The Historical Exhibition: Sites Under Construction

«The Historical Exhibition provides the conceptual context to
the new commissions – highlighting the history of the
representation of work in different thematic ways.»
Francesca Gavin, co-curator Historical Exhibition: Sites Under Construction 

  • Working Worlds

    Trevor Paglen NSA-Tapped Undersea Cables, North Pacific Ocean, 2016, C-Print, 121.92 x 182.88 cm, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

  • Portraits of Professions

    Bhakti Baxter Heads (Jocelyn Bell Burnell), 2012, Tinte auf Stoff, Glühbirne, Ventilator, 91,4 x 12,9 x 152,4 cm, Courtesy der Künstler

  • Of Hunters and Astronauts

    Andrei Tarkovsky Solaris, 1972, Video, Color, Sound, 6 min 5 sec (Clip), Courtesy MosFilm Cinema Concern, Moskau

  • Professions in the Art World

    Michael Smith How to Curate Your Own Group Exhibition, 1996, Part of Do It, a series organised by The Museum in Progress, based on a concept by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Video, colour, sound, 2 min 58 sec, Courtesy the artist and Dan Gunn, Berlin

  • Self-Portraits and Self-Promotion

    RELAX (chiarenza & hauser & co), The Artists Just Before the Peak of Their Careers, 2008, Photograph, 180 x 125 cm, Courtesy the artists

  • Break Hour

    Martin Liebscher Schwimmbad, 2010, Lambdaprint Alu Dibond, 210 x 152 cm, Courtesy the artist and Martin Asbaek Gallery

  • Art as a Second Profession

    Vuk Ćosić, Taxi Driver, 1998, Moving ASCII, 1 min 30 sec. Courtesy of the artist.

  • Artists Adopting Professions

    Susan Hiller, Inspiration and Drudgery, 1977–79, Porcelain fragments, typewriting, pencil, ink, photograph, 65.2 x 85 x 4.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London

  • Professions in Music, Literature and Film

  • Professions Performing in Art

    Fernando Sánchez Castillo
, Pegasus Dance: Choreography for Police Water Cannon Trucks, 
2007, Video, colour, sound
11 min 28 sec. Courtesy the artist, Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam and Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid

  • Art without Artists

    Mark Leckey, Degradations, 2015, Digital animation, colour, 3 minutes 21 seconds, looped. Courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London