Art Exhibition: 'Simon Patterson: Out of Order'
Sun 6 November 2022 - Sun 22 January 2023
Wolfson College
Simon Patterson’s art wittily subverts scientific taxonomies and graphical systems of knowledge: diagrams, maps and charts, lists, instruction-manuals, encyclopaedias, the systems we use to classify and organise our materials rationally.
Frequently his work is trans-systemic, taking one schema for ordering knowledge and inserting into it materials from a wholly different system or systems. The disruptions thus caused are humorous and demanding simultaneously, because Patterson’s art-works require a knowledge of the graphical or text-based schemata he playfully collides with one another.
They also demand the spectator’s familiarity with the sources he deploys – ranging from the Seven Rishis to contemporary football formations, from eighteenth-century novels to twentieth-century films and television.
Patterson’s disruptive reorderings of knowledge systems are often monumental and possess a poetic grandeur, qualities which are strikingly evident in his name-paintings - the works which first brought him to national and international attention - where names ‘substitute’ for representational portraits.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Sunday 6 November.
Opening Times: Saturdays and Sundays 10.00-17.00, until Sunday 22 January.
Please note that the exhibition is occasionally unavailable, for instance during graduations.
It is advisable to contact the Porters' Lodge in advance of your visit (01223 335900).
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Chantal Holland Website Email: events-coordinator@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
Timing
In person
10:00am-5:00pm Saturday-Sunday every week from Sunday 6 November 2022 until Sunday 22 January 2023
All times
Sun 6 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 12 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 13 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 19 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 20 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 26 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 27 November 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 10 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 17 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 18 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 24 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 25 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 31 December 2022 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 1 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 7 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 8 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 14 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 15 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 21 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 22 January 2023 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |