[Reader-list] www.tank.tv : John Latham : 22nd February - 15th March 2009

[Alice O'Reilly]

*John Latham
on www.tank.tv
22nd February - 15th March 2009

tank.tv is extremely pleased to have the rare opportunity to present a
selection of John Latham’s films: Unedited
Material from the Star, Talk Mr Bard, Speak, Britannica, Erth and more. *

The influence of John Latham (1921-2006), an artist whose work includes
painting, performance and film to mention just
a few, has extended far beyond the boundaries of the art world. Interested
in theoretical physics, Latham developed an
opposing cosmology which rejected the primacy of space and matter and favour
of time and event. The body of work and
concepts which developed out of this way of thinking still challenge the way
we conceive of art as event and of the place
of the artist within society. Today, the relevancy of Latham’s life and
oeuvre remains intact in that it points to the contemporary
necessity of bridging people, practices and ideas.

John Latham (1921 – 2006) has been associated with several national and
international artistic movements since he
began showing work in the late 1940s. He is associated with the first phase
of conceptual art of the 1960s, was an
important contributor to the Destruction in Art Symposium of 1966, and was a
founder member of the Artist Placement
Group (1966-89). Latham’s work has been exhibited internationally, including
recent solo exhibitions at Tate Britain (2005)
and PS1, New York (2006). His work has been included in numerous historic
group shows and many survey exhibitions
of British Art since the 1960s including Live in Your Head (Whitechapel
Gallery, London, 2000), From Blast To Freeze
(Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2003) and Art and the 60s: This was
tomorrow (Tate Britain, 2004).
Flat Time House, John Latham’s home and studio, has been open to the public
since October 2008 for a programme of
exhibitions and events, and as an archive and research centre. Details of
opening hours and forthcoming events can be
found at www.flattimeho.org.uk

*John Latham’s work is represented by Lisson Gallery and distributed by LUX.
With special thanks to LUX, the Latham Estate and Elisa Kay.*

*www.tank.tv*

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