Ellen Gallagher
28 Feb - 13 Jul 2014
ELLEN GALLAGHER
AxME
28 February – 13 July 2014
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965) brings together imagery from myth, nature, art and social history to create complex works in a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, relief, collage, print, sculpture, and film.
Through a painstaking process of obscuring and layering she transforms imagery from an eclectic range of literature, music, or advertising until only traces of them are left visible through a veil of inky smudges, punctures, stains and abrasions to suggest a strange and unsettling imaginary world.
This survey exhibition takes an overview of Gallagher's practice, exploring the themes which have emerged and recurred from her seminal early canvases, to her 'wigmap' grid collages, through to recent film installations and new bodies of work.
Organized by Tate Modern in association with Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere and Haus der Kunst, Munich. With thanks to Gagosian Gallery and Hauser & Wirth for their support towards the Ellen Gallagher: AxME international tour.
AxME
28 February – 13 July 2014
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965) brings together imagery from myth, nature, art and social history to create complex works in a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, relief, collage, print, sculpture, and film.
Through a painstaking process of obscuring and layering she transforms imagery from an eclectic range of literature, music, or advertising until only traces of them are left visible through a veil of inky smudges, punctures, stains and abrasions to suggest a strange and unsettling imaginary world.
This survey exhibition takes an overview of Gallagher's practice, exploring the themes which have emerged and recurred from her seminal early canvases, to her 'wigmap' grid collages, through to recent film installations and new bodies of work.
Organized by Tate Modern in association with Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere and Haus der Kunst, Munich. With thanks to Gagosian Gallery and Hauser & Wirth for their support towards the Ellen Gallagher: AxME international tour.