Private View: Thursday 20th October, 6-9pm
WEDNESDAY 19th – SATURDAY 22nd October 2016 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION |Swedenborg House
Now It is Permitted: 24 Wayside Pulpits is curated by Artist in Residence, Bridget Smith and the Swedenborg Society’s Director, Stephen McNeilly.
Inspired by a collection of 24 New Church ‘wayside pulpits’ from the 1950s held in the archive at Swedenborg House, the exhibition features 58 newly commissioned visionary statements from invited artists, writers, musicians, playwrights and filmmakers. Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, the posters will be on display at Swedenborg House, the Window Gallery in Conway Hall and neighbouring Bloomsbury Festival venues.
INCLUDING
JEREMY AKERMAN, CHLOE ARIDJIS, HOMERO ARIDJIS, FIONA BANNER, ANNA BARHAM, RUT BLEES LUXEMBURG, KATHRIN BÖHM, LAURENCE CRANE, CULLINAN RICHARDS, CLARE CUMBERLIDGE, EILEEN DALY, JEREMY DELLER, ARNAUD DESJARDIN, SARAH DOBAI, TIM ELLIS, SIMON ENGLISH, MARGARITA GLUZBERG, DAVID GREIG, INTERNATIONAL LAWNS, MELANIE JACKSON, SARAH JONES, BEN KELLY, HILARY KOOB SASSEN, ANDREW KÖTTING, MICHAEL LANDY, JOHN LAWRENCE, YVE LOMAX, STEPHEN MCNEILLY, MELANIE MANCHOT, BRIGHID LOWE, MICHAEL MARRIOTT, ANDREA MASON, JASON MASSOT, JEREMY MILLAR, FRASER MUGGERIDGE, ANDREW MUNKS, HAYLEY NEWMAN, SALLY O’REILLY, CORNELIA PARKER, JANETTE PARRIS, DBC PIERRE, JOANNA POCOCK, CLUNIE REID, OLIVIER RICHON, IAN RICKSON, GIORGIO SADOTTI, AURA SATZ, ROSALIE SCHWEIKER, ALI SMITH, BOB & ROBERTA SMITH, BRIDGET SMITH, BARNABY SNOW, POLLY STENHAM, MILLY THOMPSON, GAVIN TURK, JESSICA VOORSANGER, MARINA WARNER, IAN WHITTLESEA, KEN WORPOLE.