Keith Arnatt, Art & Language, Conrad Atkinson, Victor Burgin, Michael Craig-Martin, Hamish Fulton, Margaret Harrison, Susan Hiller, John Hilliard, Mary Kelly, John Latham, Richard Long, Bruce McLean, David Tremlett, Stephen Willats, and others
Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979
Tate Britain
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
April 12 – August 29, 2016
 
Now on view at Tate Britain, Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979 is an exhibition exploring developments and directions in conceptual art in Britain between the election of Harold Wilson’s first Labour government in 1964 and the election of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives in 1979. The exhibition includes a variety of media, including a section dedicated to the Art & Language group and materials from the associated Art-Language magazine, and recreations of works like Roelof Louw’s 1967 Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges), a pyramid of 5800 oranges which visitors can take and eat. Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979 is complemented by a program of film screenings and lectures, including a screening of conceptual film and video (including work by Barry Flanagan, John Hilliard, David Lamelas, John Latham, Bruce McLean, Tony Morgan and David Tremlett) on May 9 and a talk by exhibition curation Andrew Wilson on May 13: a full schedule can be found on the Tate website.
 

Richard Long, A Line Made by Walking, 1967. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1976. © Richard Long / DACS, London. Courtesy of Tate Britain.

Richard Long, A Line Made by Walking, 1967. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1976.
© Richard Long / DACS, London. Courtesy of Tate Britain.


 
Margaret Harrison, Homeworkers, 1977. Collection of Tate. Purchased 2011. © Margaret F. Harrison. Courtesy of Tate Britain.

Margaret Harrison, Homeworkers, 1977. Collection of Tate. Purchased 2011.
© Margaret F. Harrison. Courtesy of Tate Britain.


 
Keith Arnatt, Art as an Act of Retraction (detail), 1971. Collection of Tate. Transferred from Tate Archive 2010. © Keith Arnatt Estate/ DACS, London. Courtesy of Tate Britain.

Keith Arnatt, Art as an Act of Retraction (detail), 1971. Collection of Tate. Transferred from Tate Archive 2010.
© Keith Arnatt Estate/ DACS, London. Courtesy of Tate Britain.


 
John Hilliard, Sixty Seconds of Light (detail), 1970. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1973. © John Hilliard. Courtesy of Tate Britain.

John Hilliard, Sixty Seconds of Light (detail), 1970. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1973.
© John Hilliard. Courtesy of Tate Britain.


 
Bruce McLean, Pose Work for Plinths 3, 1971. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1981. © Bruce McLean. Courtesy of Tanya Leighton Gallery (Berlin) and Tate Britain.

Bruce McLean, Pose Work for Plinths 3, 1971. Collection of Tate. Purchased 1981.
© Bruce McLean. Courtesy of Tanya Leighton Gallery (Berlin) and Tate Britain.


 
Barry Flanagan, ringn ‘66, 1966. Collection of Tate. Purchased 2010. © The Estate of Barry Flanagan, courtesy Plubronze Ltd. Courtesy of Tate Britain.

Barry Flanagan, ringn ‘66, 1966. Collection of Tate. Purchased 2010.
© The Estate of Barry Flanagan, courtesy Plubronze Ltd. Courtesy of Tate Britain.