Exhibitions for hireThrough other eyes Contemporary Indian art 21 June - 15 August 2010Curated by Gerard Mermoz this exhibition presents a selection of drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs and films from emerging artists from India and Pakistan. The selected pieces show artists redefining their place in the world at a crucial stage in the cultural life of India and Pakistan, with each artist negotiating the legacy of their respective regional cultural traditions.
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The Harley Gallery, built on the site of the Welbeck Estate’s 19th century Gasworks, provides a thought provoking and intriguing setting for Through Other Eyes, which echoes the description of South Asia in the exhibition catalogue as ‘a region such as ours with a very rich and ancient history, [where] the present will inevitably be tinted with the past, and so will the arts .’ The exhibition explores how South Asian art has been affected by Western culture, for example the emphasis of Western art history on Asian art courses, the growth of consumerism and the lure of the western art market. Through Other Eyes includes work by artists who have been trained in art colleges alongside new works by folk and tribal artists who have served an apprenticeship with a master, often a family member such as a mother or father in the case of Madhubani, West Bengal and Gond painters. Exhibition curator Gérard Mermoz spent three months in India and Pakistan visiting art colleges, melas (markets), artists' studios and exhibitions to curate a unique and ground-breaking exhibition which includes art works that have not been exhibited before. 'Through Other Eyes' Exhibition comments
"Loved the interpretation of Indian Life. Especially Bhopal"br
"Inspiring; a beautiful take on art"
"Thank you for providing such a diverse and enlightening exhibition"
"Intriguing exhibtion with colourful and culturally aware pieces of art"
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From Bangladesh to Bolsover with Hodthorpe Primary School 10th June – 20th June 2010Children from Hodthorpe Primary School in Worksop will exhibit their South Asia inspired artwork at the Harley Gallery from 10th to 20th June.
The exhibition, From Bangladesh to Bolsover, will show the paintings that the children made with the Harley Gallery’s visiting artists. The children spent a week with South Asian artists Tarun Ghosh and Tapan Das, learning about traditional Bangladeshi rickshaw painting. Using bright colours and layers of detail the children created vivid paintings of the area where they live and everyday life in Derbyshire.
Michelle Chaplain, Head teacher at Hodthorpe Primary School, said that
‘The project provides our children with a unique opportunity to explore the variety and diversity of culture, both within Britain and across other countries, through the medium of art. We are privileged and proud to be involved in this exciting project with the Harley Gallery.’
The project gave the children and their families the opportunity to learn about different communities; their people, art and artists. The children’s artwork will also be exhibited in 2011 alongside the artist’s Nottinghamshire inspired artworks. Within this cultural and artistic exchange the artists are also working with the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood in London and Redlands Primary School in Bethnal Green.
This project is funded by Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition Festival 2010, the regional cultural programme inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Parlympic Games in the East Midlands, and Arts Council England.
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Taking Time Craft and the Slow Revolution 2 April - 6 June 2010
A touring exhibition from Craftspace curated with Helen Carnac
Taking Time takes as its starting point the issues emerging from the Slow Movement, which developed as a response to our increasingly fast lifestyles and our unsustainable consumer culture.
Slowness is also associated with craft skills: skill which is acquired over time, something that cannot be rushed and is intuitively learned. Many makers today are developing critical positions in response to our consumer behaviour; questioning modes of production through new processes, looking at issues of stewardship and sustainability, as well as collective making and reworking everyday objects. Nineteen international contemporary makers and artists reflect on a slow revolution considering ideas around time and process, material and value, site and locality, relationships to community and the changing nature of production and consumption.
The exhibition aims to show that contemporary craft practice and its methodologies can generate a modern and timely response to current social debates. Artists: Judith van den Boom & Gunter Wehmeyer, Gary Breeze, Neil Brownsword, Sonya Clark, Rebecca Earley, Ken Eastman & Dawn Youll, David Gates, Matthew Harris, Amy Houghton, Sue Lawty, Esther Knobel, Heidrun Schimmel, Paul Scott & Ann Linnemann, Elizabeth Turrell, Shane Waltner & Cheryl McChesney Jones
Sue Lawty wil be giving a talk in the gallery on 24 April 2010, see Talks and Tours for more details.
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Follow a Thread Six contemporary responses to the art of Tapestry 16 January 2010 - 21 March 2010Follow a Thread, curated and produced by Amanda Game for IC:Innovative Craft, brings together 6 artists/makers from Edinburgh, linked by a common interest in contemporary tapestry.
Edinburgh’s association with tapestry is inextricably linked with the history of Dovecot Studios originally established in 1912 under the patronage of the Bute family, and Edinburgh College of Art, which until recently offered the only undergraduate tapestry course in the UK.
The six selected contributors to Follow a Thread reflect this association both through their own histories and their different ways of working. The exhibition contains examples of contemporary tapestry created by traditional means together with other contemporary works inspired by a knowledge of, or engagement with, the art of tapestry.
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