''Exhibit A'' was an art exhibition in the galleries of the

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, London, from May 7—June 7, 1992.

Theme and content

The eight artists whose work was showcased were selected by curator Henry Bond for their ongoing interest in the exhibition's key theme: art exploring perceptions of evidential fact particularly in the context of the crime scene. The art historian

Ian Jeffrey Ian Jeffrey is an English art historian, writer and curator. Jeffrey is the author of a series of illustrated books on the history of photography. He is a recipient of the Royal Photographic Society's J. Dudley Johnston Award. Life and work ...

wrote,

It is the opposite, ''Exhibit A'', to a sensational exhibition, and crystallises a turning in the art world away from the egotistical mode towards impersonality. The egotistical, it admits, is a delusion ... its premises are anonymous, fluent, vertiginous, wary of values. Anything else would emerge as a cliché ... it is, in fact, a properly phenomenological exhibition, one which refuses to differentiate between subject and object, between perception and the moments and occasions of perception.

One of the works on view was a slide-installation, shown in a darkened room, by artist Mat Collishaw, which presented the viewer with a rapid-fire sequence of stills of Jodie Foster dancing as she appeared in the "rape scene", in Jonathan Kaplan's 1988 movie ''

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''.Kate Bush, “Exhibit A,” Art Monthly, June 1992, p.15-16.

Exhibited artists

* Mat Collishaw * Catherine Yass *Cesare Pietroiusti *

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 30 June 1965, in Strasbourg) is a French visual artist and educator. She is known for her work in video projection, photography, and art installations. She has worked in landscaping, design, and writing. "I alwa ...

* Damien Hirst *

Sam Samore Sam Samore is an American artist. His work is concerned with an exploration of privacy and myth in contemporary society. He has made numerous works which appropriate photo-techniques typically used by private detectives A private investigat ...

Hirsch Perlman Daniel Hirsch Perlman (born 1960) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He is a professor of sculpture at UCLA. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and P. ...

*Cindy Bernard

References

Review literature

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, “Exhibit A,”

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, London, No. 1135. * Charles Hall, “Exhibit A,” Arts Review, June 1992. * Kate Bush, “Exhibit A,” Art Monthly, June 1992, p. 15-16.

External links

Exhibition catalogue (Baltic Mill archive)Serpentine Gallery, London
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