video installation the tanks tate modern

It was built at a wharf on the Thames in order to receive shipments of coal directly from barges. It was originally built in Southwark by the City of London Electric Lighting Company Limited as a coal-fired power station providing electricity to the City of London and the Surrey town which hosted it. The Bankside Power Station, which now houses Tate Modern, stands directly across the river from St Paul's Cathedral. As with the United Kingdom's other national galleries and museums, there is no admission charge for access to the collection displays, which take up the majority of the gallery space, while tickets must be purchased for the major temporary exhibitions. Tate Modern is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world. It holds the national collection of British art from 1900 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group (together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and Tate Online). Sex is the first of three chapters in a project commissioned by Tate Modern, London, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin.Tate Modern is a modern art gallery built within the converted Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the River Thames in Southwark in Surrey. This is her first exhibition in a UK museum. She represented Germany at the 2017 Venice Biennale where she was awarded a Golden Lion for her work Faust. Imhof (b.1978) lives and works in Frankfurt and Berlin. The evening performances contain strobe lighting and explicit content and may not be suitable for children or visitors at risk of photosensitive epilepsy.

Then in the ticketed evening events, the spaces will come alive with music, lights and live performances. For ten days and five nights, they will take over the Tanks with performances that combine music, painting and choreographed gestures.ĭuring the day, you’ll be able to explore Imhof’s installation of paintings, sculptures and architectural interventions for free.

Imhof constructs atmospheric environments inhabited by groups of collaborators.

By using this singular word title Imhof follows her previous works Angst 2016 and Faust 2017: words that evoke universal themes with wide associations for viewers. Sex is both an exhibition by day and a series of five live works staged at night. The third annual BMW Tate Live Exhibition is dedicated to artist Anne Imhof.

Video installation the tanks tate modern