So You See Me exhibition at university

AN exhibition by one of Germany’s leading artists opens in the city later this week.

Work by Ulay will be on display at Dundee University’s Cooper Gallery.

So You See Me is the 73-year-old’s first major solo exhibition in the UK.

The exhibition aims to “examine the physical, emotional and ethical limits of the individual and gendered self, while affirming the social as the primary means of ascribing meaning to everyday life”.

It will feature a newly commissioned sound installation from Ulay’s earlier work Aphorisms, alongside his work There Is A Criminal Touch To Art, an acclaimed 30-hour live performance that took place in Berlin in 1976.

Gallery curator Sophia Hao said: “Given the current uncertainties and profound shifts in the contemporary political landscape, now is an opportune moment in which to present, and more importantly recontextualise, a crucial example of an artistic practice that places great emphasis on the ethical, moral and political ramifications of being in public.

“Ulay’s practice presented in this exhibition is a significant and inspiring example of how the political stems from and appears as a dialogue between ‘one and the many’.”

The exhibition previews on Thursday and is open to the public from Friday.