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Barthes/Burgin

13 Feb-16 Apr 2016

John Hansard Gallery
Southampton SO14 7DU

Overview

The exhibition places side by side the little known drawings of Roland Barthes, with new projection works by Victor Burgin. The influence of Barthes on Burgin's work is well documented, not least by Burgin himself. Equally, Burgin's prominence as an artist and theorist concerned with text and image during the 1970s onwards offering a dialogue to Barthes' work.