting鈥檚 modernist histories, languages and positions have continued to provoke ongoing dialogues with contemporary practitioners, even as painting鈥檚 decline and death has been routinely and erroneously declared.
The show brings together works by British, American and European artists made over the last five decades and features major new commissions and loans. It includes important works by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Gerhard Richter and Bridget Riley alongside other lesser known artists such as Tomma Abts, Martin Barr茅, Mary Heilmann and Jeremy Moon.
The Indiscipline of Painting is a collaborative project between Tate St Ives and Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre. The exhibition travels to the Mead Gallery and opens on the 14 January 2012, running until 10 March 2012.
Artists on show
- Alex Hubbard
- André Cadere
- Andy Warhol
- Bernard Frize
- Blinky Palermo
- Bob Law
- Bridget Riley
- Carl Ostendarp
- Cheyney Thompson
- Dan Walsh
- Daniel Buren
- David Diao
- David Reed
- Francis Baudevin
- Frank Stella
- Gene Davis
- Gerhard Richter
- Heimo Zobernig
- Imi Knoebel
- Ingrid Calame
- Jacob Kassay
- Jane Harris
- Jeremy Moon
- Karin Davie
- Katharina Grosse
- Keith Coventry
- Martin Barré
- Martin Clark
- Mary Heilmann
- Michael Craig-Martin
- Michelle Grabner
- Moira Dryer
- Myron Stout
- Niele Toroni
- Olivier Mosset
- Peter Davies
- Peter Halley
- Peter Young
- Richard Kirwan
- Richard Tuttle
- Robert Ryman
- Ruth Root
- Sean Scully
- Sherrie Levine
- Steven Parrino
- Tauba Auerbach
- Tim Head
- Tomma Abts
Contact details
Sunday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:20 PM
Porthmeor Beach St. Ives, UK TR26 1TG
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