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Eastside Projects new exhibitions: Painting Show and Corridor Plateau
[Posted on 20.11.2011 - by info@eastsideprojects.org]Eastside Projects
86 Heath Mill Lane
Birmingham
B12 9QD
0121 7711778
Join us on the 25th November 6pm - 8pm to celebrate the launch of 2 new exhibitions:
Painting Show: Curated by Gavin Wade and Sophie Von Hellerman,
"Painting Show" questions and utilises the function of painting as an essential element of forming a space for art. A grouping of exquisite moments of painting are brought together, supported by a customised architecture newly developed for Eastside Projects. Includes works by Rob Pruitt, Charlotte Cullinan & Jeanine Richards, Zheng Guogu, Tamuna Sirbiladze, David Musgrave and Nicolas Party.
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Corridor Plateau II: Curated by Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany.
Michael Bauer, Peyman Rahimi, Chistian Freudenberger, Markus Karstie, Andrew Palmer, Seb Koberstädt, Musik Detlef Weinrich (Toulouse Low Trax).
Exhibitions continue until 25th February, we are open Thursday - Saturday 12pm-6pm
(Xmas/New year closing times: 18th December- 4th January)
Alphabet by Michael Craig-Martin
[Posted on 1.1.2012 - by ragm@rugby.gov.uk]New exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum; 14th January - 17th March 2012
Michael Craig-Martin is one of the most influential British artists of recent decades. He was a key figure for the YBA generation of artists, many of whom he taught in his capacity as Professor at Goldsmiths College of Art. In Alphabet he has produced 26 screenprints in which the letters of the alphabet are overlaid with everyday objects such as a book, a glass of water or an umbrella.
Throughout his career, Craig-Martin has explored the iconography of everyday and designer objects. In alphabet, visually arresting images are set against a background of vivid monochrome colours and overlaid with a single letter. In this series, created in his signature style, Craig-Martin plays with the idea of the ABC children's primer. Instead of a direct 'A is for Apple', 'B is for Ball', the relationship between the letter and the image is more ambiguous and requires some guesswork; 'C' shows a knife, perhaps representing the word 'cut'. This series of 26 screen prints was published by the Alan Cristea Gallery in 2007.
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is open Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm / Saturday 10am - 4pm.
eye 2 i, i 2 eye
[Posted on 1.1.2012 - by ragm@rugby.gov.uk]New exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum; 14th January - 17th March 2012
The eye 2 i, i 2 eye project was set up as a collaboration between Rugby Writers and Rugby Artists' Group. The project involves writers and visual artists loaning work to each other in order to inspire new pieces of work to be made. Each artist has loaned an art work to a writer and each writer has loaned a piece of writing to an artist. The resulting exhibition will contain all of the original loaned work alongside the new pieces created in response. The exhibition promises to be an intriguing mix of writing and art works in a variety of mediums highlighting the wealth of writing and art that is produced within the borough of Rugby.
Rugby Writers: this group meet twice a month to discuss and review each other's work which includes fiction and non-fiction, poetry, songs and play scripts. Some members have had work published and several have achieved success in writing competitions. The group take opportunities to read their work in public and every year publishes an anthology of their writing.
Rugby Artists' Group: Founded in 2003 as the Rugby Artists' Support Group, Rugby Artists' Group provides networking, support, exhibition and development opportunities for artists based in the Rugby Borough. The group organises and leads Artlab which is a monthly experimental art activity for adults. Members of the group often work co-operatively with other local art groups and participate in events such as the regional Warwickshire Open Studios Week.
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is open Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm / Saturday 10am - 4pm
TITANIC HERITAGE TRUST AND BLUECOAT SCHOOL PRESENT A SEASON OF TITANIC INSPIRED THEATRE -
[Posted on 9.12.2011 - by http://www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/contact.htm]Until March 2012
A programme of theatrical events that commemorate the Maiden Voyage
and RMS Titanic in association with Bluecoat School continues through to March 2012.
For more details see
http://www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/contact.htm
Shuffle - Pluspace
[Posted on 4.1.2012 - by hello@matthewmacaulay.net]Pluspace at Radioplus presents Shuffle an exhibition of emerging artists that have been based in or around the West Midlands.
Each of the artists in the exhibition draw upon elements of arts history, applying features of inspiration and the development of
artistic practices. The varied selection of different styles, forms and content reveals some idiosyncratic narratives that create works
mindful of today and the world around us."
The exhibition will be on view from the 19th of January at 6pm for the private view, and then the Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
For any other times you would like to visit the show it can be arranged by appointment, please email hello@matthewmacaulay.net
Pluspace address is: The Bridge, 2nd Floor, Broadgate House, Broadgate, Coventry, CV1 1NG. Our ground floor entrance can be found
on the right-hand side of the underpass from Broadgate to Hertford Street, around the corner to the left of Lady Godiva News, the small
newsagent directly under the Godiva Clock. Please take either the lift or stairs to the 2nd floor and come in via the blue roller-blind entrance.
The Mobility Project
[Posted on 4.1.2012 - by mail@clarkegallery.de]The Mobility Project
Curated by Elly Clarke/Clarke Gallery
Exhibition: 19th January – 19th February 2012
Open: Friday – Sunday, 1-5pm
PV: Thursday 19th January 2012, 6-9pm
Panel Discussion: 21st January 2012, 2-5pm
With work by Simon Clark, Elly Clarke, Enda O’Donoghue, Kerstin Honeit, Rebecca Pittman, plan b/Sophia New & Dan Belasco Rogers, Fedora Romita and Kym Ward and special appearance by Alfredo Cramerotti at the Panel Discussion.
Clarke Gallery is delighted and honoured to have been invited to present The Mobility Project at The Meter Room. This is the second stop of this exhibition, which began in Berlin and consists of work by artists mostly based in Berlin. But as the exhibition travels, it picks up other work by local artists and invites local speakers to talk at the panel discussion.
We are very grateful for the support of Arts Council England, Coventry Council and Culture Ireland - without which this exhibition could not have happened. All artists are travelling from their home towns for this show.
“Keep connected, you are never alone, never alone with a mobile phone in your pocket.”[1]
Over the last decade, particularly since the mass take-up of the mobile phone, the ever-increasing mobility - of people, goods, information and images - has radically altered the way we perceive, interpret, navigate and even describe the world. Notions of presence and absence, solitude and togetherness and even of geography are changing, as our personally tailored collections of contacts, communities, photos and politics are with us 24/7. The way we travel around the places we live in, and how we interact with others whilst we’re there has a great impact on the way we understand not only where we are but also who we are. Communication and movement are, and always have been, closely linked, dictating the scope of our influence. But today, in a world where one tweeted photo can be seen across five continents within seconds, that influence can reach areas and cultures of which we have no concept.
Here, seven projects present seven different projections of mobility. From Simon Clark’s epic cycle journey around the UK delivering postcards he picked up from the Galapagos Islands direct into people’s hands to plan b’s live redrawing of their GPS traces gathered over their past year in Berlin direct onto the gallery wall; from Enda O’Donoghue paintings created from low-res mobile phone photos found on the internet to Kerstin Honeit’s multi-city performance-experiments where she instructs women to stand on the same area of pavement for fifteen minutes - and finally from Fedora Romita’s audio recordings of the U-Bahn network of Berlin as a means of getting to know the city she just moved to, to Rebecca Pittman’s two screen video installation of her journey along a featureless road in the states listening to driving music and finally also my own five minute video showing an unexpected moment of stillness on the German Autobahn - these are personal portraits of navigation. But, between them, they touch on wider issues that affect us all as we negotiate our way around the world - including gender, power, surveillance and the relationship between physical and virtual materiality.
All work in this exhibition is for sale. There is also a specially commissioned set of prints, the sales of which will help fund this exhibition’s onward journey. Please enquire for a price list.
On 21st January at 2pm a panel discussion will take place in the gallery, featuring most of the artists in the show plus some invited guest speakers.
Elly Clarke is an artist & curator based in Berlin and Birmingham, UK.
Clarke Gallery was set up by Elly Clarke in 2008 in 2 room apartment in Neukoelln, Berlin. Following ten exhibitions that took place there, Clarke Gallery escaped – as exhibitions in suitcases and by inhabint other people’s spaces. Over the past 18 months, Clarke Gallery shows have travelled to Eastern Edge Gallery in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; Franklin Furnace in New York and TROVE in Birmingham - with plans for more to come. Please sign up to the Clarke Gallery mailing list to find out about an exhibition coming to a place near you, soon. www.clarkegallery.de / mail@clarkegallery.de. Or join the group on Facebook.
Pigs Might Fly...
[Posted on 16.1.2012 - by brinkevents@gmail.com]In January 2012, BRINK, a ‘not-for-profit’ contemporary arts organisation based in Kenilworth, will be presenting the works of seventeen local and regional artists in a new showcase at “The Tiltyard” in Leyes Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
From Monday, 16th January until Sunday, 11th March 2012, Tiltyard visitors will have the opportunity to view an eclectic and fascinating collection of works by established and emerging artists, portraying local landscapes and nature.
The ‘Pigs Might Fly…’ exhibition will showcase paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints by Stuart Ellis, Caroline Gatehouse, Paula Hamilton, Arthur Howe, Tracy Jolly, Dan Kehily-Jones, David Lewis, Nicholas Logan, Louise Morgan, Clare Sherwen, Kathryn Wickson, and the photographic work of Alison Baskerville, James Callaghan, David Chantrey, Cyril Hobbins and Peter Moore. There will also be a small, humorous, sculptural installation by BRINK Co-Founder Tim Robottom.
The Tiltyard, a friendly, family pub, offering a fine selection of wines and beers, traditional ales and home cooked food, is open:
Monday 5pm – Midnight, Tuesday-Thursday; 11.30 – 2.30pm and 5pm – Midnight;
Friday-Saturday 11.30am – Midnight, and Sunday from Noon – 11.30pm.
As well as the new exhibition, the Vino Veritas showcase at Kenilworth Wines, featuring Bill Zygmant’s photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Avengers and The Beatles, will be running until 31st January 2012.
BRINK are also offering a lucky winner the opportunity to be one of the first people to own Bill Zygmant’s exclusive John Lennon print, inspired by the work of Andy Warhol. Tickets are available for just £1 at Kenilworth Wines, in Talisman Square, and Town & Country Furniture, in Abbey End. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased online via PayPal: brinkevents@gmail.com and your ticket number and code will be sent via e-mail within 24 hours.
BRINK would also like to advise participants that the original draw date of 26th January has been extended: the winning ticket will now be drawn on Monday, 27th February and the winner will be notified by 28th February 2012.
BRINK, whose aim is to promote and raise awareness of contemporary art, creating exhibition opportunities for emerging and established artists, invites artists and art enthusiasts across the Midlands to join the organisation. BRINK also has an on-going call for artists who are interested in exhibiting and promoting their work in the local area. For further information visit: www.wix.com/brinkevents/home.
Through the Pinhole Photographic Exhibition
[Posted on 15.1.2012 - by shiamw@googlemail.com]Through The Pinhole 7th-18th Feb Floor One Gallery Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
A Photographic Exploration of Other Realities by Shiam Wilcox
‘Through The Pinhole’ is a culmination of works by Artist Shiam Wilcox using Pinhole Photography over the past year. Shiam Wilcox uses a variety of cameras, most handmade and specifically to fit the subject that she is photographing. The camera produces strange distortions in the image because of the wide angle and even reveals hidden elements that cannot be seen by the human eye, due to the extremely long exposures.
‘Through The Pinhole’ captures a world that appears to exist in another timescale, where slow time rules and would otherwise remain hidden from our fast time eyes.
Exhibition dates 7th-18th February 2012
Private View 11th February 2012 1pm
Floor One Opening times
Mon 10am-5pm
Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri 9am-5pm
Sat 10am-4pm
Sun Closed
For further Information contact either the gallery on 01788 533201 ragm@rugby.gov.uk or
Shiam Wilcox 07528 802967 shiamw@googlemail.com www.throughthehole.webs.com
Community Arts Festival
[Posted on 23.1.2012 - by danielle.glover@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk]Cardinal Newman Catholic School's Annual 'Community Arts Festival' returns this year on Saturday 16th June 2012.
Our Spectacular 'Celebration of the Arts' Reported in the Coventry Telegraph as a 'Mini Godiva' will be back offering many Art workshops/activities and Performances in Creatrive Arts, Media, Dance & Thetare, for all the family to enjoy
A fantastic Free Family Day out!
We are looking for creative stall holders to join us at the Event this year.
for further information or to book a stall pitch please contact the school directly Danielle Glover Burrows 02476-332382 Ext 118
Or email danielle.glover@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk
Through the pinhole Photography Exhibition
[Posted on 24.1.2012 - by shiamw@googlemail.com]Photography Exhibition
Exhibition title: Through The Pinhole
Artist: Shiam Wilcox
Floor One Gallery
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
Little Elborow Street
Rugby
CV21 3BZ
7th-18th February 2012
‘Through The Pinhole’ is a culmination of works by Artist Shiam Wilcox using Pinhole Photography over the past year.
Shiam Wilcox uses a variety of cameras, most handmade and specifically to fit the subject that she is photographing. The camera produces strange distortions in the image because of the wide angle and even reveals hidden elements that cannot be seen by the human eye, due to the extremely long exposures.
‘Through The Pinhole’ captures a world that appears to exist in another timescale, where slow time rules and would otherwise remain hidden from our fast time eyes.
For further information and sales please contact
The Artist: shiamw@googlemail.com
07528 802967
www.throughthehole.webs.com
Rita Gabrowska - Shapes That Can Eat You
[Posted on 1.2.2012 - by brinkevents@gmail.com]A fascinating exhibition of works, where familiar symbols, objects and forms are merged to create imaginary and dreamlike 'mindscapes'.
From 1st February until 31st March 2012, BRINK will be presenting the works of Rita Gabrowska at Kenilworth Wines.
Gabrowska, who was born in Wroclaw, Poland, currently lives and works in Leamington Spa as a graphic designer, painter, digital artist, photographer and jewellery designer.
As well as exhibiting in the UK, Poland and Italy, this talented and multi-faceted artist has five digital art works in the collection of the Dolnoslaskie Towarzystwo Zachety Sztuk Pieknych art institute.
Reminiscent of the Suprematist movement, her works are sometimes self-referential or inspired by mass media symbolism, such as road signs, electronic components and man-made objects. The images emerge as ‘mindscapes’, where everyday objects are extrapolated from reality and reinterpreted in a new, autonomic world, composed of captivating colours and abstract forms.
Since 2011, the artists has been focusing on digital compositions, with a strikingly modern yet Daliesque quality. In these works Gabrowska explores her fascination for geometric and organic abstract forms and their relationships to each other.
“Traditional painting was always the main discipline in my carrier. I was taking photos, drawing and occasionally making digital compositions based on these studies, but I always painted on canvas, developing a world of abstract forms observed in reality. However, a few months ago this began to change”, states the artists. “Since I started working at Codemasters, I began to observe digital art more and more and became fascinated with the countless possibilities that the 2-D realm can offer an artist. Digital media opened up an amazing space in which to challenge my imagination and discover and create new worlds. No longer confined to the use of real and fragile materials, such as paper, canvas, paints etc., the creative possibilities become endless. The ‘digital paintings’ in the Vino Veritas Showcase are the first in a new series of works that portray surreal spaces, where the strange forms and creatures that exist in my subconscious can materialise and come to life. I could not incorporate these into my works on canvas; there was no space for them on the strict, analytical surfaces of the geometrical forms, which I will never stop painting, but I am very pleased to have found a new way to express and expand my creativity.”
The BRINK showcase can be viewed at Kenilworth Wines Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-7pm.
BRINK has an on-going call for artists who are interested in exhibiting and promoting their work in the local area. For further information visit: www.wix.com/brinkevents/home
