Installation view: It Is What It Is (2009), Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Lynda Nylind (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
Describing himself as a ‘self-taught conceptual artist’, Jeremy Deller has alternatively been an assembler of things and a ‘stager’ of events, orchestrating, curating and directing projects that include processions, historical re-enactments, demonstrations, films and exhibitions.
Installation view: The History of the World (1997), Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Lynda Nylind (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
This mid-career survey provided a fresh overview of Deller’s multi-faceted work.
Installation view: So Many Ways to Hurt You (The Life and Times of Adrian Street) (2010), Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Lynda Nylind (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
The exhibition featured almost all of his major works since the early 1990s, including installations, photographs, videos, posters, banners, performance works and sound pieces.
Seen here is the installation of So Many Ways to Hurt You (The Life and Times of Adrian Street), 2010
Installation view: Open Bedroom (1993), Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Lynda Nylind (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
Installation view of Open Bedroom (1993)
Installation view: Valerie's Snack Bar (2009), Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Lynda Nylind (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
In 2009, working in collaboration with local groups and societies, Deller created a procession for Manchester’s
International Festival. One of the floats presented a life-size reconstruction of Valerie’s Snack Bar from Bury Market, which Deller characterised as being like ‘an OAP youth
club’. It was redisplayed in this exhibition, together with some of the original processional banners designed by Ed Hall.
Installation view: Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Mark Blower (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
The exhibition extended beyond the gallery too, with banners that adorned its concrete facade.
Installation view: Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012. Photo: Mark Blower (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
Exhibition Guide for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012 Exhibition Guide for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012 (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
Exhibition guide for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People.
Marketing Leaflet for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012 Marketing Leaflet for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People, Hayward Gallery, 2012 (2012) by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
Talks and events leaflet for Jeremy Deller: Joy in People.
Curator Ralph Rugoff chats to Artist Jeremy Deller by Hayward GalleryHayward Gallery
