It Is What It Is by Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller:
As part of Sussex’s 50th anniversary, we are delighted that Turner Prize winner and Sussex alumnus Jeremy Deller will be Artist-in-Residence with the aim to create a display around the University’s social history.
Jeremy will be a presence on campus, collaborating in seminars and lectures with his former supervisor, Professor David Alan Mellor of Art History. He is currently preparing a display on campus: Sussex Incidents, which opens on the 23 April in the Library Exhibition space and draws from Sussex's extensive archive. This display will run until 18 May. (Closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays).
Jeremy is also co-curator with Professor David Alan Mellor on an exhibition of Bruce Lacey at the Camden Arts Centre. This exhibition will open on 7 July and run until 16 September.
We are very proud to be collaborating with Jeremy on these projects, and they will form an extremely important part of our 50th anniversary celebrations. Together, they will also help to build on the University's ongoing involvement with the contemporary visual arts and provide a platform for creative and visual arts at the University.
Mike Nelson:
The United Kingdom representative at the Venice Bienale in 2011, Mike Nelson, has been collaborating with The Archive of Modern Conflict in London and will be contributing an installation of objects and artefacts based on his research in the Universtiy's Library Exhibition space. The exhibition will run from 23 May until the 29 June. (Closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays).
