The group exhibition Speak, running concurrently at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, proposes Latham as an «open toolbox» for younger generations of artists whose diverse
practices share affinities with Latham's ideas and world view, revealing how they continue to resonate today.
Not exact matches
While distinct in their own
practice and aesthetics, the participating artists from the fields of dance, visual arts and music,
share an
affinity with Jonas» engagement and «insistence» on reading the world (s) against and with the flow of the times.
Considered together, their diverse yet complementary
practices demonstrate unexpected formal
affinities and
shared motives.»
Sir John Soane's Museum is a natural fit for Marc Quinn's new series as he
shares Soane's
affinity with collecting: his own
practice draws from the ephemera, diverse artworks and objects with which he fills his studio.
Although each artist belongs to and emerged from distinct cultural milieux, the exhibition explores the formal and conceptual
affinities shared between the three, revealing the broad cultural influences and forces that inspire each artists»
practice and bridges their work.
In the same Brera venue, the ELIT PROUN BAR by London - based architectural
practice Carmody Groarke
shared Gufram's
affinity for gleaming metallic surfaces but drew inspiration from a completely different source, this time Russian Avant - garde.
Jess» principally collage
practice was inspired by Max Ernst and surrealism, but also
shares affinities with Pop and appropriation art.
Ruth Hardinger's
practice — borne of a love of materiality and process —
shares an
affinity to the love and respect that specific ancient indigenous cultures had for the environment.
Believing that «an artist uses history... as the raw material for one's
practice,» Encounters and Collisions brings together artworks with which Ligon
shares affinities, with work by artists such as Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol and Jean - Michel Basquiat sitting alongside those of his own.