Edinburgh Printmakers
Cheer Up! It’s not the end of the world…
2 August – 8 September 2012
Ricky Allman, Martin Barrett, Gordon Cheung, Etienne Clement, Jake & Dinos Chapman, David Faithfull, Damien Hirst, Konstantin Kalinovich, Kris Kuksi, Lori Nix, Andy Warhol.
‘We’re a’ doomed!’
Our fascination with the end of time is nothing new, but 2012 has been marked by many prophets as the year when it will happen, triggered by the supposed end point on the ancient Mayan calendar on 21st December. Will the earth be struck by a stray comet? Will the mystery planet X arrive? Perhaps the end will come from a huge burst of radiation emanating from the sun, or a planetary polarity-shift?
For some it represents a spiritual transformation, the second coming or the return of the old gods. For others it will be the collapse of capitalism, the new world order or even an elaborate hoax by the latter to hoodwink us all. Whatever the truth of these claims, themes of apocalypse have always provided a fertile source of ideas and images for visual artists.
An exhibition to terrify, amuse, and excite your imagination, inspiring you to ask yourself: where will I be on 21st December 2012? Immanentize the eschaton!
Curated by Norman and Sarah-Manning Shaw.
23 Union Street, EH1 3LR
0131 557 2479
www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk
Tues—Sun, 10—6pm
Free admission
Events
4 August 2012
Curator's Talk: Cheer Up! It’s Not the End of the World…
2—3pm
11 August 2012
Rip Off Workshop!
1.30–5.30pm
18 August 2012
The End is Nigh! Block Printing Workshop
1.30–5.30pm
23 August 2012
2012 Invades Popular Culture: Mayans, Memes, and the End of a World Era
6.30pm