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British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet

15 Feb 2011
Win a pair of tickets to visit the exhibition!
The British Art Show is widely recognised as the most ambitious and influential exhibition of contemporary British art and is a wonderful place to explore a whole range of work. You might even come across artists you'd like to see in your own collection!


Brian Griffiths, The Body and Ground (Or Your Lovely Smile),
British Art Show 7: A Hayward Touring Exhibition from Southbank Centre
Photograph: Alexander Newton

15 February 2011 OWN ART BULLETIN www.ownart.org.uk


For this show, curators Tom Morton and Lisa Le Feuvre selected the 39 artists on the grounds of their significant contribution to contemporary art in the last five years. They looked to emerging artists as well as what established practitioners have been producing and how their work has developed and moved in new directions. This approach has produced a final list of artists ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s. This overlying theme is summarised in the subtitle of the exhibition – In the Days of the Comet – signifying change, time and recurrence.

More than 80% of the work in the show is previously unseen and showcases rising stars such as Emily Wardill, Phoebe Unwin, Karla Black, Haroon Mirza, Michael Fullerton and Steven Claydon alongside more established names such as Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Charles Avery, Christian Marclay and George Shaw.

The British Art Show is organised by Hayward Touring Exhibitions and takes place every five years, touring to four different cities across the UK. It opened in Nottingham in October 2010 and can be seen at the Hayward Gallery from tomorrow – its first time in London in 20 years – followed by venues in Glasgow from May and Plymouth from September.

For more information about the British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet please visit the dedicated microsite  www.britishartshow.co.uk

Win!

www.ownart.org.uk have teamed up with Hayward Touring and have 5 pairs of tickets to be won to visit the exhibition in London at the Hayward Gallery, which runs until 17 April 2011.
To be in with a chance of winning, email your name and address quoting OA/BAS in the subject line to ownart@artscouncil.org.uk by 22 February 2011. The winner will be picked at random and sent their tickets in the post