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Join us for an inspiring evening of candid conversation and collective imagining as we celebrate the highly anticipated debut release of Poor Artists, by acclaimed critics Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente of The White Pube. Joined by artist and writer Abi Palmer — one of the artists interviewed for the book — the three will discuss why artists should be given more money, the importance of artistic communities, and how fiction can help us imagine ways of living that are fairer, happier, and safer for us all. The conversation will be followed by a book signing and social.
Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions, art school lessons and her professional debut. In surreal encounters with other artists, Quest learns profound truths about money and power and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself. Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions – including a Turner Prize winner or two, a few ghosts, a Venice Biennale fraudster and a communist messiah – Poor Artists is a powerful testimony to the emotional, existential and financial experience of artists today.
Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions, art school lessons and her professional debut. In surreal encounters with other artists, Quest learns profound truths about money and power and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself. Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions – including a Turner Prize winner or two, a few ghosts, a Venice Biennale fraudster and a communist messiah – Poor Artists is a powerful testimony to the emotional, existential and financial experience of artists today.
The White Pube is the collaborative identity of UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They have been turning heads since 2015 when the pair began publishing provocative art reviews and essays online from their art school studios and have earned themselves an international cult following due to their innovative writing style, their honesty and irreverence, and their willingness to challenge the pale, male, stale art establishment. Poor Artists is their first book.
Abi Palmer is an artist and writer. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes. She is the author of ‘Slugs: A Manifesto’ and ‘Sanatorium.’ Artworks include slug-centric solo exhibition ‘Slime Mother’ (Chapter, Cardiff); film series ‘Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel) and interactive gambling arcade ‘Crip Casino’ (Tate Modern, Somerset House, Wellcome Collection, Collective Edinburgh).
Abi’s work featured in ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ at La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the first major international exhibition of the UK Disability Arts Movement. She is a Bloomberg New Contemporary Artist and a recipient of Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Awards for Artists. ‘Sanatorium’ was shortlisted for the Barbellion Prize.
Abi Palmer is an artist and writer. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes. She is the author of ‘Slugs: A Manifesto’ and ‘Sanatorium.’ Artworks include slug-centric solo exhibition ‘Slime Mother’ (Chapter, Cardiff); film series ‘Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel) and interactive gambling arcade ‘Crip Casino’ (Tate Modern, Somerset House, Wellcome Collection, Collective Edinburgh).
Abi’s work featured in ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ at La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the first major international exhibition of the UK Disability Arts Movement. She is a Bloomberg New Contemporary Artist and a recipient of Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Awards for Artists. ‘Sanatorium’ was shortlisted for the Barbellion Prize.
Book tickets
07:30 pm
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
Stage
£12 full price / £8.50 concession
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