Materials Take Spotlight at London Art Show // At Whitechapel Gallery

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By Valerie Gladstone

A new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London is putting the focus on the actual materials that become art. It’s also giving 60 of the 400 pieces in the impressive Daskalopoulos Collection their first London showing.

The show, titled “Keeping It Real,” runs through May 22, 2011, at the all-star gallery (77-82 Whitechapel High Street; whitechapelgallery.org). Only a few of the works have been on view before, and never so many in one space.

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