The Dying Gaul in Mark Wallinger Curates: The Russian Linesman
Exhibition commencing 18th Feb 2009
Cast of Dying Gaul, Capitoline Gaul or Dying Gladiator
Edinburgh College of Art Cast Collection, formerly in the collection of the Trustees’ Academy, Edinburgh: Photo: John McGregor © Edinburgh College of Art
Mark Wallinger’s The Russian Linesman is a Hayward Touring Exhibition and opens at The Hayward on 18 February – 4 May 2009
Following its showing at The Hayward, the exhibition will tour to Leeds Art Gallery from 16 May – 28 June and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea from 18 July – 20 September
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
James Joyce, Ulysses
Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger is one of Britain’s most original artists, creating works that combine intellectual curiosity with wide public appeal. This Hayward Touring Exhibition, which opens at the Hayward before moving to Leeds and Swansea, is the first gallery exhibition curated by Wallinger and provides special insights into the artist’s thought process and interests. The title and many of the themes in the exhibition take their inspiration from the story of the Russian Linesman, whose controversial ruling in the 1966 World Cup final between England and Germany changed the course of footballing history. For his selection, Wallinger creates an exhibition that investigates many of the issues that have concerned him as an artist over the past 25 years, in particular ideas of boundaries, thresholds and arbitrary divides, whether physical, political, psychological or metaphysical.
The Hayward, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XZ
southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts
Information and tickets: 0871 663 2519
A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition, with an essay by Mark Wallinger
ISBN: 978 1 85332 271 6
