Graham Fagen. Scotlad + Venice
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Dal 09 Maggio 2015 al 22 Novembre 2015
Venezia
Luogo: Palazzo Fontana
Indirizzo: Cannaregio 3829
Sito ufficiale: http://www.scotlandandvenice.com/
Graham Fagen is one of the most influential artists working in Scotland today. Throughout his career, Fagen has regularly incorporated elements of his own national, cultural and social identity into his work. Often using the artifice of theatre for the development of a narrative, Fagen will use the 16th-century palazzo as an historic backdrop for his presentation, choreographing an entirely new body of work across four rooms of the palazzo to create a path through which visitors can effectively become performers within the piece.
Drawing on his long-term commitment to collaboration, Fagen will bring together internationally renowned composer Sally Beamish, the musicians of Scottish Ensemble, reggae singer and musician Ghetto Priest and music producer Adrian Sherwood to realise an ambitious installation. Sound that draws on very different musical traditions—Scottish folk song, classical music and reggae—will pervade the rooms of Palazzo Fontana.
An illustrated publication which documents the breadth of Fagen’s career, including his presentation for Scotland + Venice 2015, will be published by Hospitalfield to coincide with the opening of the exhibition in Venice. Texts include contributions from Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain, and Katrina Brown, Director of The Common Guild, alongside an interview with Scottish novelist Louise Welsh and Graham Fagen, with an introduction from Lucy Byatt, Director of Hospitalfield.
Graham Fagen studied at The Glasgow School of Art (1984–88, BA) and the Kent Institute of Art and Design (1989–90, MA) and is senior lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. In 1999 Fagen was invited by the Imperial War Museum, London to work as the Official War Artist for Kosovo. Since then, Fagen has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. Previous exhibitions include The Golden Age, Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1999), The British Art Show (2000), Zenomap, Scotland and Venice at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003), Bloodshed at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Art of the Garden, Tate Britain (2004), Busan Biennale, South Korea, Still Life, Art and Industry Biennial, New Zealand (2004). In 2011 Fagen was the International Artist in Residence at Artpace, San Antonio, concluding with a solo exhibition, Under Heavy Manners, and with theatre director Graham Eatough, he created The Making of Us, a performance, installation and film for Glasgow International 2012.
Recent exhibitions include Cabbages in an Orchard at the Glasgow School of Art (2014); participation inGENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art from Scotland (2015) at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, and In Camera (2015) with Graham Eatough at the Panorama, La Friche, Marseille. Fagen is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London and Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin.
Drawing on his long-term commitment to collaboration, Fagen will bring together internationally renowned composer Sally Beamish, the musicians of Scottish Ensemble, reggae singer and musician Ghetto Priest and music producer Adrian Sherwood to realise an ambitious installation. Sound that draws on very different musical traditions—Scottish folk song, classical music and reggae—will pervade the rooms of Palazzo Fontana.
An illustrated publication which documents the breadth of Fagen’s career, including his presentation for Scotland + Venice 2015, will be published by Hospitalfield to coincide with the opening of the exhibition in Venice. Texts include contributions from Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain, and Katrina Brown, Director of The Common Guild, alongside an interview with Scottish novelist Louise Welsh and Graham Fagen, with an introduction from Lucy Byatt, Director of Hospitalfield.
Graham Fagen studied at The Glasgow School of Art (1984–88, BA) and the Kent Institute of Art and Design (1989–90, MA) and is senior lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. In 1999 Fagen was invited by the Imperial War Museum, London to work as the Official War Artist for Kosovo. Since then, Fagen has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. Previous exhibitions include The Golden Age, Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1999), The British Art Show (2000), Zenomap, Scotland and Venice at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003), Bloodshed at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Art of the Garden, Tate Britain (2004), Busan Biennale, South Korea, Still Life, Art and Industry Biennial, New Zealand (2004). In 2011 Fagen was the International Artist in Residence at Artpace, San Antonio, concluding with a solo exhibition, Under Heavy Manners, and with theatre director Graham Eatough, he created The Making of Us, a performance, installation and film for Glasgow International 2012.
Recent exhibitions include Cabbages in an Orchard at the Glasgow School of Art (2014); participation inGENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art from Scotland (2015) at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, and In Camera (2015) with Graham Eatough at the Panorama, La Friche, Marseille. Fagen is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London and Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin.
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