Turner Contemporary presents Nothing in the World But Youth

Santiag MOSTYN Callie on the Sandbank from Excerpt All Most Heaven 2008 Credit Santiago Mostyn

The second exhibition at Turner Contemporary Nothing in the World but Youth brings together 200 works by 94 artists exploring how adolescent experience has been reflected in art and culture from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

The exhibition reflects and examines the complex picture of teenage lives and the differing views society has of its young people through a selection of art works, objects and memorabilia. These include works by internationally and nationally acclaimed artists, writers, musicians and designers including Henry Moore, Peter Blake, Sarah Lucas, Andy Warhol, Mark Leckey, Jim Lambie and David Hockney.

“Nothing in the World but Youth is an exciting and vibrant exhibition containing a very diverse range of work from JMW Turner to Jeff Wall. Although it focuses on what it is to be young, the theme is universal and the content will have resonances for both young and old. The theme of youth is also particularly relevant to Margate, and the town’s own connection with youth culture”- Victoria Pomery, Director Turner Contemporary.

Using four main themes; Place, Space and Territory; Groups and Individuals; Rebellion and Responsibility and Boys, Girls, Sexuality and Growing up, the exhibition takes as its starting point Margate’s own past and sense of place.

The exhibition celebrates early work made by JMW Turner; among the 15 works included are a sketch of his mother Mary Turner circa 1791, the oil painting Crossing the Brook 1815, watercolours of Margate including St John’s Church, Margate, 1784, A Street in Margate, Looking Down to the Harbour 1784 and a miniature Self-Portrait circa 1790.

Exhibition Dates: 17 September 2011-8 January 2012

Turner Contemporary
Rendezvous
Margate
Kent CT9 1HG

Tel: + 44 (0) 1843 233000

Full list of artists: Craig Ames, Diane Arbus, Hernan Bas, Sadie Benning, Margareta Berger-Hamerschlag, Bernadette Corporation, Peter Blake, Mohamed Bourouissa, David Bowie, Martin Boyce, Martin Brand, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, Heath Bunting, Vanley Burke, Will Burns and Peter Moffat, Etienne Carjat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Cohen, Phil Collins, Michael Craig-Martin, Dexter Dalwood, Enrico David, Bruce Davidson, Corinne Day, Rineke Dijkstra, Graham Dolphin, Jason Evans with Simon Foxton, Anita Fricek, Julian Germain, Toby Glanville, Henry Grant, S Mark Gubb, David Haines, Richard Hamilton, Bill Henson, Iain Hetherington, Lewis Hine, David Hockney, Mary Husted, Chantal Joffe, Sarah Jones, Chris Killip, Terence Koh, Friedrich Kunath, Jim Lambie, Darcy Lange, Mark Leckey, Glenn Ligon, Lisa Lindvay, Sarah Lucas, Raymond Mason, PhilippeMayaux, Roger Mayne, Patti Mayor, Don McCullin, John Minton, Henry Moore, Santiago Mostyn, Ron Mueck, The Mott Collection, Tony Oursler, Bernard Perlin, Paul Pfeiffer, Jack Pierson, Keith Piper, Sylvia Plath, Olivia Plender , Marc Quinn, David Rayson, Paula Rego, Jamie Reid, Jacob Riis, Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Gerard Rühm, Ken Russell, August Sander, Michelle Sank, George Shaw, Anna Shteynshleyger, Walter Sickert, Ross Sinclair, Humphrey Spender, Hannah Starkey, Chris Steele-Perkins, Axel Stockburger, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Mitra Tabrizian, Juergen Teller, Joe Tilson, Henry Scott Tuke, JMW Turner, Salla Tykkä, Al Vandenberg, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Francesca Woodman