ACCA

Gestures and Procedures - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

Francis Alÿs
Paradox of Praxis 1, 1997
Video, 5.00 min
Courtesy of the artist David Zwirner, New York

Gestures & Procedures


6 August – 26 September 2010


A new survey exhibition where artists use gestures, rituals and repetitions in video and photography opens at ACCA on August 6th

Gestures & Procedures, brings together a series of works in which artists depict simple, recurring actions and sequences in their conceptual practice.

Some of the most seminal works in early video, studio and performance practice will be shown, including key 1970s projects by pioneer conceptual artists, as well as works by contemporary practitioners.


The exhibition includes works by:
Anastasia Klose
Bas Jan Ader
Beth Arnold
Bruce Nauman
Charles Ray
Daniel Von Sturmer
Delphine Reist
Francis Alÿs
Joan Jonas
John Baldessari



Lucy Gunning
Marina Abramovic
Mike Kelley
Mike Parr
Patricia Esquivias
Paul McCarthy
Richard Wentworth
Robert Rooney
Tony Schwensen
Vito Acconci



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