Exhibitions and visual arts

Social Sculpture

Social Sculpture

1 January – 5 April 2010 | Whitechapel Gallery
This ongoing exhibition throughout London’s Whitechapel Gallery features works of art which offer a space for contemplation or discussion. Diwan (or couch) by Austrian sculptor Franz West invites visitors to take a rest, have ...
Gerti Deutsch – Between Vienna and London

Gerti Deutsch – Between Vienna and London. Images from Austria and England (1932–1952)

3 February – 14 May 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Gerti Deutsch (1908–79) came to London from her home city of Vienna before the Anschluss in 1938. She brought with her a portfolio of photographs, including the studio portraits of Austrian artists and musicians ...
Cairo's Zabbaleen

Cairo's Zabbaleen. Photographs by Hermann Huber

12 – 31 March 2010 | Genesis Theatre
The photographs in this exhibition document the daily way of life for the Zabaleen, a marginalized group of about 26,000 Coptic Christians, living in Egypt.  They are a community of recyclers who have been ...
Making a Living

Making a Living

13 March 2010, 2.00pm | Whitechapel Gallery
Following on from the original Making A Living event at the Austrian Cultural Forum London in September 2009, some of us have continued to meet to discuss action plans for sustaining a critical practice whilst ...
All that remains... the teenagers of socialism

All that remains... the teenagers of socialism

13 March – 9 April 2010 | Waterside Projects Space
Originally from Vienna, Austrian artist Gerda Leopold casts the analytic eye of the foreigner on post-‘89 Germany in order to investigate the relationship between history and its residue in the imaginary. Mauer is a ...
Be Longing

Be Longing. An exhibition by Deniz Sözen featuring SuZan Dennis

16 March 2010, 6.00pm
Deniz Sözen’s practice investigates the concept of culture, subjectivity and the unresolved nature of belonging. Her work combines films, found objects, personal archives, and crafted artefacts. Through the multitude of symbols, subtitles and ...