The 10th edition of British Art Show, curated by Ekow Eshun, will be titled A Chorus of Strangers and feature over 30 artists, Hayward Gallery Touring has announced.
The exhibition will unfold across three themes inspired by the work of British writers or theorists exploring the tensions between the ‘individual’ and the ‘other’: ‘Moments of Being’, based on Virginia Woolf’s description of instances when the surface of ordinary life seems to lift; ‘Ways of Living’, inspired by Stuart Hall’s idea that culture and identity are always being reshaped by interplays of politics, power and history; and ‘States of Nature’, after Timothy Morton’s call for a greater awareness of our environment.
‘Across centuries, artists have used their ability to work with uncertainty, contradiction and possibility to create works that privilege affinity over isolation’, Eshun said in a statement.‘British Art Show 10 celebrates their unique position while looking ahead to the future. Some works address the social fractures and the environmental fragility of the present, others offer more intimate gestures of kinship. Together, they illuminate art’s ability to cross boundaries: between ourselves and others, the human and the natural world, the past and the futures yet to unfold.’
The list of participating artists is as follows:
Okiki Akinfe; Alex Margo Arden; Liz Johnson Artur; Alvaro Barrington; Shiraz Bayjoo; Lubna Chowdhary; Shawanda Corbett; Jesse Darling; Ufoma Essi; Joy Gerrard; Louise Giovanelli; Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings; Kudzanai-Violet Hwami; Nnena Kalu; Jasleen Kaur; Christina Kimeze; Julianknxx; Matthew Krishanu; Alastair Mackinven; Melanie Manchot; Lindsey Mendick; Emma McNally; Dala Nasser; Jack O’Brien; Nengi Omuku; Precious Okoyomon; Hannah Perry; Mohammed Sami; Rae-Yen Song; Emma Talbot; Nicole Wermers; Osman Yousefzada.
A Chorus of Strangers will open in Coventry from 2 October to 10 January before touring to Swansea, Bristol, Sheffield and Newcastle Gateshead.
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