Saturday 24 May 2008, 10.00–17.00
Sunday 25 May 2008, 10.00–17.00
Monday 26 May 2008, 10.00–17.00

Part of UBS Openings: The Long Weekend 2008

Metzger will present a work that was initially intended to show in the first Fluxus event in London, Festival of Misfits at Gallery One in the 1960s. At this time Metzger planned to exhibit the pages of The Daily Mirror to be hung in the gallery for each day of the festival. However, this happened to occur at the moment of the cold war Bay of Pigs crisis in Cuba, which was front page news in every paper. This resulted in his contribution being rejected and removed, as it was considered too controversial.

A re-enactment of the work will take place at Tate Modern using a contemporary newspaper - a timely realisation given its history and relationship to Fluxus activities in the UK.

Metzger has always been interested in daily papers and their design. He asks how we deal with the human catastrophes documented by media images. By emphasizing the visibility of these images, he poignantly reveals their blurred position between voyeurism, trivialization, and sympathy.

Gustav Metzger is one of the key figures of post-war British art. In a career which has spanned over 60 years, the artist has employed materials including cars, newspapers and photographs to explore personal and social issues surrounding memory, history and ecology.

Tate Modern 
Free, no booking necessary