John Coulthart announces[1] J. G. Ballard. Autopsy of the new millennium, an exhibition on the work of British writer and cult favorite J. G. Ballard at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona curated by Jordi Costa.
The exhibition runs from from 22 July to 2 November 2008.
Its poster features an abandoned and rusty car wreck in desert Tunisia, Chott el Jerid (a location used for filming Star Wars) by Sami Sarkis.
Barcelona in the summer time…and a J.G. Ballard-inspired art show in town. Does it get any better than that? My God, what I wouldn’t give to be there…
Where are you from Cliff?
Here’s a review of the exhibition:
http://www.ballardian.com/letter-from-barcelona-exquisite-corpse