Turner Prize winner opens shows in Edinburgh and Dundee
HE is a Turner Prize winner whose most famous work is the Ecce Homo statue of Christ which adorned the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Now a new show by Mark Wallinger is to open in two parts, with one in Edinburgh and the other in Dundee.
Mark Wallinger Mark opens at both the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh this week.
Theshowfocusesonthe artist’s self-portraiture, in the form of the Id Paintings of 2015-2016.
Wallinger studied at Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College and was first nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, and again in 2007 when he won.
His work is part of many leading international collections, including those of Tate in London, MoMA in New York and Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Fiona Bradley, director of the Fruitmarket Gallery, said: “Mark Wallinger’s work is timely and compelling, his direct and sometimes playful approach underpinned by a strong sense of social and political commitment.
“I’m very pleased to be working with him, and with Dundee Contemporary Arts, and hope that audiences in both Edinburgh and Dundee will enjoy the opportunity to engage with his work.”
The show is a collaboration between Serlachius Museums, Mänttä; The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee.
The show opens as it was revealed that Electric Circus, the music and cabaret venue next door to the Fruitmarket Gallery, will close at the end of March.
A statement from the venue said it would close earlier than expected “with a very heavy heart”.
The Fruitmarket Gallery plans to expand into the building currently occupied by the Electric Circus, in an agreement reached with its owners and the city council.