Mariko Mori
28 Mar 2008 9:36am GMT 21 May - 14 September 2008. Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori is best known for her video and self-portraiture focusing on the imagination and fantasy. Her work has investigated Native cultures and universal consciousness in relation to nature and her belief in the potential power of technology. Mori’s recent work explores consciousness and investigates the existence of an invisible world.
Yoshitomo Nara + graf
18 Mar 2008 12:32pm GMT 14 June - 26 October 2008. Early summer sees BALTIC present a magical new exhibition by internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, in collaboration with design unit graf. The exhibition will feature a village brought to life with Nara’s iconic characters, turning ordinary life into art.
Double Agent
18 Mar 2008 12:29pm GMT 21 May - 17 August 2008. Double Agent is a group exhibition featuring artists who use other people as a medium. All of the works raise questions of performance and authorship, and in particular the issues that arise when the artist is no longer the central agent in his or her own work, but operates through a range of individuals, communities and surrogates.
Bharti Kher
18 Mar 2008 12:27pm GMT 30 April - 17 August 2008. New Delhi-based international artist Bharti Kher presents an exhibition of new work including painting and sculpture.
Cutup Collective
3 Jan 2008 11:08am GMT From 29 January 2008. CutUp are an anonymous group of artists whose practice incorporates collage, film and installation. They focus largely on the creative potential of the city as a site and inspiration for interventionist art and disruption. At BALTIC, they will create an installation in The Street using billboards, light boxes and reassembled bus shelter advertising posters. The exhibition alludes to the city's role in choreographing movements - both of the individual and the crowd amidst...