The Enlightenments
- Website: www.eif.co.uk/series/…
A collaboration between the National Galleries, the University of Edinburgh and the Collective Gallery exhibiting works by contemporary artists which put a modern spin on the ideals of the 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment. Subjects including religion, superstition, philosophy, architecture, literature and the cosmos are presented through individual projects, installations and commissions. 'Part of the Edinburgh International Festival'.
The Enlightenments
Presented by the Edinburgh International Festival
Dean Gallery/ 7 August – 27 September 2009/ Admission free
The 2009 Edinburgh International Festival takes as its inspiration the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment. The Festival’s Visual Arts exhibition, The Enlightenments, consists of a series of individual projects, commission and installations in various locations across Edinburgh. Highlights at the Dean Gallery include works by Tacita Dean, Greg Creek, Gabrielle de Vietri, Lee Mingwei, Nathan Coley and Joshua Mosley.
The 2009 Edinburgh International Festival takes as its inspiration the 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment. The Festival's Visual Arts programme, The Enlightenments, consists of a series of individual projects, commissions and installations in various locations across Edinburgh.
This exhibition at the Dean Gallery will present a group of displays by acclaimed international contemporary artists.
Tacita Dean's film Presentation Sisters documents the daily routines and rituals of the last remaining members of a small ecclesiastical community. Edinburgh Drawing: Chatter Shapes by Greg Creek features Edinburgh's architecture and landmarks interspersed with scatological notations, doodles, dreams and invented prose.
Gabrielle de Vietri's Hark! greets visitors as they arrive at the Gallery; singers relate the news, horoscopes, stock exchange information and current affairs of the day. dread, Joshua Mosley's digital film of animated clay figures, presents a fictional encounter between Rousseau and Pascal. Lee Mingwei's installation elevates viewers above their immediate surroundings. Nathan Coley will also present a new work for The Enlightenments.
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