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with One Day in the City Festival
Exhibition and events
12 May 鈥� 13 Jun 2014
Milou van der Maaden & Cheryl Simmons, One day, one man, one woman, two slaves, 2015 HD Video, colour with soundBased on聽two 17th century mezzotints聽by John Smith,听Charles Napier and Mary, Duchess of Ormond聽漏Milou van der Maaden & Cheryl Simmons
Jonathan Kipps, Untitled, 2015 mixed mediaSmall mixed-media sculptures in response to the聽drawing Interior of the Skull聽(circa 1849) by pioneering 19th century surgeon Joseph Lister聽漏 Jonathan Kipps
Neena Percy, On Edge, 2015
Reflects on traditional drapery and the figure in the releif sculpture of neoclassicist John Flaxman聽Thy will be done聽漏 Neena Percy
Lara Smithson, Entombment, 2015, lightbox, duratrans print
Projection onto painting racks in UCL Art Museum's painting store聽漏 Lara Smithson
Emerging artists re-visit 皇家华人鈥檚 art collections, reflecting on the themes of time and place.
The sixth annual UCL Art Museum/Slade collaboration ran in conjunction with the UCL English Department's聽2014 One Day in the City, a festival celebrating London, literature and art.The selected participants were invited to respond to the extensive collections of the UCL Art Museum whilst engaging with the importance of time, place, London and literature, as well as other sources of inspiration relevant to One Day in the City. The resulting pieces included four time-based media works, a light box installation as well as an array of oil paintings, intricate drawings, etchings and a bronze cast.聽Many of the featured artists have gone on to forge prolific artistic careers, exhibiting internationally and publishing research, such as , , , , ,听 & ,听with some like Kipps, Larsson and van Der Maaden聽returning to collaborate with us for the exhibition聽RE-LAUNCH聽in 2015.
The full list of featured artists includes:听Lea Collet,听Freddie Duffield and Sarai Kirshner,听Robbie Fife,听Benjamin Heiken,听Helena Hunter,听James Kelly,听Jonathan Kipps.聽Anna Klimentchenko,听Olga Koroleva and Katja Larsson,听Neena Percy,听Maxima Smith,听Lara Smithson,听Cheryl Simmons,听Milou Van Der Maaden & Ping Zheng
During One Day in the City (Friday 13th June 2014), to compliment the group exhibition, several of the artists engaged visitors with interactive installations, live events and other creative activities.
More information about the exhibition is available on the UCL Art Museum blog, and .
For more information about the UCL Art Museum/Slade Collaboration series, see here.
This is part of UCL Art Collections鈥� commitment to interdisciplinary research-impact collaborations. For more information or expressions of interest to collaborate contact聽museums@ucl.ac.uk
