The Wick List

Viewing Nike Nelson: ‘Extinction Beckons’

Mike Nelson’s dystopic multi-roomed installation, ‘Extinction Beckons’ is the first major survey exhibition of large-scale immersive installations and sculptural works by the internationally acclaimed British artist. Enter the Hayward’s brutalist spaces and be confronted with materials scavenged from salvage yards, junk shops, auctions and flea markets.

Weaving references to science fiction, failed political movements, dark histories and countercultures, Nelson’s installation touch on alternative ways of living and thinking: lost belief systems, interrupted histories and cultures that resist inclusion in an increasingly homogenised and globalised world.

Mike Nelson says: “My intent has always been to make immersive works that operate on multiple levels. They should have a narrative, a spatial aspect, but also a psychological effect on the senses: you’re seeing and feeling one thing whilst your brain is trying to override this and tell you something else.”

Born in Loughborough (UK) in 1967, Nelson represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize (2001; 2007).


Share story
Dates
22 February 2023 — 07 May 2023
READ MORE
The Wick - Catinca Malaimare, Gamma and Omega hold hands, 2023, performance documentation, Zabludowicz Collection. Photo Tim Bowditch 7
The Wick List

Viewing Catinca Malaimare: Gamma and Omega hold hands

The Wick - Serge Attukwei Clottey: Crossroads, Simon Lee Gallery, London, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates
The Wick List

Viewing Serge Attukwei Clottey: Crossroads

The Wick - Installation view:
Julian Opie, OP.VR@LISSON/London
©Julian Opie, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
The Wick List

Viewing Julian Opie: OP.VR@LISSON/London

The Wick - My Reality is Different, 2022 (detail);
Animation chamber, 9-channel installation, sound: 25.15 mins
© Nalini Malani; Photo: Luke Walker
The Wick List

Viewing Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different

The Wick - ‘Collect’, the annual international fair produced by the Crafts Council at Somerset House in London, showcasing contemporary craft and design from 40 galleries and works from over 400 artists. Picture date: Wednesday March 1, 2023. PA Photo. The 19th edition of ‘Collect’ features textile, jewellery, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fibre art, and glass made in the last five years. The fair runs from March 3 – 5, alongside online presentations of all participating galleries in partnership with online art marketplace, Artsy until March 12. Photo credit should read: David Parry/PA Wire.
The Wick List

Viewing Collect art fair

The Wick - David Hockey at Lightroom, photo by Justin Sutcliffe
Christmas Trees
The Wick List

Viewing David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)