Mark Leckey
Subtitle: o' magic power of bleakness
By: edited by Clarrie Wallis and Elsa Coustou ; with contributions by Ed Atkins, Elsa Coustou, Mark Leckey, Roy Claire Potter, Clarrie Wallis, Catherine Wood
Contributors: Wallis, Clarrie, editor, contributor; Coustou, Elsa, editor, contributor, interviewer; Atkins, Ed, contributor; Potter, Roy Claire, contributor; Wood, Catherine, 1973- contributor; Tate Britain (Gallery)
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781849766340
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; British Art; Collage; Expositions; Art britannique; Collage (Art)
Other titles: O' magic power of bleakness
Description: Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey is one of the most influential contemporary artists working today. Since he came to prominence in the late 1990s, Leckey's practice has addressed the radical effect of technology on popular culture and has powerfully articulated the transition from analogue to digital culture. His work is often concerned with under-represented or overlooked aspects of British culture and explores ideas about both collective and personal history. For example, the film Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore 1999 uses sampled footage to trace dance subcultures in British nightclubs from the 1970s to the 1990s. Dream English Kid, 1964-1999 AD 2015 focuses on key episodes in his own life, constructed from "found memories" sourced primarily from the internet. This book, accompanying Leckey's first major show at Tate, combines newly commissioned writing with artist's scripts for performances, and illustrates his previous work as well as the intriguing sources of inspiration for this powerful, immersive new exhibition.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Tate Britain, London, 24 September 2019 - 5 January 2020.

Includes an interview with the artist.

Biog. ; exhibs. ; colls.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).