Outrageous Fortune: Artists remake the Tarot

A Hayward Touring/Focal Point Gallery exhibition

Artists include:

Jonathan Allen, Aaron Angell, Ed Atkins, Anna Barriball, Zoe Beloff, Manfredi Beninati, Juliette Blightman, Erik Blinderman, Pavel Braila, Paul Buck, Edwin Burdis, Montgomery Cantsin and Kat Harvey, Rachel Cattle, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Izumi Chiaraluce, Adam Chodzko, Keith Coventry, Cullinan / Richards, John Cussans, Tom Dale, Simon Davenport, Sara De Bondt, Arnaud Desjardin, Tatjana Doll, Ruth Ewan, Graham Fagan, Keith Farquhar, Michael Fullerton, Manuela Gernedel, Melanie Gilligan, Brian Griffiths, Susan Hiller, HIT (Lina Grumm and Annette Lux), Will Holder, Phillipa Horan, Kenneth Hunt, Candice Jacobs, Alan Kane, Scott King, Anja Kirchner and David Panos, Jonty Lees, Cedar Lewisohn, George Henry Longly, Fiona Mackay, Roger Malbert, Dawn Mellor, Jeremy Millar, Elinor Morgan, Fraser Muggeridge, Mike Nelson, Novel (Matt Williams and Alun Rowlands), Lugi Ontani, Anna Parkina, Katie Paterson, João Penalva, Perle Petit, Simon Popper, Manuel Reader, Dan Rees, James Richards and Thom Murphy, Hannah Rickards, Hannah Sawtell, Noah Sherwood, Jamie Shovlin, Lindsay Seers, Cally Spooner, Jemima Stehli, Jack Strange, Stephen Sutcliffe, Emma Talbot, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, Nadia Thondrayen, Suzanne Treister, Raisa Veikkola and Frida Alvinzi, Julie Verhoeven, Sophie von Hellerman, Tris Vonna-Michell in dialogue with Konst och teknik, Stuart Whipps, Rachel Withers and Cerith Wyn Evans.

The tarot is a pack of playing cards originating in Italy in the 15th century. Used in most of Europe to play games, in the English-speaking world the tarot is generally associated with divination. A rich source of imagery, it includes such archetypes as The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The High Priest, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, and The World.

For this project, seventy-eight artists, whose work encompasses a variety of formal, conceptual, expressionist, literary or design-based approaches, have been asked to create a card for a contemporary tarot pack. Each artist has been drawn a card from the classic Tarot de Marseilles deck, and invited to interpret it concisely through the lens of their own practice.

Slimvolume Poster Publication was initiated by Andrew Hunt in 2001 as a way for artists to develop their work within a strict format of a print edition and publication.  This new edition of the project has been developed with Hayward Touring.  The first presentation of the project was launched at Focal Point Gallery with an exhibition between 4 July and 27 August 2011.

In this exhibition, the artists' original artworks, all produced to a standard A3 format, will be shown framed, accompanied by a brief synopsis of each card.

Slimvolume Poster Publication 2008 to 2011 is generously supported by Hayward Touring, Arts Council England and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council.

TOUR DATES:

24 February – 21 April 2012
University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield 

23 June - 29 July
Swanson Gallery, Thurso

4 August - 9 September
AVAILABLE FOR TOUR

15 September - 21 October
Stranraer Museum

27 October - 2 December
Bedales Gallery, Petersfield

8 December 2012 - 13 January 2013
AVAILABLE FOR TOUR

19 January - 24 February
AVAILABLE FOR TOUR

2 March - 7 April
Arts Centre, East Kilbride

13 April - 19 May
Rhyl Library

Tour continues

Information:

Security Category: C
Exhibition fee: £850 + VAT for a five week showing (Financial year 2012/13)
Gallery Requirements: 35m with double hang (50-55m single hang)

For more information please contact Alison Maun: alison.maun@southbankcentre.co.uk

Images:
Dan Rees, David Gower, Ink on photographic print, 420mm x 285mm, 2010.  Courtesy the artist and Slimvolume
Suzanne Treister, The Hermit: Theodore Kaczynski/Unabomber, 420mm x 285mm, 2010.  Courtesy the artist and Slimvolume
Anna Parkina, Saint George, Watercolour and photocopy on paper, 420mm x 285mm, 2010.  Courtesy the artist and Slimvolume