After Dark at the V&A with A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat.
Saturday 2nd May 2015
7pm to 8.30pm
This event is now sold out
Join Alan Edwards at the V&A for an after dark talk with the man who won the Turner Prize in 2004.
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is a celebrated British artist who makes politically and socially-charged performance works. He was born in London and studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Deller received the Turner Prize in 2004, and his show at Tate Britain included documentation of The Battle of Orgreave, as well as the installation Memory Bucket, 2003, a documentary about Crawford, Texas – the hometown of George W Bush – and the siege in nearby Waco. In 2007, Deller was appointed a Trustee of Tate. A mid-career retrospective of Deller’s work ‘Joy In People’ was held at The Hayward Gallery, London, in 2012. In 2013, Deller represented Britain in the 55th Venice Biennale.
Alan Edwards
As CEO of The Outside Organisation, Alan Edwards has represented all time great entertainment legends like David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Prince, The Who, Barbra Streisand, Spandau Ballet, P Diddy and Sir Paul McCartney. He handled the PR coverage for both Michael Jackson’s “This is It” launch and his subsequent untimely death.