Claire Fontaine : The Winter of Discontent

10 Dec 2015-17 Jan 2016

Overview

“Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York” was written by Shakespeare in his play Richard III, meaning that the period of discontent or unhappiness was ending, winter marking the end of a cycle. The phrase was used to describe the social and industrial unrest of the 1978-79 winter by the political editor of the British national newspaper The Sun. The winter of discontent is also the title of Claire Fontaine’s exhibition composed from a recollection of memories and impressions of the first encounter of the British public with minimalism.