Carl Plackman included in United Enemies at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Carl Plackman included in United Enemies at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
December 16, 2011
Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the Carl Plackman will feature in United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s Institute Exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
United Enemies looks at sculpture made by artists in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s, a time when the idea of sculpture was being radically contested.
United Enemies looks at sculpture made by artists in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s, a time when the idea of sculpture was being radically contested.
United Enemies examines the problem of sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s, presenting work by over fifty artists made in a period when the very idea of sculpture was radically contested. Cutting across practices, institutions, publications and exhibitions, the exhibition begins with Roelof Louw's 'Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges)' (1967): a work containing over 6,000 oranges painstakingly composed in order to be physically participated in and enjoyed - the pyramid depletes as visitors help themselves to oranges.
Three provocations organise this exhibition: 'Manual Thinking',
'Standing' and 'Groundwork'. From Keith Arnatt's 'Art as an Act of
Retraction' (1972) showing the artist eating each of the words of the
sentence 'Eleven portraits of the artist about to eat his own words', to
McLean's photographic work 'People Who Make Art in Glass Houses' (1969)
where the artist is pictured surrounded by the debris of his own work,
through to the photographic album 'An English Frontier' (1972)
documenting a walk conducted by Richard Long in the company of Tony
Cragg, Roger Ackling, Jim Rogers and Bill Woodrow, United Enemies demonstrates how this highly fertile and experimental period formed the ground from which contemporary sculpture has grown.
The show runs until 11 March 2012
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Temperament Leaning Towards Fascism, 1987