SLOW LEARNER
2014-08-04The group exhibition Slow Learner, curated by Andreas Leventis, brings together a selection of artists who variously employ text, signs, symbols, and photographic images across a range of media to examine the gap between reading and comprehension.
Where outside the realms of art one might typically expect a graphic aesthetic to communicate a concise message or instruction – be it a road sign, a manual, or a restaurant menu – the works featured in this exhibition instead use defined and direct visual language to playfully subvert, withhold, or disavow meaning altogether.
Featured artists – Ghada Amer, David Austen, John Baldessari, Marcel Broodthaers, Matthew Brannon, Alistair Frost, Susan Hiller, Clive Hodgson, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Jonathan Lasker, Charles Mayton, Ed Ruscha, Joel Sternfeld and Lawrence Weiner.
Opposite – Susan Hiller, ‘So Don’t Let it Frighten’, 1975/81
Exhibition runs through to August 23rd, 2014
Timothy Taylor Gallery
15 Carlos Place
London
W1K 2EX
