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Exhibitions currently running:

The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns - Exploring one of the most important chapters in the history of contemporary art, The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns focuses on Marcel Duchamp ’s American legacy, tracing his relationship to four great modern masters – composer, John Cage, choreographer, Merce Cunningham, and visual artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Encountering Duchamp and his work in the early stages of their careers, each of the younger artists embraced key elements of his ideas and practice, resulting in a seismic shift in the direction of art in the 1950s and ‘60s. Characterised by the integration of art and life, the work of Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns heralded the advent of Pop Art. The Bride and the Bachelors features around 90 works, some by Rauschenberg and Johns are being shown in the UK for the first time. The selection reflects the artists’ multiple levels of engagement across the disciplines of art, dance, and music. Until 9 June.

Geoffrey Farmer: The Surgeon and the Photographer - Developed over a three-year period, Geoffrey Farmer’s The Surgeon and the Photographer will be shown for the first time in its completed form for its UK premiere. The work consists of hundreds of puppet-like figures, composed of images cut from old books and magazines mounted onto fabric forms, and is accompanied by a new film commission. His work blends the collage and assemblage traditions of Hannah Höch and Robert Rauschenberg, the element of chance employed by John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and an animist perspective from Pacific Northwest Coast cultures. From 26 March until 28 July.

 

Barbican Art Gallery,
Barbican Centre,
Silk Street London,
EC2Y 8DS
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Box Office & Membership: 020 7638 8891

Barbican Art Gallery opening hours
11.00am - 8.00pm Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
11.00am - 6.00pm Tue and Thu
(Closed 24-26 Dec 2005, open New Year's day from 12.00pm)
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