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Second Government Art Collection exhibition opens

Cornelia Parker鈥檚 鈥楻ichard Of York Gave Battle In Vain鈥櫬燼t the Whitechapel Gallery.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Ed Vaizey
Published
23 September 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The second display of works from the Government Art Collection is now . For this display, the GAC invited leading British artist Cornelia Parker to select works of art reflecting her personal take on the Collection.

When making her , Parker arranged images of the works on her computer by hue. This led her to think about the political associations that colours have and the possibility of curating a political spectrum using art from the 鈥榮omewhat charged diplomatic arena鈥� of the .

Plan your visit

Admission is聽free and the聽exhibition is open until 4 December 2011. This is the聽second in a series of at the Whitechapel Gallery running from June 2011 to September 2012.

Further information

  • Watch a , the first Government Art Collection display at the Whitechapel Gallery

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Published 23 September 2011