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1408097	The Bloomberg Commission: Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast
Type	Exhibition - Galleries/Museums
Start Date	Sunday 5th April 2009
End Date	Sunday 18th April 2010
Description	London-based Polish artist Goshka Macuga is widely acclaimed for her sculptural installations of artefacts and photographs, derived from art history, politics and anthropology. The artist focuses on a key moment in the history of the Whitechapel Gallery: the presentation of Picasso's Guernica in 1939. Organised in collaboration with the Stepney Trade Union Council in east London to raise awareness of the Spanish Civil War, the suggested price of entry was a pair of boots, left underneath the work, to be sent to the Republicans in Spain. Forming the centrepiece of Macuga's installation is a life-size tapestry of Guernica. Commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955 it was created, in collaboration with Picasso, by weaver Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach, of the great Dürrbach Atelier in Paris. In 1985, Mrs Nelson Rockefeller lent the tapestry to the United Nations Headquarters in New York in memory of her husband who was present at the founding of the organisation, to offer a deterrent to war. It has hung ever since outside the United Nations Security Council. Macuga's project draws connections across historic and contemporary world affairs, their protagonists and the cultural ripple effects they have triggered. The room has been designed to accommodate meetings, discussions and debates around a central table, with Guernica once again as a backdrop. Groups are invited to organise these events free of charge. Please contact guernica@whitechapelgallery.org for advance booking. Download Goshka Macuga's invitation to visitors. Download an introduction to the exhibition. Listen to art critics Andrew Graham-Dixon and Sister Wendy Beckett discuss the impact of Guernica on the BBC Today programme. Discover the tale behind the tapestry as Jonathan Glancey speaks to Whitechapel gallery director, Iwona Blazwick, about Picasso's famous denuniciation of war - and its return to east London.
Location	Whitechapel Art Gallery
Post code	E1 7QX
Venue details	Whitechapel Art Gallery
Address	Whitechapel High Street London E1 7QX
Telephone No.	Recorded Information: 020 7522 7878 Other Enquiries: 020 7522 7888
Opening times	Weds - Sun, 11am - 6pm, Thurs night until 9pm Some Thursday evenings the exhibition is unavailable due to talks
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E-mail	info@whitechapel.org
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