Category:
- Art
Country:
- United Kingdom
Celebrating the centenary of William S. Burroughs’s birth, October Gallery, London, presents an exhibition of his art, including rarely-displayed pieces. The exhibition opens 4th December, 2014 and continues until 7th February, 2015, and will highlight artists who have been profoundly influenced by Burroughs’ life, including Brion Gysin, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Liliane Lijn, Shezad Dawoodand Cerith Wyn Evans.Throughout all Burroughs work - art, novels, essays, film and sound experiments - Burroughs wove a passionate message: deconstruct control systems and think for yourself. His art is a personal exploration of intelligence. Artists working in all genres have heard his message, and references to Burroughs’ works are now deeply embedded in our culture, from painting to film to advertising to literature to journalism to music.
Burroughs practiced visual art throughout his life. For decades he produced photographs, collages and film, then in his later years he became a prolific painter. The last fifteen years of his life, he lived peacefully in Lawrence, Kansas, near his boyhood home in St. Louis, Missouri. During this period, he produced a large body of art, and some of his greatest works of literature. This exhibition based in Britain, where Burroughs’ fiction was censored and yet became so significant, will address his legacy and offer a new discourse between his work and those of the artists exhibiting.
Exhibition: William S. Burroughs: Can you all hear me?
Dates: 4th December 2014 - 7th February 2015
Venue: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AL
Telephone: 020 7242 7367
Fax: 020 7405 1851
Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12.30 - 5.30pm
Courtyard café: Tuesday – Friday 12.30 - 1.30pm
Admission: Free
Website: www.octobergallery.co.uk
Email: press@octobergallery.co.uk
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Press contact: Alana Pryce Tojcic - 020 724 7367