Exhibition Launch: Keith Piper, Unearthing the Banker\'s Bones / New Art Exchange / East Midlands

Exhibition Launch: Keith Piper, Unearthing the Banker's Bones, New Art Exchange

• LocationEast Midlands
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• Artformcombined arts, film, interdisciplinary arts, visual arts
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Exhibition Launch: Keith Piper, Unearthing the Banker's Bones

Friday 31 March, 6pm - 9pm

New Art Exchange is pleased to welcome Keith Piper back to Nottingham with a showing of the touring exhibition, Unearthing The Banker's Bones, the most substantial presentation of Piper's work in nearly two decades.

Unearthing The Banker's Bones comprises new and existing digital installation and painting works, and addresses the impact of globalisation. Collectively the selected artworks continue to explore the socio-political questions that have defined Piper's practice since his time with the BLK Art Group.

Lending its title to the exhibition, the centrepiece of the show is a synchronised high definition three-screen film installation which depicts a narrative of economic and social collapse. Unearthing the Banker's Bones (2016) weaves together references from a range of classic novels, films and texts, including apocalyptic works by Octavia Butler and Mary Shelley. The piece employs a science fiction device which invites viewers to imagine the excavation and dissection of modern life from a future point in time.

Join New Art Exchange on Friday 31 March, 6pm - 9pm, for an evening featuring the new exhibition, welcome speeches, a complimentary drink on arrival and a DJ set by Truth & Lies Music in the CaféBar.

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Exhibition Launch: Keith Piper, Unearthing the Banker\'s Bones / New Art Exchange / East Midlands