SUSAN PHILIPSZ : TURNER PRIZE 2010

Posted on 2010-12-06

Susan Philipsz has won this year’s Turner Prize for a sound installation that features her singing three versions of a Scottish lament.
The Glasgow-born artist, 45, was presented with the £25,000 prize at a ceremony at Tate Britain.
Philipsz beat Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz and The Otolith Group to take the prestigious award.
It was the first time a sound installation had been nominated for the modern art prize.
Philipsz’s work centres around recordings of her voice singing folk songs over public address systems.

Tate Britain
Millbank
London SW1P 4RG

www.tate.org.uk

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PHILIPPE PARRENO

Posted on 2010-12-06

Parreno’s exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery has been conceived as a scripted space in which a series of events unfolds. The visitor is guided through the galleries by the orchestration of sound and image, which heightens their sensory experience. Noise from Kensington Gardens and from the surrounding streets can be heard inside the Gallery, as though the outside is leaking in. The blinds come up to reveal a sudden change of weather. Taking the exhibition as a medium, Parreno has sought to redefine the exhibition experience by exploring its possibilities as a coherent ‘object’ rather than a collection of individual works.

The show features the UK premiere of Parreno’s latest film, Invisibleboy (2010), the story of an illegal Chinese immigrant boy who sees imaginary monsters that are scratched onto the film stock.

Exhibition runs through to February 13th, 2011

Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London
W2 3XA

www.serpentinegallery.org

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT : ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE

Posted on 2010-12-06

Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century surveys more than 150 works, including drawings, 33 of which have never been exhibited publicly, scale models, furniture, and photography as well as video footage of Wright and several key projects. Reflecting on Wright’s impact during his lifetime and his significance today, the retrospective will highlight the many triumphs of Wright’s career and focus on his grand opus of suburban planning, Living City from 1958 which, though never realized, was the culmination of all his work. This blueprint for Wright’s urban utopia incorporated the natural environment into everyday life.

Exhibition runs from February 13th to May 15th, 2011.

Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee
WI
53202

www.mam.org

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