

 Top - Interior view of Girard College for Orphans Founders Hall. Built in 1833-1848, the architect, Thomas Ustick Walter, also designed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The building was the single most expensive building in America before the Civil War and was the location for famous rallies led by Martin Luther King and Cecil B. Moore during the Civil Rights Movement Bottom - Jeremy Deller History of the World (Acid Brass), 1998 Installation view Wall painting, wooden table, chairs, reference books, 300 x 700 cm The performative nature of Deller’s practice and its reliance on participation ensures that it is only truly activated in the public realm. With Acid Brass, a traditional brass band was invited to play reworked acid house anthems, at once operating within as well as subverting existing genres to create something wholly new. With History of the World, Deller traces political and historical connections between the two musical styles. |