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Crash

Opens: 11/02/2010 Closes: 01/04/2010 Gagosian Britannia Street, London
Gagosian mounts an exceptional homage to JG Ballard, the master of postmodern unease. Includes influential work from the author's youth and those who carry his sensibility into the present. de Chirico, Dali, Rauschenberg, Richter, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Bacon, Hirst, Whiteread, Warhol and Ruscha all appear. For more information visit: http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2010-02-11_crash/ Buy: http://www.gagosian.com/contact/
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Financial Times“Ballard is the Gagosian’s dream theme...” Much of this is jumbled window-dressing, that look like slick, upmarket brand-named objects in department stores. Or is this one further ironic, Ballardian twist?...
 
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Art Review“A depressing but moving affair....” The strong line in American sublime that pervades here is tempered by the inclusion of a few artists who work within the distinct mode of English melancholia, adding a much-needed texture to the exhibition’s flow...
 
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Time Out“Mostly, the show just doesn't feel very Ballardian…” The show is on somewhat firmer ground when it reverses to outline the effect that earlier art had on Ballard…
 
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