Exhibition

Keeping it Real: An Exhibition in Four Acts: Act 1: The Corporeal: The D. Daskalopoulos Collection

10 Jun 2010 – 5 Sep 2010

Regular hours

Thursday
11:00 – 21:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 18:00
Sunday
11:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
11:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Free

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Whitechapel Gallery

London, United Kingdom

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  • Bus: 25, 205, 254
  • Aldgate East / Aldgate
  • Liverpool Street
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Marcel Duchamp's iconic Fountain, 1917/64, a common urinal displayed on a plinth, is the starting point for exploring the way artists have used materials to look at the relationship between art and reality. This first in a series of four displays drawn from the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece, brings together works by both well-known and rarely seen artists who address questions of identity, desire and human vulnerability. Louise Bourgeois'hanging sculpture Fillette (Sweeter Version), 1968-99, Sherrie Levine's bronze reworking of Duchamp's ready-made and Robert Gober's double-sexed torso, Untitled, 1991, share a sense of the surreal. The artist is immediately present in the body prints of David Hammons, Jim Hodge's transfer prints made with his own saliva and Despina Isaia's delicate weave of her hair. Marina Abramovià„‡ washes a skeleton in her meditation on the trauma of genocide and the amnesia of society. Other artists on show include John Bock, Sarah Lucas and Sue Williams. Keeping it Real is part of the Gallery's ongoing programme opening up important public and private art collections to wider audiences.

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