Summer Exhibition 2008 at Royal Academy of Arts on artrepublic.com
Exhibition running from Jun 09 2008
until Aug 17 2008
Since the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768, the annual Summer Exhibition has become the world’s largest open-submission contemporary art exhibition. The Summer Exhibition attracts a high volume of entrants each year with around 10,000 works submitted this year. Royal Academicians Gordon Benson, Tony Cragg and Humphrey Ocean, have selected works for the exhibition around the theme of ‘Man Made’. The majority of selected works are on sale, offering visitors an unrivalled opportunity to purchase original artwork by high profile and up-and-coming artists. Highlights of this year’s exhibition include a gallery curated by Royal Academician Tracey Emin who has invited a selection of artists including Mat Collishaw, Louise Bourgeois, Gary Hume, Michael Fullerton, Juergen Teller, Damien Hirst, Rebecca Warren and Rachel Kneebone. Please note that this gallery contains some material of a strong nature. A memorial gallery is dedicated to the extraordinary artistic achievements of the late RB Kitaj RA. Curated by Marco Livingstone, the room includes several key paintings and works on paper representing his work from the last fifty years, including several recent smaller paintings which are available for sale. Works include The Bells of Hell (1960), Catalan Christ (Pretending to be Dead) (1976), Sacha and Gabriel (1981), Bad Hearing (1996), and a group of works from 2005-6. Gavin Turk, Georg Baselitz Hon RA, Anselm Kiefer Hon RA, Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor RA are amongst the artists exhibiting this year. Jeff Koons’s Cracked Egg (Blue) and Ron Arad’s Ping Pong Table are also on show. The Architecture Room includes works by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw PRA, Gordon Benson RA, CJ Lim, Renzo Piano Hon RA, Hélène Binet, Bernard Tschumi, Lebbeus Woods, David Chipperfield RA, Eric Parry RA, Kengo Kuma and Zaha Hadid RA. Each year, the Summer Exhibition recognises artists of exceptional merit, awarding a total of £70,000 prize money donated by commercial and industrial sponsors. Established in 1978, the Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award is, at £25,000, one of the largest and most prestigious art prizes in Britain. Previous winners include Gavin Turk (2007), Jake and Dinos Chapman (2003), Alan Charlton (2002), Marc Quinn (2001), Gerard Hemsworth (2000), David Hockney (1999), John Hoyland (1998) and R. B. Kitaj (1997). OPENING HOURS: Daily 10.00 - 18.00, Fri: 10.00 - 22.00 Image Credits: Image 1: Georg Baselitz, Freund 66 (Remix), Oil on canvas, 300 x 250cm, Courtesy the artist Image 2: Dhruva Mistry RA, Spatial Diagram 05, Painted steel Height: 31 cm copyright the artist Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour Image 3: Christoph Ruckhaberle, Frau mit Guitarre, Linoleum cut 270 x 200cm Courtesy of Sutton Lane, London  |
