Susan Philipsz @ BALTIC Gateshead
Baltic, GatesheadSusan Philipsz is staging the presentation of a new work, A Single Voice 2017, which is an adaptation of Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s opera Aniara 1959. The narrative follows a group of […]
Susan Philipsz is staging the presentation of a new work, A Single Voice 2017, which is an adaptation of Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s opera Aniara 1959. The narrative follows a group of […]
The Boy Who Loved the Sea and Other Stories has at its heart a body of new paintings, drawings and sculptures, inspired by a 2005 story by Hélia Correia called […]
This is the first major UK retrospective of Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973), one of the most important, yet for many years, overlooked artists of the 20th century. The exhibition, […]
A new exhibition, There's a Time for Everything by Nnenna Okore. is her third solo exhibition at the gallery. The proverbial Igbo axiom Ụkwa Ruo Oge Ya Ọ Daa, references the theatrical falling of breadfruit from the mother tree. The plummet of this tropical fruit, known in Igbo as Ukwa, not only indicates the height of its ripening phase, […]
Katie Allen centres her work primarily on the landscapes of her native South Wales, their changing seasons and shades, transforming them into rich textile of patterns, forms and colours. The paintings when viewed as a whole are of recognisable landscapes and natural forms – trees and plants, insects and birds – but on closer inspection […]
Chloe Lamford’s installation, Show Room, summons a theatrical back-stage to Somerset House itself, with abandoned architectural features, imagined vistas, theatrical props, shimmering curtains and transformative stages that provides visitors the opportunity to […]
An exhibition of New Paintings by Elaine Pamphilon a well-known and collected artist.
Sue Campion RBA is primarily a colourist. She works in oil and pastel combining wonderful rich colours with a strong sense of pattern and design. The subject of her works range from Shropshire hills and portraits to the Thames and southern Europe.
LOVE LIFE is Jonathan Baldock and Emma Hart’s most ambitious collaboration to date: a radical reimagining of the traditional seaside show Punch and Judy. LOVE LIFE ACT III draws on the history of the Pavilion, originally designed as a ‘people’s palace’ to provide culture and entertainment for all. Through sculpture, moving image and sound, the […]
Textile artist Alice Kettle's exhibition marks the 10 year anniversary of her stunning public artwork ‘Looking Forwards to the Past, 2007’. This immense, multi-layered piece, dense in surface quality and washed […]
The presentation of a short but punchy exhibition of Marcelle Hanselaar’s complete portfolio of etchings: The Crying Game and to celebrate the presentation of a fully illustrated book about this powerful set of prints. It will be the first time that this series is shown in its entirety. Marcelle Hanselaar is a London-based Dutch painter and […]
The first exhibition of the work of sculptor Emma Maiden is presented, and it features a selection of new sculptures in stone and bronze. Maiden is best known for her primitive carved stone sculptures of figures and animals. Her pared-down aesthetic, reminiscent of Romanesque carvings or Cycladic figures, gives her works a stillness and simplicity of […]
This is Eileen Cooper’s first solo exhibition at the gallery Till the Morning Comes. The show will feature __ new paintings by Cooper as well as a series of life study drawings inspired by the English National Ballet’s recent production of Giselle choreographed by Akram Khan. Throughout her career, Eileen Cooper’s bold and dynamic paintings have presented a dream-like […]
This exhibition, Flowers of Earth and Buds of Heaven is a collection of fine botanical watercolours and poetry celebrating the natural beauty of the Earth, by Sylvia Martin, who paints commissions for pleasure and occasionally exhibitions, and Cedric Pickin, who recently published two books of poems ‘Reaches’ and ‘Postspectus’.
An introductory exhibition of work by Joe Bondy (1937-2015), which were produced during the peak era of Pop Art ion the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibition entitled Assemblages, Box-works and Ceramics from the 1960s and 1970s, explores gender sex and eroticism. Many of Bondy’s sculptural works were preceded by exquisite, finely detailed small pencil studies. […]
Chilean artist Juana Gómez's hand embroidered photographic canvases combine the spheres of scientific exploration with ancestral tradition. Weaving complex scientific and mythological patterns onto images of both her own and her daughters' bodies, her work is interested in placing mankind within a broader context of interconnectivity. Rather than seeing us as individuals, dethatched from one […]
The works on show in Nostalgic Stories, highlight Caron Coldwell's painterly mark-making abilities and blur the boundary between fine art and craft. Caron said: “Thematically, my cast paper-works reference e.g. religious icons, history, costume, style, TV, cinema etc... imagery that I hope provokes a kind of cultural nostalgia.”
Tessa is a photographer who grew up in Suffolk but studied photography in London where she is also a doctor. After embarking on an MA in photography at Westminster University in 2010 she was drawn into making photobooks. This led her into working in collaboration with writers, editors, curators and photographers who have an interest […]
An exhibition of photographic prints from Amelia Allen’s new book NAKED BRITAIN. As a fashion photographer, Amelia Allen works in an industry obsessed with body image, one that focuses on the most flattering way of dressing oneself. It is therefore, an unusual and refreshing step for her to move into a world where the body […]
The Gallery celebrates photography, A Public Art, 1840 - 1939, with an installation dedicated to its extraordinary Photographs Collection displaying classic images and rarely seen gems of artists, writers and actors […]