Opening Times: Art Exchange is open Monday – Friday 11am-5pm and Saturday 12pm-4pm.
Admission is free.
Previous Exhibitions & Events:
Margins: walking between worlds (Part 1)
24 September 2011 - 05 November 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
An exhibition in 3 parts, ‘Margins: walking between worlds’ creates a platform for bringing together work that registers the often complex issues inherent in the simple act of walking.
Part 1 investigates how mobility, resistance and power can be explored through the simple act of walking. This exhibition focuses on artists who insert themselves into everyday life on the streets. Some subtly absorb the world around them, while others walk in an overtly political direction. Yet all reference place, all utilise the natural narrative of going on a journey - and all recognise that the absurdity of our situation is never far away.
This exhibition brings together the work of internationally renowned artists Francis Alÿs, Regina José Galindo, Emily Jacir, John Smith and Richard Wentworth.
Margins: walking between worlds (Part 2) 10 November 2011 - 26 November 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
Part 2 focuses on the extraordinary collaboration between Tacita Dean and writer Marina Warner, ‘Footage’, an exploration of shamans in myth and legend who walk between worlds on our behalf.
Margins: walking between worlds (Part 3) 01 December 2011 - 17 December 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
Part 3 explores issues of displacement and forced exile in the work of South African artist William Kentridge. We focus on ‘Shadow Procession’, a seminal work that reminds us that mobility is not always a matter of choice, but a by product of war, famine and colonial legacy. Beautifully made and with a disconcertingly celebratory sound track, this film reminds us of the complexities and contradictions bound up in the simple act of walking.
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09 July 2011 - 23 July 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
The painters in this exhibition all share an irresistible compulsion to paint. Their desire is obsessive, all-consuming and often intangible. Communicating through paint, brush and canvas, they create their own language to interpret of the world around us.
James Metsoja finds inspiration from newspapers and magazines and the world of imagery that we are immersed in everyday. Businessmen, soldiers, celebrities and entrepreneurs all find their way into his paintings. Rebecca Roscorla paints scenes of leisure; such as parks where fountains take centre stage, their rococo opulence perhaps relating to the indulgence of painting itself. Robin Webb’s paints swiftly from one canvas to the next, often influenced by the previous painting or events that take place in between. Neil Keith Baker uses devices such as curtains and screens to both hide and reveal his subject matter at the same time.
The title of this exhibition O Painters! My Painters! suggests adoration and lament in equal measure; echoing the role painting in the 21st century.
All artworks are for sale.
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TimeFrame28 April 2011 - 11 June 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
TimeFrame attempts to expose the invisible construction of the museum and gallery as eternal spaces within which time appears naturally suspended.By bringing together a collection of works which foreground art’s ephemeral qualities, TimeFrame invites visitors to question the rhetorical stance of traditional white room art spaces as being removed from the influence of time’s passing.
Presented by students from the Centre for Curatorial Studies at the University of Essex, this exhibition features works by internationally renowned artists Liz Ballard, Michel Blazy, Ori Gersht, Carla Guagliardi and Robert Smithson.
Presented by students from the Centre for Curatorial Studies at the University of Essex, this exhibition features works by internationally renowned artists Liz Ballard, Michel Blazy, Ori Gersht, Carla Guagliardi and Robert Smithson.
Image shown: Ori Gersht, Time After Time, Blow Up no. 12, (2007) University of Warwick Art Collection. image copyright the artist. Courtesy Mummery + Schnelle
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Intimate Bureaucracies: Art and the Mail
25 February 2011 - 26 March 2011
Venue: Art Exchange
Venue: Art Exchange
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Intimate Bureaucracies explores the roots and development of mail art and the ways in which artists employ different methods of circulation to open up unexpected spaces in society and seek wider participation in their work.
Intimate Bureaucracies explores the roots and development of mail art and the ways in which artists employ different methods of circulation to open up unexpected spaces in society and seek wider participation in their work.
