[spectre] Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie: Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art

[Geert Lovink]

> From: marion von osten <mvo at k3000.ch>
>
> Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie: Class Hegemony in Contemporary Art 
>
> 10 Nov 2006 - 14 Jan 2007
>
> Preview: 
> Thurs 9 Nov, 6.30 - 9pm
>
> Talk and screening:
> Sat 11 Nov, 2pm
>
> Gasworks
>  155 Vauxhall Street
>  London SE11 5RH
>  UK
> T:+44 (0)20 7582 6848
> F:+44 (0)20 7582 0159
> info at gasworks.org.uk
> http://www.gasworks.org.uk
>
> Tube: Vauxhall/Oval
> Bus: 2, 36, 88, 133, 185, 436
>
> Admission is free.
>
> Gasworks has full wheelchair access.
>
> Gasworks will be closed from Sat 23 December to 
> Tues 2 January inclusive and will re-open to the public on Wed 3 
> January 2007.
>
> Participating artists: Annika Eriksson, Chris Evans, Sylvie Fleury, 
> Hassan Khan, Dirk Fleischmann/Michele Di Menna, Marion von Osten and 
> Erkan Özgen & Sener Özmen. 
>
> How exactly, and to what extent does class play a role in the 
> production, direction, criticality and dissemination of contemporary 
> art? Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie is an ambitious, year-long exhibition 
> and research project led by Gasworks and touring to other institutions 
> internationally in 2007. The project investigates the latent issue of 
> class underlying contemporary art. It is an open question, an 
> invitation to a discussion long overdue, and offers no foregone 
> conclusions other than the relevance of class itself.
> Curated by Nav Haq and Tirdad Zolghadr, Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie 
> will present a series of exhibitions and events, as well as 
> commissioning research into the subject. This first exhibition at 
> Gasworks features newly commissioned works by artists such as Marion 
> von Osten, Erkan Özgen & Sener Özmen, Natascha Sadr Haghighian and San 
> Keller. Gasworks is delighted to be hosting the first UK presentations 
> of these internationally renowned artists. Swiss artist San Keller 
> presents a series of photographs revealing the parental homes of 
> London-based artists and Özgen & Özmen present the UK premiere of 
> their acclaimed video work Road to Tate Modern.
>
>  The participating artists have not necessarily been chosen for a 
> specific engagement with issues of class within their work; rather 
> they have been selected for their particular methodologies, their 
> ability to analyse the politics involved and for having the knowledge 
> and tact to tread a fine line between provocation and hard-hitting 
> pertinence.
>
> Saturday 11 November, 2pm
>  On the opening weekend Nav Haq and Tirdad Zolghadr will present an 
> introduction to the exhibition followed by a screening as part of the 
> Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie project.
>
> For further information please contact
> Sangeeta Sathe
> press at gasworks.org.uk
>  Tel: 020 7582 6848
>  Fax: 020 7582 0159