'Ed' is Edouard Manet, and the 90 artists taking part in the show were asked by curators Cedric Christie and Pascal Rousson to question whether the radicalism present in Manet's work is alive and flourishing today.
We were asked to produce a single work addressing the idea of the transgressive in art. How does it come about? How much of it is willed, and how much just happens in the course of a developing practice? Is it sometimes the case that a work of art is seen to be grooundbreaking only in retrospect?
The show, which is at Display Gallery in Holborn (www.displaygallery.co.uk), runs from March 6th to March 28th. It's a great gallery, and the lineup of artist is from all over Europe. In addition to the work on display, a curated programme of picnics, hosted by selected guests, will take place in the gallery throughout the show. So do pay us a visit. And let us hear your throughts on the transgressive in art.
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