This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
9 February to 26 March 2017
Gallery House
Exhibition Road
London
August 1973
Photograph by Reza Modjabi
Gallery House was one of London’s most influential and extraordinary art spaces in the 1970s, directed by Sigi Krauss with assistant director Rosetta Brooks. For only sixteen months in 1972-73, in a vacant mansion provided by the German government next to the German Institute in South Kensington, Gallery House hosted exhibitions, residencies, performances and events as well as pioneering ‘expanded cinema’ and much new film and video work. For many of the featured artists Gallery House would prove a formative experience.
Gallery House favoured heterogeneity, colliding the multiplicity of forms and styles co-existing at the time, from performance and experimental cinema to cybernetic, social and conceptual practices. Ultimately, the radical nature of Gallery House’s programme led to its abrupt and contested closure by the German Institute.
This Way Out of England seeks to emulate the spirit of Gallery House by inviting a number of artists to rethink their original interventions in the space. The episodic nature of this project acknowledges the impossibility of framing what was an ephemeral experiment. The project is curated by Antony Hudek and Alex Sainsbury.
9 February, 10pm – 12 February, 10pm
Stuart Brisley, continuous performance
Marc Camille Chaimowicz, 'belated opening', with Lola and Adrien
Maya Balcïoglu and Stuart Brisley, Gustav Metzger
David Medalla, A Stitch in Time
John Dugger, Ergonic workshops
George Brecht, John Dugger, Robert Filliou, Darcy Lange, David Medalla, Gustav Metzger
Düsseldorf discussion, with Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel and Max Schulze
Centre for Behavioural Art, round table
3–5 March
Victor Burgin, Now and Then, in discussion with Antony Hudek and Alex Sainsbury
In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, Michael Druks, John Dugger, Düsseldorf Film Group (curated by Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel and Max Schulze), Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Ed Herring, Susan Hiller, David Lamelas, Darcy Lange, David Medalla, Gustav Metzger, Stephen Willats and the Centre for Behavioural Art
Friday 10 & Saturday 11 March, 6.30pm, Anthony McCall, slide performance, Streaks, 1972
Saturday 11 March & Sunday 12 March, Carlyle Reedy’s Museum of Living Thought
Finissage discussion with Maya Balcïoglu, Stuart Brisley, Michael Newman and Sanja Perovic
Selected texts
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Belated Opening, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley
Writing on the wall is, 2017
A 72-hour continuous performance at Raven Row, 9-12 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Still from video by Oliver Beatty
Stuart Brisley & Maya Balcïoglu
from the freezer... thaw, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gustav Metzger
Mass Media: Today and Yesterday 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Film programme based on A Survey of the Avant-Garde in Britain Part 3 (organised with LUX)
Ian Breakwell and Mike Leggett, Sheet, 1970
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
David Medalla
Kumbum, 1971
Collage series
Courtesy of the artist and Adam Nankervis
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
John Dugger
Ergonic workshops at Raven Row, 2017
Foreground:
John Dugger
Perennials, 1970 (collar 2017)
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Dugger
Ergonic workshops at Raven Row, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Foreground:
John Dugger
Perennials, 1970 (collar 2017)
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Dugger
Perennials (detail), 1970 (collar 2017)
Courtesy of the artist
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Dugger
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Left to right:
Study for Body Conductor, Manila, 1968, drawing
Study for Body Conductor (Noir, Rouge, Blanc, Jaune), Manila, 1968, drawing
Courtesy of England & Co.
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
John Dugger
Tub Lotuses with Body Conductors, 1969-70/2010
Courtesy of England & Co.
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Dugger, David Medalla and Jun Terra
in A Survey of the Avant-Garde in Britain Part 1, August - September 1972
Gallery House, ground floor and terrace
Courtesy John Blandy
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
Robert Filliou
Up and Down Territory of the Genial Republic, 1972
Courtesy of John Blandy
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
David Medalla
A Stitch in Time, 1968-72/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
David Medalla
A Stitch in Time, 1968-72/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
David Medalla
A Stitch in Time, 1968-72/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
David Medalla
A Stitch in Time, 1968-72/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
George Brecht
Delivery, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Exhibition view
Documentation of items delivered to the 'Delivery Event'
Robert Filliou, Up and Down Territory of the Genial Republic, collaboration with
George Brecht, Delivery
Courtesy of John Blandy
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
George Brecht
Delivery (detail), 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
Robert Filliou
Up and Down Territory of the Genial Republic, 1972/2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
David Medalla
Kumbum, 1971
Collage series
Courtesy of the artist and Adam Nankervis
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
David Medalla
Kumbum (detail), 1971
Collage series
Courtesy of the artist and Adam Nankervis
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
David Medalla
Kumbum (detail), 1971
Collage series
Courtesy of the artist and Adam Nankervis
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
The Düsseldorf Film Group
Curated by Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel and Max Schulze
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
The Düsseldorf Film Group
Curated by Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel and Max Schulze
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Ian Breakwell
Phototext Sequences, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Ian Breakwell
Phototext Sequences, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Ian Breakwell
Phototext Sequences, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Michael Druks
Flexible Geography (Switzerland), 1971
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Gerard Hemsworth
Left to right:
CHARACTERISTICALLY A WORK OF ART
IN PARTICULAR A WORK OF ART
Published Gallery House, 1972/ Reprinted by Raven Row, 2017
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This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Gerard Hemsworth
CHARACTERISTICALLY A WORK OF ART
Published Gallery House, 1972/ Reprinted by Raven Row, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Ed Herring
D.A.R.N., 1972
Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Ed Herring
D.A.R.N. (detail), 1972
Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Robert Filliou
Up and Down Territory of the Genial Republic, 1972
Courtesy of John Blandy
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Susan Hiller
Enquiries/Inquiries, 1973-75
Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Susan Hiller
Enquiries/Inquiries, 1973-75
Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Darcy Lange
Five Working Studies in British Factories and Workplaces, 1972
Courtesy of the Darcy Lange Estate
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Stephen Willats
West London Social Resource Project – Public Monitor
Archival material, 1972–73
Courtesy of Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Raven Row, London, 2017
Photo by Mark Blower
Centre for Behavioural Art
Sound recordings
Seminar 1973: Vic Bachik, Kevin Lole, Peter Smith, Nick Waterlow, Stephen Willats, 45 min
Seminar 1973: Victor Burgin, Kevin Lole, Peter Smith, Nick Waterlow, Stephen Willats, 43 min
West London Social Resource Project 1973, Project Operations: Derek Aulton, Stephen Willats, 30 min
West London Social Resource Project 1973, Project Operations: Nancy Brieske, Gerry Brieske, 27 min
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Raven Row, London, 2017
Left to right:
Centre for Behavioural Art
Drawing for the Dissemobile Project – an Arctic Truck touring the suburbs of Nottingham – instigated by David Bugden, Centre for Behavioural Art, 1972
Displays of material from the Centre for Behavioural Art, including two image panels from A Survey of Attitudes Towards the Role of Art and the Artist, and
two photographs taken of displays at the Centre c. 1972.
Photo by Mark Blower
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Raven Row, London, 2017
Displays of material from the Centre for Behavioural Art, including two image panels from A Survey of Attitudes Towards the Role of Art and the Artist, and
two photographs taken of displays at the Centre c. 1972.
Photo by Mark Blower
Centre for Behavioural Art, round table discussion
Raven Row, 26 February 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Whitchurch Down (Duration), 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gill Eatherley
Aperture Sweep, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Gill Eatherley
Aperture Sweep, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 2, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 2, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 2, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 1, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 1, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Horror Film 1, 1972
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
William Raban
Take Measure, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
William Raban
Take Measure, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
William Raban
Take Measure, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice projecting at the Filmaktion weekend during This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, 4-5 March 2017
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Gross Fog, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Malcolm Le Grice
Gross Fog, 1973
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
David Lamelas
Left to right:
Three contact sheets, 1971: camera credited to Annabel Nicolson and still photography to David Crosswaite
Courtesy John Blandy
Three exhibition prints, 2017
Courtesy Jan Mot
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
David Lamelas
Three exhibition prints, 2017
Courtesy Jan Mot
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Graham Stevens
Atmosfields, 1968-1972 (20 min)
16mm transferred to digital
Courtesy of the British Film Institute National Archive
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Victor Burgin
Room, 1970
Exhibition view, This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, 2017
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Victor Burgin
Room (detail), 1970
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, 2017
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Victor Burgin
Room (detail), 1970
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, 2017
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Victor Burgin
All Criteria, 1970
Any Moment, 1970
Bracketed Performative, 1971
This Position, 1969
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, 2017
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Carlyle Reedy
Carlyle Reedy's Museum of Living Thought, 2017
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Anthony McCall
Foreground:
Miniature in Black and White, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Anthony McCall
Foreground:
Miniature in Black and White, 1972
Background:
Slit-Scan, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Anthony McCall
Foreground:
Miniature in Black and White, 1972
Background:
Slit-Scan, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
Anthony McCall
Miniature in Black and White, 1972
Exhibition view
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Mark Blower
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Holly Pester, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Carlyle Reedy, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Patrick Goddard, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Patrick Goddard, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Patrick Goddard, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Sue Tompkins, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog
John Latham
Lectures, 1973
Performed by Sue Tompkins, Raven Row 25 March 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Photo by Eva Herzog