Art Exhibitions on Tyne and Wear
March
- April 2010
Newcastle,
Gateshead,
North
Shields,
South
Shields,
Sunderland,
Northumberland,
County
Durham.
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Tyneside.
To be fair we could not leave out Sunderland so
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Wear'.
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ACAdovetail (Allenheads
Contemporary Arts)
Amy House, 61 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon
Tyne NE1 1HZ. 01434 685040
www.acart.org.uk..
BLINDBOYS
WIDEYED
13th Mar - 25th Mar 2010
Wideyed
presents an exhibition forming part of an
experimental collaboration between two young
photography collectives - Blindboys in South
Asia and Wideyed in North East England. For more
information, please visit: www.wideyed.org
Gallery
67b Westgate Road, near Newcastle Arts
Centre
www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
MAP
A New Arts Space for Artists-led
projects
SHOT UP NORTH:
SUN 21 AWARDS
2010
13th Mar - 26th Apr 2010
The
Biscuit factory is proud to welcome back Sun
Awards for the 5th year running. The Sun Awards
celebrate and showcase the best commercial
photography from the North east of England. For
information please contact the
gallery.
HORSLEY PRINTMAKERS
11th Mar - 4th May 2010
Horsley
Printmakers return to the Biscuit Factory for
the 4th year running with a fresh crop of
original prints. This very popular exhibition
will showcase the latest work from students and
tutors on the independent program of courses
offered by the studio.
There will be a great variety of subject matter
and techniques on display including lino-cuts,
monotypes, collagraphs, etchings and
wood-engravings. This year some of Horsley
Printmakers more established students will show
a larger selection of their work. Marion
Prentice has made lino-cuts her own with some
dynamic, figurative work. Stylish wood
engravings and lino-cuts by Kim Lewis will also
feature in the exhibition. An internationally
renowned children’s book author and
illustrator, Kim returned to printmaking
primarily through courses at Horsley
Printmakers.
OFF THE RECORD
- Dave Barden
12th Mar - 11th Jun 2010
Spring
Exhibition
Biscuit Factory
Stoddart Street. Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
0191 261 1103
www.thebiscuitfactory.com..
Mon
and Sun 11-5, Tues-Sat 10-8, free.
Buddle
Arts Centre
Wallsend, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne
Cluny
Gallery
36
Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191
2304474
www.johnson-perkins.co.uk
Dance
City
Temple
Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4BR 0191 261
0505
www.dancecity.co.uk
David
Fry Pottery Studio
Black
Swan Court, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne,
07789 743634 / 0191 2325302
Open Tues - Sat, 11am to 4pm.
www.davidfryceramics.com
Closed Christmas Day, New Years Day
& Jan 2nd. Entrance Free
SWANS OF THE TYNE
15th Dec 2009 - 30th May 2010
Swan
Hunter was responsible for some of the greatest
ships of the 20th century and this new
exhibition will explore the history of one of
the best known shipbuilding companies in the UK.
The exhibition has been created by a variety of
individuals and community groups in the North
East, who have worked with Tyne & Wear
Archives & Museums outreach team. On display
in the exhibition are a range of photographs,
technical drawings, film and video footage of
Swan Hunter, as well as recorded memories of
people who either worked at or were in some way
connected with the shipyard.
STRIKING TIMES
4th Jan - 31st Mar 2010
Photographs
relating to the 25th anniversary of the miners'
strike.
COLLINGWOOD
- A Northumbrian
Abroad
23rd Jan - 27th Jun 2010
An
exhibition to commemorate the 200th anniversary
of Admiral Lord Collingwood's death at sea on 7
March 1810. Using objects, paintings and
extracts from his letters it explores not only
Collingwood's long naval career away from his
home but also the influence on him of his
lifelong love of Northumberland and the friends
and family he left behind.
Discovery
Museum
Bladnford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA.
0191 232 6789
www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery/
Electric
Sheep Gallery
22
Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5DW. 0191
261 4444
Open Mon - Sat, 10am to 6pm
www.electricsheep.co.uk
Gallagher
& Turner
St
Thomas Street Workshops, St Thomas Street,
Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191 261 4465
www.gallagherandturner.co.uk
Mon-Fri
10-6, Sat 10-3. Free Entry.
NOTHING TO READ HERE
- Yvette
Hawkins
10th Mar - 4th Apr 2010
Following
the phenomenally successful show Their Silence,
A Language, the Globe continue their 2010
programme with a new installation by Yvette
Hawkins in March. There will be a series of
community workshops to accompany the
exhibition.
The exhibition will be held at: Unit 14, Keel
Row Shopping Centre, Blyth, Northumberland
The
Globe Gallery - City
Curtis
Mayfield House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon
Tyne. 0191 222 1666
www.globegallery.org
Wed-Sat
11.30am-5pm
MAP
CULTURE SHOCK:
An
Exhibition of Digital Stories by People in the
North East
13th Feb - 16th Apr 2010
If you had one story to tell what would it be?
Culture Shock is currently the world's largest
storytelling project and this new exhibition
celebrates the exciting array of stories which
have been created so far. These digital stories
or 'mini-movies' have all been created by people
living in the North East today and have been
inspired by museums and galleries.
IRRESISTIBLE FORCES
6th Mar - 16th Apr 2010
Irresistible
Forces is a new exhibition by students from
Newcastle University MA Art Museum and Gallery
Studies. Presenting artists from a variety of
disciplines including photography, performance,
video installations, prints, etchings, oils on
canvas and sculpture, spanning over 500 years of
practice, from the 16th century to the present
day.
Great
North Museum
Barras
Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 222 7418
www.twmuseums.org.uk/hancock
Mon-Sat
10am-5pm, Sun 2pm-5pm, Free.
ALL ART IS,
IS RHYTHM
5th Mar - 22nd May 2010
As stated by the artist Kurt Schwitters in 1926,
art is nothing more than rhythm. This group
exhibition presents six contemporary artist's
rooms, on the theme of energy and sound.
Installations are brought to life through
electrical, mechanical and human energy by
Rhodri Davies, Alec Finlay, Felix Hess, Pe Lang,
Liliane Lijn and Charlemagne Palestine.
Hatton
Gallery
The Quadrangle, Newcastle University, Newcastle
upon Tyne. 0191 222 6047
www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton
Mon-Sat
10-5, Free.
La
Boca
6
Upper Princess Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191
230 5756
www.laboca.org.uk
Mon-Sat
8.30-5. Free
BEATLES TO BOWIE:
The 60's Exposed
6th
Feb - 18th Apr 2010
Exploring the leading pop music personalities
who helped create 'Swinging London' in the
1960s, the exhibition brings together classic
images of groups such as The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who plus early
portraits of Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Marianne
Faithfull, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie. Among
the previously unseen images are photographs of
The Beatles taken for Boyfriend magazine by
photographer Fiona Adams, who also took the
famous 1963 shot of the band which appeared on
the cover of the Twist and Shout EP.
The exhibition begins in 1960 and charts the pop
scene throughout the decade, including the
rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling
Stones, and the influence pop stars had on the
fashions of the decade. Organised by the
National Portrait Gallery, London.
NEWCASTLE REINVENTED:
Views Over The Ages
19th
Sept 2009 - 26th Sept 2010
Watercolours and drawings spanning more than 200
years celebrate the heritage and renewal of
Newcastle. On display will be fascinating views
of the old centre of Newcastle around the
quayside, castle and cathedral. Alongside these
are scenes by John Dobson and Benjamin Green
picturing the imposing new city centre they were
creating in Grey Street and Grainger Street.
This exhibition is part of the Reinventing the
City.
The
Laing
New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 232
7734
www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing
...
Mon-Sat
10-5, Sun 2-5, free.
MAP
ON ARKA
-
Ben Jean
Houghton
1st
Apr - 14th Apr 2010
Preview
Evening: 1st April 2010 6pm - 8pm
After
Party Event at The Black Swan from 8pm -
11pm
The
print is a silent witness. Whether deliberate,
as with a constructed print, or involuntary (a
fingerprint, the impression left on a pillow in
the morning), a print is always the tangible
evidence left from a past action, now gone. It
seems significant therefore that Ben Jeans
Houghton's new edition of prints were germinated
by a double absence. First of all, by his
discovery of a discarded collection of
illustrations (the author absent or gone), and
secondly, by the subject matter of these
illustrations: cadavers in the Newcastle
University morgue (the body without the presence
of self).
The atmospheric virtue of this series of prints
doesn't just lie in the myth of their origins
however, but in their sublime and delicate
rendering. The Series begins as a literal,
figurative transcription from the found
illustrations and original cadavers which Jeans
Houghton visited in the Morgue. Then with the
idiosyncratic trepidation and wonder of an
artist exploring his subject on the edge of
discovery, Jeans Houghton's images become
increasingly volatile. The recognisable,
figurative human elements (simultaneously
beautiful and horrible) rupture and destabalize
as the images become permeated with the mists of
the unknown, and the imaginary.
While the series begins as a witness to real
death, these prints do not depict fear or
explicit horror but instead they speak of a
latent divine, and the corporeal, which exists
at the border of ourselves, our imagination, and
non-existence.
The
Moving Gallery
67b Westgate Road (Next door to the Newcastle
Arts Centre)
near
the Central
Station
Monday
to Saturday 11am – 5pm. Free Entry
www.movinggallery.co.uk
MAP
HOME SWEET HOME
26th Feb - 20th Mar 2010
Oh,
baby it’s cold outside! When the weather
starts to bite, nobody can deny we’d rather
all be toasty warm in the comfort of our homes
than anywhere else in the world. But what makes
a home? Is home where the heart is? Is it where
ever you lay your hat?
Home, Sweet Home looks at the very definition of
the home, combining work from a variety of
creative practitioners based at the Mushroom
Works and Brick Works studios in the Ouseburn
Valley, Newcastle.
To many ‘home’ is represented by
domestic objects, either those that make a
direct appeal to the senses or a practical
element that no home could be without. To others
home is a smell, a sound, a monument, a
geographical area, a concept or feeling of
belonging.
APPLIQUE
-
Jane Smallcombe
10th Apr - 1st May 2010
Applique
will be Jane Smallcombe's first solo exhibition.
Jane designs and makes beautiful, colourful and
creative felt and fabric creations. Her designs
have evolved from a love of fashion, colour and
textiles. She produces an ever changing range of
accessories designed and lovingly made here in
the north east of England. Every item is unique
and produced entirely by hand.
Mushroom
Works
St Lawrence Road, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1AR
www.mushroomworks.com
Wed-Fri
12-5pm. Sat 10am - 5pm. Free Entry
EIGHTXEIGHT
19th
Mar - 27th Mar 2010
Preview
Evening: Friday 19th March 2010 6pm -
8pm
An
exhibition of work by Fine Art / Ceramic
Students and Staff from Newcastle College.
Newcastle
Arts Centre
67 Westgate
Road
near
the Central
Station
0191
261 5618
www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
Monday
to Saturday 9am – 5pm. Free Entry
MAP
The
City that never was......
A personal view of
development on Tyne
Exhibition and talks by Mike Tilley
Talks
for the Centre for
Life Long Learning.
Thursday 11th March - An overview - the river
and the City
Thursday 18th March - the industrial age
Thursday 25th March - post war to the future
Exhibition
- 16th April - 8th
May
at Newcastle Arts Centre 2010
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For Subscriptions please call 0191 515 2800
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Northern
Print
Stepney Bank, Newcastle Upon
Tyne.
0191
261 7000
http://www.northernprint.org.uk/
Wed to Fri 11am – 5pm, Sat 12pm - 4pm.
VISUAL JAZZ
25th Feb - 31st Mar 2010
Following
a highly successful career as a commercial
photographer in Caracas, Venezuela, working for
the likes of Ford, General Motors and Kodak and
renowned for his pioneering special effects work
using dark room techniques alone, Opus Art
proudly present Simon Jauncey’s Artistic
Debut: Visual Jazz. As Jazz improvises around a
theme to create a mood, Visual Jazz captures the
essence of its subject by substituting precise
detail and a definite subject with a focus on
movement, colour and rhythm, producing images
whose ethereal quality suggests an
‘‘otherness’’ deeply
connected to our everyday existence.
Featuring photographs from cities around the
globe including Madrid, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
London and of course Newcastle, as well as a
unique perspective on events such as The
Edinburgh Festival and the Horse Races, this
show has a little something for everyone. This
spectacular show opens on Friday, 26 February,
with an Exclusive Private View on Thursday, 25
February, from 6pm. Come along to browse and buy
while you enjoy a glass or two of wine, taking
advantage of the exceptional expertise of
everyone here at Opus Art.
William
Tillyer's 40th Anniversary Print
Collection
12th Mar - 10th Apr 2010
2010
will mark the fortieth anniversary of William
Tillyer's spectacular rise to prominence,
celebrating a four decade long artistic career
which has been as groundbreaking and varied as
it has been long, and which shows no signs of
slowing in the future! To celebrate Tillyer's
success to date, Opus Art are proud to present
this brand new series of Limited Edition Digital
Prints in the North East for the very first
time.
Opus
Gallery
West
Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191 213
0295
www.opus-art.com
Mon-
Sat 10am- 5.30pm, free
Red
Box Gallery
St.
Nicholas Chare, Newcastle. 0191 245 7121
by appointment only
www.redboxgallery.com
Stephenson
Works,
20 South Street (behind Central Station),
Newcastle
AUX
- Carlie-Rose Laverack
From 26th Feb 2010
The
work of Lancashire based artist Carlie-Rose
Laverack seems to operate within the realm of
paradox by creating situations that are at once
a simulation and subversion of their
environment. Laverack’s adaptation of the
gallery space is a reflex of her shrewd response
to site: responding with calculated discerption
to detail and context in order to ensnare you
into the counterfeit situation she has created.
Her work lies within real time but
simultaneously defeats this model.
Satellite
Gallery
61
Thornton Street, Newcastle NE1 4AW. 0191 477
2200
www.satellitesatellite.org
Open Mon to Sat 10.30am - 6pm.
WILD WITH
WILDSMITH: A
New Bookden Exhibition!
From 2nd Apr 2010
Admire
the beautiful work of Brian Wildsmith, one of
Britain’s most influential illustrators of
children’s books. From his Greenaway award
winning book ABC through to his amazing animal
books, his vibrant and colourful images draw you
into the book, making learning to read fun. Join
in with creative craft activities and stunning
storytimes to fill the Easter holidays with
colourful fun!
Seven
Stories: The Centre for Children's Books
30
Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle Upon
Tyne NE1 2PQ. 0845 274
0777
www.sevenstories.org.uk
Mon
to Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm.
Entrance Prices: Adult £6.00*,
Child/Concession £5.00*, Family+
£17.00
LONG STORY TOLD BIT BY BIT:
LIBERIA RETOLD
By
Tim Hetherington
20th Mar - 15th May 2010
Tim
Hetherington spent eight years living in West
Africa, four of which were spent in Liberia.
From the time when he was, effectively, embedded
with LURD to his documentation of the immediate
post-war period and of the trial of former
President Charles Taylor as a war criminal, he
builds up a complex picture of the rough
iconography of the war, the unraveling dynamics
of power, the human tragedy, the triumph and
destruction. It is a narrative populated with an
extraordinary range of characters. Long Story
Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold is published by
Umbrage.
Side
Gallery
Side, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 232 2208
www.amber-online.com
Tues-Sun
11-5, free.
PIONEERING
SPECIES
19th June 2009 - 31st June 2010
Rednile
Projects Ltd have been commissioned by North
Tyneside Council and the Tynemouth Station
working group to undertake a large scale
temporary public art work on the hoardings in
Tynemouth Station. The project is underway and
is aimed to be installed in mid June 2009.
Please visit their website for more information:
www.rednile.org
Tynemouth
Metro Station
Tynemouth
0191 515 3610
www.locatorart.org
Daily 24 hours. Free
Tyneside
Cinema
10
Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0845 217
9909
www.tynecine.org
Approx.
10-8.30 Mon-Sun.
MOOD PAINTINGS OF THE NORTH
- Ornulf
Opdahl
26th Feb - 9th Apr 2010
Opdahl’s
mood paintings of the North, with their colours
like dying embers of a fire – glowing
umber, the greys of ashes and charcoal blacks,
often have a sense of imminence. However, his
potentially menacing landscapes can also
resemble paradise on earth, of winter nights
emanating light, of skies irradiated by stars; a
cosmic reminder of infinity and an intimation of
mortality.
ENGLAND MY ENGLAND
- Chris
Steele-Perkins
16th Apr - 28th May 2010
The
award-winning Magnum Agency photographer, Chris
Steele-Perkins came to England in 1949 when he
was two, the son of a Burmese mother and English
father. Remarkably calm and unprejudiced, he was
uniquely qualified to chronicle England’s
evolution into an ethnically diverse society. He
experienced, he recalls, an initial feeling of
alienation, a “sense of distance”
which has perhaps coloured and heightened his
vision Not that his aim in his England, my
England anthology was to produce a sociological
survey; instead, his collection is a kind of
antidote to the rose-tinted myths peddled by the
tourism industry.
University
Gallery and Baring Wing
University of Northumbria, Sandyford Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 227 4424
www.northumbria.ac.uk/universitygallery
Monday
to Thursday 10am – 5pm, Friday and Saturday
10am to 4pm
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
Admission free.
PHANTASIEBLUME
- Nick
Fox
22nd Apr - 5th Jun 2010
Vane
Kings
House, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1
3PA. 0191 261 8281
www.vane.org.uk
Wed
to Sat - 12 noon - 5pm, Free
A TIME AFTER PEOPLE
- Michael
Mulvihill
26th
Feb - 3rd Apr 2010
Michael makes
drawings made in graphite on paper that are
based on photographs, which have been taken of
places he visits, or has found. The drawings
meditate upon existential anxiety of time after
people.Michael Mulvihill has a studio at
Waygood. Waygood is running a series of
exhibitions selected by Northern Stage in their
sponsors room, while it awaits the completion of
its city centre cultural venue.
Waygood
Art Boutique @ Northern Stage
Barras
Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 7RH. 0191 265 6857
www.waygood.org
Wed - Sat 12noon - 5pm
Gateshead
NASTY PIECE OF STUFF
- Jordan
Baseman
6th
Feb - 9th May 2010
Nasty Piece of Stuff is an exhibition of recent
work by American video artist Jordan Baseman.
Developed from the interview process that is at
the heart of Baseman’s practice, the works
in the exhibition use found footage and stop
frame techniques to accompany voice-driven
narratives.
TRUISMS -
Jenny
Holzer
5th
Mar - 16th May 2010
BALTIC proudly announces a major exhibition of
internationally renowned American artist Jenny
Holzer opening on Friday 5 March 2010. In 2002
Holzer participated in the B.4.B pre-opening
programme, projecting her haunting texts onto
facades throughout Tyneside. For her new
exhibition, the artist will present work
spanning the last two decades, filling two
floors of BALTIC’s galleries. Including
painting and sculpture alongside her spectacular
LED installations, the exhibition is
Holzer’s largest and most comprehensive for
fifteen years and the first its scale to be
shown in the UK.
Baltic
South Shore Road, Gateshead. 0191 478
1810
www.balticmill.com
...
Mon-Wed
and Fri-Sun 10-6, Thurs 10-8, free.
Closed Christmas Day & Boxing
Day, New Years Eve & New Years
Day. Entrance Free
TAYLOR WESSING
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE
27th
Mar - 6th Jun 2010
Organised by the
National Portrait Gallery, London and sponsored
by Taylor Wessing, the Taylor Wessing
Photographic Portrait Prize has firmly
established itself as the leading showcase for
new talent in portrait photography. The
exhibition displays work by some of the most
talented emerging young photographers, alongside
that of established professionals, students and
gifted amateurs.
TREASURES FROM THE SHIPLEY ART GALLERY
18th
Feb - 7th Nov 2010
The Shipley's
superb painting collection includes works from
the 16th to the 20th centuries and features
landscapes, seascapes, portraits and religious
subjects. This exhibition of the collection will
show a range of paintings, including old
favourites and some rarely seen treasures.
Shipley
Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead. 0191 477
1495
www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley....
Mon-Sat
10-5, Sun 2-5, free.
CECILIA STENBOM
from
17th Mar 2010
Cecilia
Stenbom’s artworks and films explore
notions of identity and relationships in a
mediated world. She examines our desires by
appropriating genres of mass media and commodity
such as advertising, documentary and the TV
movie, fulfilling the expectations that those
genres set up. Previous works have included
“The Protocol” (2008), a re-enactment
of an American infomercial, “The
Inspector” (2007) a narrative based on
female television cops and “Search &
Destroy” (2006) a “first person”
account of experiences as a US marine in the
Vietnam War based on cult movies on that
subject.
During the research residency at ISIS Arts
Cecilia is developing and producing a new body
of work that is investigating capitalisation and
dramatisation of domestic concerns, such as
health, security and safety. As part of this
project, Cecilia is using a wide range of source
material such as real rescue drama
documentaries, mortality statistics and first
aid equipment. This project will culminate in a
solo exhibition at Workplace Gallery in 2010.
Cecilia has received a grant from Arts Council
England to develop and produce this work.
The
WorkPlace Gallery
The Old Post Office, 19-21 West Street,
Gateshead. 0191 477 2200
www.workplacegallery.co.uk
Tues to Sat 11am - 5pm or by appointment.
Sunderland
AUTOMATA: AN UNCANNY CURIOSITY
22nd
Mar - 15th May 2010
The exhibition brings together the work of
influential designers and makers of automata
from across the UK. It explores the wit, skill
and individuality that combine to make the
character of these objects. Like the Victorian
children's toys, Automata conjures up a feeling
of childlike nostalgia, but it is an
uncomfortable sensation, where the unfamiliar
becomes unnervingly familiar.
TRACE
-
Sally Hall, Barrie West and Stephen
McNulty
28th
May - 31st Jul 2010
A group show of new works by Sally Hall, Barrie
West and Stephen McNulty. Sally Hall’s work
traces the surface of selected objects to
exploit their visual and hidden histories.
Barrie West’s art lies somewhere in the
space between what is revealed and what is yet
to be revealed. These personal images somehow
become universal when we associate something in
the work which has significance to ourselves.
Stephen McNulty’s pieces are built up using
graphite: they are monotone, and yet between the
spaces of drawn lines, colour emerges; is this
paradox significant or merely coincidental?
Arts
Centre Washington
Biddick Lane, Fatfield, District 7,
Washington.
www.artscentrewashington.com
The
Art Studio
1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland. 0191 567 7414
Wed - Fri 11am - 3pm. Free.
National
Glass Centre
Liberty Way, Sunderland. 0191 515 5555
www.nationalglasscentre.com
Daily
10am-5pm, free.
VIE
-
Giuseppe Davies
22nd
Jan 2010 - 3rd Apr 2010
Giuseppe Davies' interactive installation 'Vie'
is a ambient artwork which choreographs both
colour and sound. Davies invites us to immerse
ourselves into a symphony of abstract colour
that we help to create. 'Vie' is an environment
of moving light and colour which responds to
both our actions and even to our choice of
clothes. The work registers the colours we wear,
which affects the spectrum that appear on
screen. It also uses infra-red sensors to allow
us to control the ebb and flow of light: as we
move our hands across a projection screen, we
effect the direction of light, creating drops
and ripples of colour that spill across the
wall. Davies' digital artworks are meditative
environments in which we are able to explore
unfamiliar spaces in a playful and intuitive
way. Giuseppe Davies is based in North-East
England.
'Vie' exhibited as part of the festival 'SHINE:
Urban Garden' staged across Sunderland city
centre. SHINE brings together an array of visual
artworks and light installations across the
Sunderland between 23 - 31 January 2010.
HELIOCENTRIC
5th
Mar 2010 - 1st May 2010
‘Semiconductors’
newly commissioned multi-screen installation
which reveals the Earth’s rotation as it
orbits the sun. Heliocentric features a new
soundtrack by musician BJ Nilsen. The exhibition
also includes a selection of earlier
moving-image works by Semiconductor, including
work made during their residency at the NASA
Space Sciences Lab in California, 2007.
Co-commissioned by AV Festival 10 and Northern
Lights Film Festival. Exhibition produced by AV
Festival 10 in partnership with Northern Gallery
for Contemporary Art.
Chad
McCail
21st
May 2010 - 3rd Jul 2010
A major survey of Chad McCail's works over the
past decade, including his largest work to date
a 100-foot long mural, alongside other new
works.
Littlewhitehead
3rd May 2010 - 26th Jun 2010
New works by Glasgow based artists Craig Little
and Blake Whitehead.
Northern
Gallery for
Contemporary
Art
City
Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street,
Sunderland. 0191 514 1235
www.ngca.co.uk
Mon
and Wed 9.30-7.30, Tues, Thurs and Fri 9.30-5,
Sat 9.30-4, free
Reg
Vardy Gallery
Sunderland
University, Ashburne House, Ryhope Road,
Sunderland.
0191 515 2128
www.regvardygallery.org
Tues 10-8, Wed-Fri 10-6, Sat by appointment,
free
CHINA:
Journey To The East
29th
Jan - 9th May 2010
China:
Journey to the East is a major exhibition from
the British museum, revealing the compelling
story of one of the world's most important
civilisations. Immerse yourself in 3,000 years
of Chinese history and culture and experience
the sights, sounds and colours of China as you
discover captivating objects both ancient and
modern.
Sunderland
Museum and Winter Gardens
Mowbray
Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland. 0191 553
2323
www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland
Mon-Sat
10-5, Sun 2-5, free.
University
of Sunderland
The
Design Centre Gallery, St Michaels Way, City
Campus, Sunderland.
www.sunderland.ac.uk
Mon - Fri 9am - 5.30pm & Saturdays 10am
- 4pm. Free Entry.
South
Shields
THEM AND US
-
Richard Wheater
20th
Feb - 4th Apr 2010
In
the course of making Them and Us the Yorkshire
based artist Richard Wheater utilized his expert
glassmaking skills and a hand built mobile
furnace to create a unique glass bird relevant
to a diverse range of locations across England.
These carefully chosen sites became backdrops to
a series of site-specific actions / live art
performances. By fabricating the glass birds
on-site, Wheater attempted a wholly futile
action – that of mimicking Mother Nature.
He further accentuated this by, as he describes
it, deliberately ‘setting the bird
free’ – an action that saw him take
the still molten bird from his furnace and fling
it high into the air. This is, in a very literal
sense, a project which celebrates people's
creativity, their labour, and – let's not
forget – their will-power; but its
inevitable failure was always
Customs
House
Mill
Dam, South Shields. 0191 454 1234
www.customshouse.co.uk
Mon
- Sat 10am - 8.30pm, Sun 11am - 8.30pm,
Free.
SPACE AGE:
Exploration,
Design
and Popular Culture
27th
Feb - 16th May 2010
This major new exhibition from the V&A
Museum of Childhood explores people's
fascinating with space and how it has influenced
popular culture, from comics and toys to film,
design and merchandising.
DINOMITES
- The
A-Z of
Dinosaurs
12th
Jun - 26th Sept 2010
Travel
back 150 million years and come face to face
with baby and juvenile dinosaurs in DinoMites -
The A- Z of Dinosaurs, from the armour that
protects plant eaters like Polacanthus, to zoos,
with captive breeding programmes that try to
prevent the extinction of today's species.
DinoMites shows 15 species, including children's
favourites such as T. rex and Triceratops, and
less well-known dinosaurs such as Gallimimus and
Oviraptor. Each display and interactive exhibit
explores a different aspect of the prehistoric
world, and takes the visitor through the lives
of these animals, from hatching out of their
eggs to a peaceful forest death.
South
Shields Museum and Art Gallery
Ocean
Road, South Shields. 0191 456 8740
www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields
Mon to Sat 10am to 5.30pm, Sun 1pm to 5pm,
free.
North
Shields
Globe
Hub
97
Howard Street, North Shields.0191 259 2614
www.globegallery.org
Wed-Sat
11.30am-5pm, Free
County
Durham
Bowes
Museum
Barnard
Castle, County Durham. 01833 690606
www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
11am
- 5pm. £7.00/£6.00 Concs, free
for under 16's
JENNIFER DOUGLAS
6th
Mar - 18th Apr 2010
An
exhibition of newly commissioned work by the
Gateshead based artist Jennifer Douglas. The
exhibition invites the viewer to test their
boundaries and preconceived notions of objects
and space, fiction and reality. Spanning
drawing, sculpture, and installation, Douglas'
work reveals structures of thought that are both
abstract and literal. Her materials are
carefully selected for their distinctive
qualities or characteristics which engage the
viewer in an aesthetic lanuage that is typical
of her practice.
Jennifer's installations become a place of
transition 'betwixt and between' worlds of
understanding, where unpredictability and
disorientation enable an opening up to something
new in which intricate and intriguing worlds of
fantasy are created. Douglas' recent projects
include a billboard commission for the Jerwood
Space in London and numerous international solo
and group exhibitions including those at BALTIC
Centre for Contemporary Art, Hales Gallery,
London and the Central Academy of Fine Arts,
Beijing.
A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION:
Juliet Cheney-Robson
24th
Apr - 6th Jun 2010
County
Durham based artist Juliet Chenery-Robson
exhibits a series of portraits detailing the
lives of those living in the shadow of Myalgic
Encephalopathy, usually known as ME. Often
referred to as the disease of a thousand names,
M.E. affects over 250,000 people in the UK and
many thousands more throughout the world. Yet
this devastating illness is shrouded behind an
aura of scepticism.
Often regarded as an 'invisible' illness due to
its internal symptoms and the uncertainty
surrounding its causes and existence,
Chenery-Robson seeks to make this somewhat
misunderstood illness 'visible' to an often
disbelieving audience.
Durham
Gallery
Aykley
Heads, Durham. 0191 384 2214
http://county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
10am
- 5pm (April - October)
10am - 4pm (November - March)
£3.25/£2.15 Concs, £1.35
Child (5-16yrs), free for under 5's. Family
ticket £7.50.
DREAMS & REALITY
3rd
Mar - 30th Mar 2010
During March 'Dreams and Reality' will showcase
paintings by Christine Borthwick plus abstract
paintings by Phil Poxon.
SOUTH AFRICA COMES TO STANLEY
6th
Apr - 16th Apr 2010
During April a special exhibition will be
mounted to accompany a visit by South African
performers to the Lamplight Arts Centre during
the Easter Holidays.
The
Lamplight Arts Centre
Front
Street, Stanley, County Durham. 01207 218899
www.leisureworksonline.co.uk
9am
- 5pm, Free
Northumberland
Alnwick
Gardens Exhibition Room
Denwick
Lane, Alnwick, Northumberland. 01665 511350
www.alnwickgarden.com
SEEING
THE WOOD & THE TREES
20th
Mar - 4th May 2010
Crown
Studio Gallery
Elsdon,
Northumberland 01830 520144
www.crownstudio.co.uk
Open
Tues - Sun. 10am to 5pm.
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New
Years Day. Entrance Free.
SPRING EXHIBITION
From
6th Mar 2010
Fifiefofum
is once again hosting a mixed Spring show
including work from some of their favourite
artists and makers. Glynnis Carter, Ian
Greensitt, Susanna Hanl, Peter Hicks, Richard
Kidd, Sue Moffitt, Tom Moore, Eric Moss, Chris
Mouncey, Anja Percival, Christine Pybus, Lucy
Sylvester, Catherine Boyne Whitelegg, William
Wilson, Peter Wray, and more.
Fi
Fie Fo Fum Gallery
Open for online sales or viewing by appointment
only.
Newton,
Off A69, Northumberland. 01661 843778
www.fifiefofum.com
Wed-Fri
11am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun 11am to
4pm. Free
DIANE GAINEY
9th
May - 30th May 2010
Starting
on Saturday 9th May for 3 weeks an exhibition of
new watercolours by Cumbrian artist Diane
Gainey. The work will comprise mainly
Northumbrian scenes with some of Scotland and
The Lake District.
The
Gate Gallery
12
Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland. 01665
602165
www.thegategalleryuk.com
TRIPARTITE
13th
Feb - 11th Apr 2010
Three
North East based artists individually explore
issues of identity, personality and the body.
This group exhibition utilises installation,
painting and drawing and is specifically
designed for the space at Saltburn Art Gallery.
Lois Hobby’s current practice in drawing
and painting explores the personality of
specific individuals. Dee Shaw explores notions
of identity through Mixed Media Installation.
Tracey Tofield investigates the physical body in
space by creating illuminated drawings on
silk.
Saltburn
Artists Projects @ Saltburn
Gallery
30-32 Marke Road, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 1QG.
01287 626060
www.saltburnartistsproject.org.uk
Wed to Sun 12pm - 4pm
The
Garden Station
Langley, Hexham, Northumberland. 01434
684391
www.thegardenstation.co.uk
Wed-Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun
11am to 4pm. Free Entry
Teesside
SCULPTURES:
A RETROSPECTIVE
-
Philip Cox
16th
Jan - 27th Mar 2010
The
amazing, life-size sculptures in this collection
were made at various times for a variety of
events and exhibitions during the 25 years
Philip has been a professional artist. Each
piece of work has been made from corrugated
cardboard, paper pulp and coloured paper. Some
figures are his interpretation of real people
and others are fictional characters in everyday
situations. www.philipcox.info – creator of
paper people.
Museum
of Hartlepool
V
& A Museum of Childhood, Maritime Avenue,
Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ
01429 860077
http://www.destinationhartlepool.com
Open Daily 10am - 5pm. Free Entry
A
CERTAIN DISTANCE, ENDLESS LIGHT
A
Project by Felix Gonzalez-Torres and William
McKeown
5th
Mar - 4th Jul 2010
The
exhibition, inspired by the theme of AV Festival
10, energy, will bring together two
extraordinary artists, Cuban born American
artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Irish artist
William McKeown. Both artists’ work answer
the theme of energy in different ways, through
highly personal pursuits of beauty, happiness
and freedom.
Part of AV Festival 10: Energy
5-14 March 2010
International festival of electronic arts
featuring visual art, music and moving image
NewcastleGateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland -
www.avfestival.co.uk
ULTRA-RED
- The
Middlesbrough
Session
5th
Mar - 4th Jul 2010
Ultra-red
pursue a fragile but dynamic exchange between
art, sound and political organising. Founded in
1994 by two AIDS activists, over the years they
have expanded to include artists, researchers
and organisers from different social movements.
The work in the sound space is derived from a
series of performances, or ‘Listening
Sessions’ in which Ultra-red members share
recordings from their investigations within the
struggles surrounding migration, anti-racism,
fair housing, youth and HIV/AIDS. The
Middlesbrough Session will take place during
June, after which visitors will see the results
in project space 1.
RAILWAY MANIA
- Bonnie
Camplin
15th
Jul - 14th Nov 2010
Highly
acclaimed artist Bonnie Camplin will present her
first major solo exhibition in a public
institution at mima this July. Known for her
willfully subjective drawings, films and video.
Camplins’ work can be seen as a narrative
on social history and an insight to the present.
As part of her ongoing investigation into the
deeper meaning of science, technology and
rational thought the exhibition will incorporate
aesthetic and historical material relating to
the industrial revolution and in particular the
birth of the railways.
The project is the result of a two-year
collaboration with the artist that incorporated
a number of research visits to the region in
order to gather information, texts, manifestos,
public declarations and verbal histories.
Mima
( Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art)
Middlesbrough,
TS1 2YB
www.visitmima.com
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