Tate Modern

Learn to Read

19 Jun - 02 Sep 2007

John Baldessari
Learn to Read 2003
courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris © John Baldessari
Learn to Read is the latest exhibition in the Level 2 Gallery series which forecasts themes and trends in international contemporary art. This dense and visually diverse display brings together works by 29 artists which play with text, erasure and miscommunication. Learn to Read explores failed articulations, shifts and slippages through translation, repetitions, memories and humour. The works resonate with the influence of Dada, Fluxus, Letterism and conceptual art.

The featured artists are: Saâdane Afif, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Carol Bove, Peter Coffin, Annelise Coste, Shannon Ebner, Simon Evans, Mario Garcia Torres, Graham Gillmore, Mauricio Guillen, Kevin Hutcheson, Bethan Huws, Július Koller, Christopher Knowles, Friedrich Kunath, Glenn Ligon, Maria Lindberg, Kris Martin, Jonathan Monk, Lia Perjovschi, Philippe Parreno, Kirsten Pieroth, Damien Roach, Vittorio Santoro, David Shrigley, Frances Stark, Sue Tompkins, Jordan Wolfson.
 

Tags: Saâdane Afif, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Carol Bove, Peter Coffin, Annelise Coste, Anne-Lise Coste, Shannon Ebner, Simon Evans, Graham Gillmore, Kevin Hutcheson, Bethan Huws, Christopher Knowles, Július Koller, Friedrich Kunath, Glenn Ligon, Kris Martin, Jonathan Monk, Philippe Parreno, Lia Perjovschi, Kirsten Pieroth, Damien Roach, Vittorio Santoro, David Shrigley, Frances Stark, Sue Tompkins, Mario Garcia Torres, Jordan Wolfson