Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Upcoming exhibitions: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Ikon announces two new exhibitions to its autumn programme:

Anthony Goicolea


Nail Biter

Ikon Gallery

22 September – 14 November 2010

A young boy sits in bed in a darkened cabin in the woods, nervously biting his nails; as he chews, they grow at an abnormal rate and hundreds of nail shards build up around him. This film by American-Cuban artist Anthony Goicolea unfolds into a sinister portrait.

AVPD


Hitchcock Hallway

Ikon Eastside

23 September – 13 November 2010

A major new work from Danish duo AVPD inspired by the psychological intensity of a Hitchcock film. The entrance to Ikon Eastside is replaced by a door which the visitor is invited to enter. However, all is not what it seems and the visitor’s journey through the exhibition becomes increasingly claustrophobic.

Also opening soon:

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ikon Gallery

22 September – 14 November 2010

Woodblock prints by the 18th century Japanese artist from the collection of the British Museum, curated by British artist Julian Opie.

Donald Judd


A good chair is a good chair

Ikon Gallery

22 September – 14 November 2010

The first major UK exhibition of furniture by seminal designer Donald Judd, regarded as one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.

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