Jimmy Cauty To Feature As Modern Panic Exhibition Returns To London

Art & Culture

Modern Panic, the annual trawl through the weirder, provocative edges of the art world, is set to return to London for it's 7th edition for a week in October. Running from October 7th – 14th at Newspeak House, Bethnal Green, this years event – curated as ever by James Elphick – is subtitled GAZE INTO THE DARK PSYCHE OF MODERN LIFE. The press release has the following to say on the event:

The show features a unique collection of surreal, controversial and provocative international artists and live art practitioners exploring the dark psyche of modern life.

This year's exhibition brings you co-founder and member of dance music pioneers The KLF, Jimmy Cauty who has distinguished himself as a musician, artist and cultural provocateur through fusions of high art and popular mediums, often to spectacular or controversial effect. Alongside, one of the most influential and innovative figures in twentieth century occultism, Austin Osman Spare . A natural artist and psychic, his work was full of grotesque, sexualized human figures and magical symbols. Spare’s explorations of the creative focus gave rise to an ontology and body of work that departs radically from conventional occultism, both then and now.

Over 50 contributing artists are participating over 8 days coinciding with Frieze as an antidote commercial art. Modern Panic will be featuring rising stars of the new wave; political agitators Maslen & Mehra ; hyper-realist metalsmith Mike Turner ; surrealist master Gianluca Pisano ; art and science meld together by Pascale Pollier ; Peter Hanmer 's figurative tableaux’s of varying scales populated by animal bone protagonists; and Emma Hopkins ' intimate and dynamic portraits, amongst many more talented artists from around the world.

Special events are set to take place on Sunday 9th and Wednesday 12th of October, with a series of live artists performing in 'Panic Sermons'. The full roll call of artists featuring runs as follows: