{"id":18548,"date":"2018-10-01T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18548"},"modified":"2018-09-30T22:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T21:00:04","slug":"in-photos-black-mirror-art-as-social-satire-at-the-saatchi-gallery-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-black-mirror-art-as-social-satire-at-the-saatchi-gallery-london\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire at the Saatchi Gallery, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Running until 13th Jan 2019, the Saachi Gallery’s ‘Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire<\/em>‘ exhibition looks to\u00a0explore art\u2019s role in social satire and how art has been influenced by political uncertainty over recent years.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition is free, and open till 6pm every day.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the press release:<\/p>\n

Saatchi Gallery presents\u00a0BLACK MIRROR: ART AS SOCIAL SATIRE<\/strong>, a major new exhibition featuring the work of 26 contemporary artists,\u00a0opening\u00a028th September 2018 \u2013 13th January 2019.<\/p>\n

Black Mirror explores art\u2019s role in social satire, and how political uncertainty has influenced art of recent years.<\/p>\n

Using media such as collage, caricatures, photography and installation, the exhibition shows how satire can provide both light relief as well as unsettling commentary on the tumultuous, divisive climate of modern-day politics.<\/p>\n

Black Mirror features some of the world\u2019s most exciting contemporary artists making work about the world we live in, exposing anxieties our modern obsessions create. Artists featured include Turner prize nominee\u00a0Richard Billingham<\/strong>, whose photography series of his parents\u00a0Ray\u2019s A Laugh<\/em>\u00a0pioneered \u201csqualid realism\u201d as he confronted the art world with the reality of poverty; Polish artist\u00a0Aleksandra Mir\u00a0<\/strong>who parodies newspapers by crudely drawing them with childlike tools \u2013 bringing new meaning to \u201cfake news\u201d; and Chilean sculptor\u00a0Alejandra Prieto<\/strong>, who transforms rejected lumps of coal into a beautiful, desirable object of opulence, confronting class disparity and the commodification of luxury over function.<\/p>\n

At a time of collective unease, Black Mirror emphasises the importance of art and satire in dissecting power structures, questioning societal norms, and visualising political unrest, providing light relief to life\u2019s uncertainties.<\/p>\n

The Saatchi Gallery was founded in 1985 with the aim of bringing contemporary art to as wide an audience as possible by providing an innovative platform for emerging artists to show their work. Over the last five years the Saatchi Gallery has hosted ten out of the top 15 most visited exhibitions in London, according to The Art Newspaper\u2019s survey of international museum attendance, and also has more followers on social media than any other museum in the world. Entry to all the Saatchi Gallery\u2019s exhibitions is free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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More info:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Saachi Gallery<\/a>
\nDuke of York\u2019s HQ
\nKing\u2019s Road
\nLondon
\nSW3 4RY<\/p>\n

OPENING HOURS<\/strong>
\n10am-6pm, 7 days a week, last entry 5:30pm
\nAdmission free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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