VICTOR BURGIN: On Paper
Victor BURGIN's exhibition encompasses a selection of his paper-based works from the late 1960s until today, focusing on his radical intervention into mainstream media through the interplay of text and image.
The exhibition features some key works from the '70s and '80s that deconstruct photographic images in relation to their juxtaposed texts, such as Framed (1977, from the series US 77), which subverts a Marlboro cigarette campaign, and Possession (1976), a series of 500 posters installed throughout the city of Newcastle upon Tyne showing a man and woman embracing next to the statement 'What does possession mean to you? / 7% of our population own 84% of our wealth'.
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Victor BURGIN, Possession, 1975
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When Attitudes Become Form, ICA, London, 1969
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Victor BURGIN, Sensation, 1975
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Victor BURGINThink About It, 1976/2011Gelatin silver print120 x 160 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 AP
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Victor BURGINFramed, 1979centre spread from Aspects, summer 1979A2 size
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Victor BURGINCentre fold: A work produced especially for ZG by Victor Burgin, 1981ZG magazine, no 1, 1981
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Victor BURGINRevolutions, 1989Silkscreened poster, commissioned by the French government84.1 x 59.4 cm
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Victor BURGINBetween, 1986Book
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Victor BURGINFiction Film, 1991Portfolio of 9 video / computer duo-tone screen prints, with title page, colophon, statement and box75.5 x 95.2 cm (each)Edition of 35
Victor BURGIN's exhibition encompasses a selection of his paper-based works from the late 1960s until today, focusing on his radical intervention into mainstream media through the interplay of text and image.
Victor Burgin first came to prominence in the late 1960s as an originator of Conceptual Art, when his work appeared in such key exhibitions as When Attitudes Become Form (1969) at the ICA London, and Information (1970) at MoMA, New York. He has since remained one of the most consistently influential artists and art theorists of his generation.
The exhibition features some key works from the 70s and 80s that deconstruct photographic images in relation to their juxtaposed texts, such as Framed (1977, from the series US 77), which subverts a Marlboro cigarette campaign, and Possession (1976), a series of 500 posters installed throughout the city of Newcastle upon Tyne showing a man and woman embracing next to the statement 'What does possession mean to you? / 7% of our population own 84% of our wealth'.
