Marking 75 years of New Contemporaries, the annual exhibition returns to the ICA, having had a regular presence there in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and more recently in the 2010s. New Contemporaries is a unique platform, which provides emerging and early career UK-based artists with a wider audience to their work. This edition features 35 artists who have been selected through an open call by artists Liz Johnson Artur, Permindar Kaur and Amalia Pica.
The works on show offer an overview of urgent lived concerns, interests and social realities from this generation of artists. Themes include the fluctuations and cycles in the natural world, sustainability and decay; boundaries, borders and fragmented memories; the commodification of mindfulness, self-care, pop culture and consumerism. Other works explore kinship amongst communities, juxtaposed with those that suggest an alienation or ambivalence towards a digitally accelerated world.
The exhibition at the ICA runs from 14 January 2025 to 23 March 2025, following its launch in Plymouth across three venues: KARST, The Levinsky Gallery, and MIRROR (28 September 2024 - 7 December 2024).
