AT THE VIOLET HOUR

AT THE VIOLET HOUR, opening in February at the Nayland Rock Hotel in Margate, is curated by LIMBO studio holder Shaun Stamp alongside Chiara Williams and features work by studio holders Dazzling Allgood, Simon Foxall and Sara Trillo.

In the exhibition, 23 local, national and international artists riff off the ‘inviolable’ voices in T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. With a focus on myth, gender and facets of the self, the artists’ work will re-inhabit and re-animate the empty rooms, spaces and grounds of the Grade II listed Nayland Rock Hotel, Margate. Recalling Eliot’s own convalescence in Margate in 1921, some of the works in this exhibition will be created during short artist residencies held at the hotel, alongside a number of specially commissioned, site-specific works responding directly to the visual lexicon of The Waste Land against the backdrop of the hotel’s heritage; its faded grandeur, peeling wallpaper and artexed surfaces. It is through an exploration of the myriad voices in The Waste Land, and through the personage of Tiresias in particular, that we choose to navigate the past and possible future of the Nayland Rock Hotel. To include a programme of events: talks, performances, tours, and workshops.

Part of Turner Contemporary's Journeys with 'The Waste Land' programme 3 Feb - 7 May 2018.

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