Gustav Klucis

Avant-garde Graphics 1918-1934

 
 

Venue:

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39a Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AN, UNITED KINGDOM

Opens:

Wednesday 9 March 2005

Closes:

Sunday 5 June 2005

Website:

www.estorickcollection.com

Public Info:

020 7704 9522

Press Preview:

The Private View will be on Tuesday 8 March 2005.
Please contact Sue Bond Public Relations for an invitation.

Summary:

This exhibition brings together over 140 rare posters, book designs and photomontages created between 1918 and 1934. Political campaign posters and commercial advertising will be shown alongside film posters and book covers in this new National Touring Exhibition from the Hayward Gallery.

Opening Times:

Wednesday to Saturday 11.00 - 18.00 hours;
Sunday 12.00 - 17.00 hours

Admission Prices:

£3.50, concessions £2.50.
Free to under-16s and students on production of a valid NUS card.

Catalogue:

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Lutz Becker and Richard Hollis, published by the Hayward Gallery, ISBN 1-853320238-5, price £12.95 from the Estorick Collection and Hayward Gallery and £14.95 elsewhere.

Curators:

Lutz Becker

Permanent Collection:

The Estorick Collection shows works from the remarkable collection of modern Italian art created by Eric and Salome Estorick. Powerful images by the main protagonists of the early 20th-century Italian avant-garde Futurist movement, including Balla, Boccioni, Carrà, Severini and Russolo, are on permanent view.

Directions:

Underground: Victoria line, Silverlink Metro and Network SE to Highbury & Islington; Network SE to Essex Road; buses: 271 to door, 4, 19, 30, and 43 to Upper Street/Canonbury Lane, 38, 56, 73 and 341 to the junction of Essex and Canonbury Roads.

Accessibility:

Main entrance in Canonbury Road. Wheelchair access to galleries 1 to 4, café, shop and toilets. Limited car parking for blue badge holders (please telephone in advance). Induction loop in gallery 2.

Parking:

Car parking for blue badge holders only.

Shop:

The shop stocks a range of postcards, catalogues and posters relating to the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, as well as a selection of fine Italian foods.

 
Shopping basket (2)