Curators’ Series 9: Ways of Living

Curated by Arcadia Missa

at DRAF, Camden

Ways of Living is the ninth edition of Curators’ Series, a platform to support independent curators, duos and organisations to develop and deliver thematic exhibitions with newly commissioned works. This edition is the first to be curated by an organisation, Arcadia Missa, a self-organised space in South East London, founded in 2011.

This exhibition looks at artists who oppose the individualised, satellite modes in which we are increasingly expected to work. In doing so, these artists actualise, imagine or politicise the spaces in which they find themselves. The artists foster a still-needed sense of locality in response to problems of their time, place and situation.

This exhibition presents new commissions alongside 21st-century works on loan or from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection, to draw parallels with how the residue — the material of the artwork itself — can exist after the act from which it was born.

With Hannah Black, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Jesse Darling, Sharon Hayes, Eva Hesse, Jenny Holzer, Peter Hujar, Juliana Huxtable, Anne Imhof, Beatrice Loft Schulz, Adrian Piper, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, Paul Thek, Lena Tutunjian and Holly White.

There will be an opening reception on 14 April 2016 with a new performance, Sally (2016) by Beatrice Loft Schulz followed by an afterparty with DJ sets by Goth Tech (Holly White and Josh Grigg) and Juliana Huxtable. On 2 July, there will be a book launch event with a screening of Supermarket Cafe Trilogy (2014–2016) by Holly White. On 4 June, Arcadia Missa will lead a curators’ tour.

As part of the programme there is a concurrent week-long residency and performance event by artist duo @Gaybar (Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings).

DRAF Curators’ Series is supported by Arts Council England and the DRAF Galleries Circle.