Haunch of Venison's December 2008 Program

Berlin:
Bill Viola
Installations
Screenings

For his first solo show at Haunch of Venison Berlin - and his first in the city for six years - the internationally renowned US artist Bill Viola will present a series of new and old works.

The exhibition includes the large-scale video/sound installation 'The Messenger' (1996). Originally commissioned for Durham Cathedral, it depicts the continual rising and sinking of a male figure as he slowly journeys between an underwater realm and the daylight of the world above its surface.

Also featured are new works from the 'Transfigurations' series, a cyclical progression of images that describe a series of encounters at the intersection between life and death.

The exhibition runs alongside 59th Berlin International Film Festival, and two of Viola's early video films, 'Hatsu-Yume (First Dream)' (1981), and 'The Passing' (1991), will be screened in the main space of the gallery as part of the Berlinale's Forum expanded programme.

9 Jan - 21 Feb 2009

Full details of hours and dates for 'Installations' and 'Screenings' can be found on the Haunch of Venison website via the link below.

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London and Mallorca:
Jitish Kallat

Indian Highway
Serpentine Gallery, London

Dec 10 2008 - Feb 22 2009

'Indian Highway' is a group exhibition that offers a snapshot of a vibrant generation of Asian artists working across a range of media. A common thread throughout is the way in which these artists demonstrate an active political and social engagement, examining complex issues in contemporary India that include environmentalism, religious sectarianism, globalisation, gender, sexuality and class.

Centre Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

Dec 14 2008 - Mar 1 2009

The CCA Andratx is opening its exhibition season with a presentation of works - photography, paintings, sculpture, drawings and ceramics - from the Collection Art Foundation Mallorca.

Other international artists showing alongside Kallat include Eric Baudelaire, Gregor Hildebrandt, Bernhard Martin, Markus Oehlen, Jannis Varelas, Heimo Zobering, Henry Haïdée, Matt Saunders, Stefan Sandner and Paul Morrison.

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Limited Edition:
Keith Coventry
Crack Pipes

To mark the first of his two-part exhibition at Haunch of Venison, British artist Keith Coventry has produced a limited edition silkscreen print derived from his acclaimed "crack series".

Appropriated from an etching, the print features a miscellany of plastic drinks bottles transformed into crack pipes with the aid of pin-pricked Bacofoil, rubber bands, chewing gum and hollowed Biro chambers.

Like the paintings and sculptures on which it's based, the work references Giorgio Morandi's intensely observed still lifes of bottles and jugs.

Exhibition price: £100 (+VAT)

Edition of 200
Signed and numbered by the artist
One colour screenprint on 310gm Somerset Tub sized paper, glazed finish with one deckle edge
Image size: 26cm X 18cm
Total size: 38cm x 30cm

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