DIALOGUE:DÉRACINER

The Arena Gallery, Mac, Birmingham 1 October – 27 November 2016 Déraciner, meaning to ‘uproot’, is key to this exhibition of recent work by the Anglo/French group, Dialogue. The focus is on ideas; uprooted, transformed and reworked through international dialogue. The word deracinate has itself been re-rooted into the English language from the French, déraciner. Alongside their individual practices, the artists in the Dialogue group have collaborated since 2008 on a number of joint projects. This exhibition brings together, Joss Burke, Dominique Etna Corbal, Peter Grego, Dr Myfanwy Johns, Véronique Lamare, Tom Ranahan and Francis Viguera. The seven artists involved have exhibited widely together in the UK and France. Dialogue:Déraciner follows on from previous projects with the physical distance between the artists continuing to enrich their collaborative work. The journey each thought and action makes, reaffirms the idea of cross-cultural dialogue, as they pursue an exploration of ideas and objects associated with language, borders, historical and personal references between France, the UK and the wider world.