'Anya Gallaccio: preserve' | Exhibition Film
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✔ What's currently on at Turner Contemporary?
✔ What materials are included in the exhibition?
✔ Why the exhibition is called 'preserve'
Anya Gallaccio introduces the largest survey exhibition to date of British artist Anya Gallaccio. The exhibition spans three decades of Gallaccio’s radical practice, restaging several iconic sculptures in addition to a new site-specific commission. It reveals the artist’s consistent rethinking of the relationship between art and the environment by presenting works that connect with Kent’s natural heritage.
Due to the temporal nature of Gallaccio's work, much of Anya's practice is best known through documentary photographs and memory. This exhibition introduces her sculptures and large-scale installations so that a new generation can engage in their references to environmental sustainability and preserving fragile ecosystems.
Renowned for her innovative use of organic, ephemeral materials such as apples, flowers and chalk, and for her explorations of transformation and impermanence, Gallaccio has reshaped our understanding of contemporary sculpture.
'Anya Gallaccio: preserve'
Now on at Turner Contemporary, Margate.
Saturday 28 September 2024 - Sunday 26 January 2025
Complementing Gallaccio’s exhibition, Turner Contemporary has developed an extensive school programme in partnership with the artist. This programme, titled 'An Apple a Day', aims to explore Kent’s countryside, heritage, and history through the lens of the apple and the county’s apple orchards. Inspired by the work of Californian chef and food activist Alice Waters, Gallaccio seeks to embed nature across everyday teaching in primary schools.
In collaboration with Kent Downs National Landscape, DEFRA and Lees Court Estate, this project underscores Turner Contemporary’s commitment to sustainability and celebrates the relationship between art, ecology, and agriculture in Kent. By engaging students with the rich heritage of the region’s apple orchards, the programme fosters a deeper appreciation for nature and promotes environmental stewardship from an early age.
'Anya Gallaccio: preserve' is curated by Melissa Blanchflower, Senior Curator, at Turner Contemporary.
'preserve' is the first in Turner Contemporary’s new Art+Environment programme strand, where curatorial research is generously supported by the John Ellerman Foundation.
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