Internationally renowned performance artist’s work on display Dundee

Published On Mon 23 Oct 2017 by Cara Longmuir

An exhibition of work from one of the world’s most significant performance artists will open in Dundee this week.

Work by internationally renowned artist Ulay will be on display at the University of Dundee’s Cooper Gallery from Thursday 26 October.

‘So You See Me’is Ulay’s first major solo exhibition in the UK. It examines the physical, emotional and ethical limits of the individual and gendered self, whilst affirming the social as the primary means of ascribing meaning to everyday life.

The exhibition will feature a newly commissioned sound installation drawn from the artist’s earlier work ‘Aphorisms’, alongside the film of Ulay’s legendary work ‘There is a Criminal Touch to Art’, a 30 hour live performance that took place in Berlin in 1976.

It will be accompanied by a public engagement programme working with local groups and emerging artists and writers and culminating in an International Symposium on Saturday 2 December.

Curator Sophia Hao said, “Given the current uncertainties and profound shifts in the contemporary political landscape, now is an opportune moment in which to present and more importantly re-contextualise a crucial example of an artistic practice which places great emphasis on the ethical, moral and political ramifications of being in public.

“Ulay’s practice presented in this exhibition is a significant and inspiring example of how the political stems from and appears as a dialogue between ‘one and the many’.”

‘So You See Me’ will preview on Thursday 26 October. The show is open from Friday 27 October to Saturday 16 December. The opening hours are Monday – Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturday, 11am – 5pm.

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University of Dundee
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