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Mark Titchner, one of the most established young British artists, presents a series of works, especially designed for Thessaloniki and the MMCA Project Space. The collaboration between the MMCA and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation creates a network of centrally located spaces, where the public can get acquainted with the work of contemporary artists.
Titchner creates a personal idiom and lets the viewer decide how he wants to decipher it. Through his work, he touches upon issues relevant to the super-abundant information we daily receive and their truth, and he questions the blind obedience to science, religion and the political establishment. "A main quality of his reflection and a feature recurrent in his work, is the negotiation of the rapport between artistic work and the public. Titchner experiments on this and materializes a step-by-step interactive relationship with the viewer." (Artemis Potamianou) Program of Events: Thursday, 10/03, 18.00 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art "Introduction of the artist and his work": presentation by the artist "Attention and Habituation": opening of the installation, specially created for the MMCA Project Space Friday, 11/03, 20.00 National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation - Thessaloniki Centre (bookshop, 11 Tsimiski Str.) “My life in words”: presentation by the artist on the use of text in his work “The Last Ten Years”: video screening The video, which focuses on world history of the last 10 years, was first presented at Vilma Gold gallery, London. In Thessaloniki, it is screened on the bookshop shop window, every night until April 29. Saturday, 12/03, 13.00 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art “Why are we what we are rather than what we’re not?": presentation by the artist on how the media aesthetics and language influence the image we have about ourselves. 10 March - 30 April 2011 YMCA Square (in front of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art) National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation - Thessaloniki Centre (bookshop, 11 Tsimiski Str.) Public presentation of Titchner's work "Now For Reality" - banner conceived and produced especially for the MMCA Project Space. SHORT CV Titchner is considered one of the most talented young British artists. Born in Luton, UK, in 1973, he studied at the Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London. In 2006 he was nominated for the Turner Prize. He has widely exhibited in the UK and abroad (London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Berlin) and he has participated in the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007). |
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
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