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The Last Art-of-Peace Biennale

111 Great Titchfield Street London, W1W 6RY, United Kingdom Friday, February 13, 2015–Friday, March 20, 2015 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.

Franz Erhard Walther

Werkzeichnung (Mit Moritz und Lehman), 1969

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We're all against war. But what are we for? Peace, we say. What is peace? Nobody quite knows.
(Robert Filliou)

Richard Saltoun Gallery celebrates the 30th anniversary of the THE ART-OF-PEACE BIENNALE, which took place at the Kustverein in Hamburg, Germany, in 1985.

The Last Art-of-Peace Biennale does not restage the earlier exhibition but gathers some of its artists together to represent its spirit and understand its context. Curated around Filliou's key work 7 Childlike Uses of Warlike Material (1970) the exhibition also includes works by Joseph Beuys, Henning Christiansen, Barry Flanagan, Sol LeWitt, Tony Morgan, Wolf Vostell, and Franz Erhard Walther. Important works include Sol LeWitt's Proposal for Walldrawing (1985) that invites visitors to draw on the walls of the gallery and was featured in the 1985 exhibition.

Consultant Curator: Roddy HUNTER (b. 1970, Glasgow, Scotland)
Roddy Hunter is an artist, curator and educator. He is the self-appointed curator of The Next Art-of-Peace Biennale, 2015-17, resuming the project conceived by Robert Filliou and René Block in 1985. He is Associate Professor and Director of Programmes in Fine Art, Middlesex University, London. www.peacebiennale.info

With thanks to the Sol LeWitt Foundation and the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

English (US)

The Last Art-of-Peace Biennale

Franz Erhard Walther

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