Eight Days
1 July 2007 - 8 July 2008
Over the course of one year, Ingleby Gallery’s 10th in existence, there were 26 exhibitions at the old address – 6 Carlton Terrace. Envisaged as a series of collaborations, each presented the work of a contemporary artist in relation to something else: be that the work of another artist (historical or contemporary); an object; a film; a piece of music etc. Artists were invited and asked to consider showing a single work, or a group of works, in this context. Each “pairing” lasted just 8 days, opening on one Saturday, and closing at the end of the next.
The resultant pairings were as follows:
Roger ACKLING & Richard LONG
Sean SCULLY & Alberto GIACOMETTI
Rachel WHITEREAD & Robert Burns’ breakfast table
David BATCHELOR & Nikolai SUETIN
Francesca WOODMAN & Richard SERRA
James HUGONIN & Howard Skempton
Garry FABIAN MILLER & Edmund De WAAL
Richard FORSTER & Richard ARTSCHWAGER
Ian Hamilton FINLAY & Cerith WYN EVANS
Thomas JOSHUA COOPER & David BELLINGHAM
Tommy GRACE & Kate OWENS
Marine HUGONNIER & Matthias FAYOS
Ceal FLOYER & Dan FLAVIN
Brian CATLING & the head of ‘Bobby Awl’
Howard HODGKIN & Edward DEGAS
Susan DERGES & Hildegard von Bingen
Alexander GORLIZKI & C.19th Indian Magic Spells
David AUSTEN & Man RAY
Ori GERSHT & Jan Breughel the Elder
Andrew GRASSIE & Daniel BUREN
Ian DAVENPORT & The Simpsons
Cornelia PARKER & Marcel BROODTHAERS
Jonathan MONK & Keith ARNATT
Peter LIVERSIDGE & FISCHLI + WEISS
Callum INNES & Hiroshi SUGIMOTO
Richard WRIGHT & Samuel BECKETT
Inherent in this project, and crucial to it, was a desire on our part not to be prescriptive, merely to set the scene and create a space for potential conversations and unexpected pairings, both within the individual installations and across the year as a whole. In doing this, we hoped that the project in its entirety would take people by surprise and question their expectations of how a gallery like ours operates. This sequence of 26 shows was our entire exhibition program for the year.
In September 2008, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge will hold ‘Conversations’, reprising many of these pairings as a group exhibition. For more details visit www.kettlesyard.co.uk