SHAUN GLADWELL - ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION
9 Jun 2008
ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON
Summer Exhibition 2008
9 Jun—17 Aug 2008
In the Main Galleries
www.royalacademy.org.uk
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, drawing together a wide range of new work by both established and unknown living artists. Now in its 240th year, the exhibition includes around 1,200 works and the majority of works are for sale.
This year’s exhibition coordinators are Royal Academicians Humphrey Ocean, Tony Cragg and Gordon Benson, and the theme is Man Made. Highlights of the show will include a memorial gallery dedicated to the extraordinary artistic achievements of the late RB Kitaj; featuring some of Kitaj’s greatest works alongside recent paintings which will be available for sale.
Recently elected Academician Tracey Emin will be curating a gallery.
It is the first gallery Tracey Emin has ever curated and she is including works by Shaun Gladwell, Juergen Teller, the Chapman Brothers, Rebecca Warren and Rachel Kneebone.
Finally, the Academy's Courtyard will play host to a monumental sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro, titled Promenade. Once again the Academy is working closely with BBC2 on a special edition of The Culture Show which will celebrate Summer Exhibition 2008.
Summer Exhibition 2008
9 Jun—17 Aug 2008
In the Main Galleries
www.royalacademy.org.uk
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, drawing together a wide range of new work by both established and unknown living artists. Now in its 240th year, the exhibition includes around 1,200 works and the majority of works are for sale.
This year’s exhibition coordinators are Royal Academicians Humphrey Ocean, Tony Cragg and Gordon Benson, and the theme is Man Made. Highlights of the show will include a memorial gallery dedicated to the extraordinary artistic achievements of the late RB Kitaj; featuring some of Kitaj’s greatest works alongside recent paintings which will be available for sale.
Recently elected Academician Tracey Emin will be curating a gallery.
It is the first gallery Tracey Emin has ever curated and she is including works by Shaun Gladwell, Juergen Teller, the Chapman Brothers, Rebecca Warren and Rachel Kneebone.
Finally, the Academy's Courtyard will play host to a monumental sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro, titled Promenade. Once again the Academy is working closely with BBC2 on a special edition of The Culture Show which will celebrate Summer Exhibition 2008.
