Venue: Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU
Dates: Wednesday 20 September 2017, 6.30 – 7.30pm (a bottle bar will be open from 6pm)
Admission: £3 payable at the venue
Talk by Danny Morrell exploring the link between artists, Adolphe Valette, Lawrence Lowry, Harold Riley and Albert Adams how they and Greater Manchester have influenced each other.
Venue: Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester
Launch: Thursday 6 July 2017, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition dates: Friday 7 July – Sunday 29 October 2017
Gallery opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm
Admission: Free
One of Two Stories, or Both (Field Bagatelles) is a newly commissioned radio series and gallery installation inspired by tales of Chinese migrants, presented initially as part of Manchester International Festival.
Ssound artist and composer Samson Young takes visitors and listeners on a journey inspired by the myths and legendary tales of 17th-century Chinese travellers making their way to Europe on foot.
Originally presented in front of a live studio audience and broadcast on FM and online from 30 June – 4 July, the radio series evolved into a multi-channel sound and visual installation at CFCCA. Elements of this installation will enter the University of Salford Art Collection after the exhibition.
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Edouard Malingue Gallery, University of Salford Art Collection, and West Kowloon Cultural District. Supported by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London as part of its programme of events commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Venue: Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester
Launch: Thursday 6 July 2017, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition dates: Friday 7 July – Sunday 29 October 2017
Gallery opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm
Admission: Free
Artists: Kong Chun Hei, Sarah Lai, Au Hoi Lam, Tang Kwok-hin, Ocean Leung, Ko Sin Tung, Trevor Yeung
From Ocean to Horizon is a group exhibition featuring established and emerging creative talents from Hong Kong, most of whom have previously never exhibited in the UK, presenting unique perspectives on living and working in present-day Hong Kong.
The title of the exhibition is inspired by the relationship between the ocean and the horizon line: a fluid, imaginary and liminal intersection between sea and sky. This shifting boundary is symbolic of Hong Kong as a city that defies categorisation, a dense metropolis undergoing continual and rapid physical, social and cultural transformations – and one that also has a very special relationship to the ocean with its unique island geography and famous deep, natural harbour.
The artists have been invited to reflect on how they have personally responded and adapted to change and uncertainty in their home city over the last two decades following the handover in 1997.
Residency Artist Studio: Kong Chun Hei
In addition to the exhibition Kong Chun Hei will complete a two-month artist’s residency at the CFCCA, through which he will develop work leading to a studio exhibition, responding to his experience of Manchester. Hei’s studio will be open for viewing from Thursday 6 July until Sunday 30 July.
This exhibition is co-curated by Ying Kwok (Independent Curator, Hong Kong), Lindsay Taylor (Art Curator, University of Salford) and Ying Tan (Curator, CFCCA) and has been made possible with the support of the University of Salford Art Collection, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London as part of its programme of events commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In May 2017 Art Curator, Lindsay Taylor attended the opening of the 57th Venice Biennale with Sam Ingleson, Academic Lead for Engagement in the School of Arts and Media.
The Venice Biennale is the most significant event in the contemporary art sector and we were thrilled to attend the opening events this year, in particular that of Shezad Dawood, whose work we had commissioned.
Leviathan by Dawood is on display at the Palazzina Canonica, on the waterfront very close to the Giardini, one of the two main sites for the Biennale. The Palazzina has recently been restored, and this is the first time that is open to the public since the 1970s. The building is on two levels and includes a courtyard. As with many buildings in Venice, it is worth a visit in its own right.
Dawood, (b. 1974, UK) is exhibiting the first part of his most ambitious project to date – a ten part film cycle, filmed over 3 years, looking at some of the most urgent issues of our time: marine welfare, migration and mental health. The first two films are launched at the Palazzina Canonica for the Venice Biennale, with the third episode due to launch in September. Episode one of the cycle, Ben, was co-commissioned by University of Salford Art Collection with support from the Contemporary Art Society. An edition of the film will belong to the University Art Collection.
Starting with the words ‘The world was ending as it had been doing for millennia’, the film is a visual feast of found footage, carefully edited with new film and images, including from the Natural History Museum in London. The film is full of visual references, is rich in colour and composition and accompanied by a powerful soundtrack. This crafted mix of imagery, spoken word (almost poetry) and sound creates a surreal and hypnotic experience, made even more dramatic by the history and gravitas of the building.
Upstairs there is a room displaying a number of paintings Dawood has created on Fortuny fabrics, depicting the items that a migrant or refugee might carry with them on such a journey. In a further room, with windows that fill the space with light reflected from the lagoon, is an incredible sculpture On the Water. This dramatic scene is incredibly beautiful and for me one of the ‘wow’ moments of the week – the detail and quality of this sculpture, and its location, far outweigh other sculptures by another well-known British artist with a solo show in Venice. The second episode, shown in a building within the complex is slightly more narrative and hints at what is to come in further episodes.
It is also worth the boat journey over to Guidecca and the Fortuny factory. Dawood is displaying 4 further paintings and a neon sculpture in their showroom and grounds. The subject matter of items relating to migration, such as passports, mobile phones and wallets are made all the more potent by the sheer luxury and beauty of these unique printed fabrics and the splendour of the Fortuny store.
Overall the two exhibitions are elegantly and sensitively curated by Alfredo Camerotti. There is so much visual and aural competition in the Venice Biennale and it is brave to work on the principle of less is more – but here that is a wise decision. I am proud to have supported this epic artwork from the beginning and look forward with eagerness to see how the artist develops the cycle over the coming months and years.
Lindsay Taylor, Art Curator, University of Salford Art Collection
More information about the wider project visit the Leviathan website.
View the trailer for Ben. Commissioned by University of Salford Art Collection and Leviathan – Human and Marine Ecology, with support from The Contemporary Art Society.
Exhibition Venues:
New Adelphi Gallery , University of Salford
3 July – 11 August 2017, open Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm
PAPER gallery, Manchester
Until Saturday 12 August 2017, open Saturdays 11am – 5pm
Admission: Free
Artists: Lisa Denyer, Frances Disley, EC, Brendan Fletcher, Roni Feldman, Jenny Hager, Sharon Hall, Vincent Hawkins, David Leapman, Mali Morris RA, Max Presneill
This exhibition is a collaboration between PAPER, Manchester and Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, and is hosted by University of Salford as part of the Manifest Arts Festival, a contemporary art biennial running from the Wednesday 5 – Sunday 9 July 2017.
Amongst others, the exhibition features former John Moores Painting Prizewinner, David Leapman; Royal Academician, Mali Morris; and Liverpool Biennial Associate Artist, Frances Disley and our own Brendan Fletcher, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader BA (Hons) Visual Arts.
The Surface of Things showcases the work of established, mid-career and emerging artists all of whom believe passionately in the capacity of abstraction to offer a purposeful means of examining the world and our relationships, our exteriority and interiority and meaning beneath and beyond the surface of things.
Manifest Arts Festival will feature over 30 events, exhibitions and workshops across venues in Manchester, Salford and Bolton.
Venue: Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU
Dates: Wednesday 21 June (12-12.20pm), Tuesday 18 July (1-1.20pm), Thursday 24 August (12-12.20pm), Wednesday 27 September (1-1.20pm) & Thursday 26 October (12-12.20pm)
Admission: Free
Introductory talks on the What’s in Store? exhibition by a member of the University of Salford Art Collection Team.
Exhibition dates: Tuesday 13 – Friday 30 June 2017
Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP
Gallery opening times: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
Admission: Free
Lucida is a touring exhibition first shown at Tintype who represents the artist and then at the Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, earlier this year; the work is now exhibiting at Asia House, London. Lucida III has been commissioned by the Science Gallery Dublin where it was exhibited as part of Seeing (24 June – 22 October 2016) and is currently showing at Frost Science Museum, Miami, US (until 20 Oct 2017).
Chan’s Lucida project exposes the curious and complex relationship between the human eye, the brain and vision.
Lucida II & III are fully interactive works and visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the project through the use of eye-tracking technology. The moving image installations invite the audience to participate and make the surprising discovery that their gaze can change what they see and hear. Lucida II & III will reveal to the audience their own rapid eye movements, something that we are normally unaware of, as well as how we see with our central and peripheral vision.
For more details about the exhibition at Asia House visit their website.
Lucida is supported by the Wellcome Trust Small Arts Awards, University of Salford Art Collection and Arts Council England. The project was commissioned by the University of Salford Art Collection and the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) in partnership with the Centre for the Study of the Senses, University of London and Tintype.
Lucida is a touring exhibition first shown at Tintype who represents the artist; the CFCCA in Manchester in 2017, and will be at Asia House, London from June 14-30 2017. Lucida III has been commissioned by the Science Gallery Dublin where it was exhibited as part of Seeing (24 June – 22 October 2016) and is currently showing at Frost Science Museum, Miami, US (until 20 Oct 2017).
Showing as part of Create Salford 2017
Artists: Olivia Brittain, Joseph Burton, Hannah Connor, Laura Daniels, Katie Shaw, Cecily Shrimpton.
Exhibition dates: 9 June – 28 June 2017
Venue: New Adelphi Gallery, University of Salford
Gallery opening times: Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
Admission: Free
An exhibition featuring work by some of this year’s Graduate Scholars. The exhibition includes sculptures, video and sound pieces.
Our Graduate Scholarship Programme is 12 month programme open to all final year students from the School of Arts & Media and commences in the autumn after graduation.
The programme is an opportunity for graduating students to develop their skills and professional experience in the north west of England. The successful graduates receive financial support, mentoring and resources, such as studio space, to experiment and take risks with their creative practice within a supportive framework.
About to enter its fourth year the programme is run in collaboration with professional industry partners ArtWork Atelier, Castlefield Gallery, Hot Bed Press and Islington Mill; this year we are also please to welcome new partner Irwell House Studios.
Further good news for the programme; the Haworth Charitable Trust and the Lady Monica Cockfield Memorial Trust will both be providing financial support for scholarship places over a three year period.
Showing as part of Create Salford 2017
Artists: Olivia Brittain, Joseph Burton, Hannah Connor, Laura Daniels, Katie Shaw, Cecily Shrimpton.
Launch: Thursday 8th June 2017, 6-9pm
New Adelphi Gallery, University of Salford
Admission: Free
An exhibition featuring work by some of this year’s Graduate Scholars. The exhibition includes sculptures, video and sound pieces.
Our Graduate Scholarship Programme is 12 month programme open to all final year students from the School of Arts & Media and commences in the autumn after graduation.
The programme is an opportunity for graduating students to develop their skills and professional experience in the north west of England. The successful graduates receive financial support, mentoring and resources, such as studio space, to experiment and take risks with their creative practice within a supportive framework.
About to enter its fourth year the programme is run in collaboration with professional industry partners ArtWork Atelier, Castlefield Gallery, Hot Bed Press and Islington Mill; this year we are also please to welcome new partner Irwell House Studios.
Further good news for the programme; the Haworth Charitable Trust and the Lady Monica Cockfield Memorial Trust will both be providing financial support for scholarship places over a three year period.
Exhibition Dates: 26 May – August 2017
Venue: Council Chamber, The Old Fire Station, University of Salford, Salford
Gallery opening times: Viewings by appointment only, please contact the Art Collection Team.
Admission: Free
We are pleased to announce that 1st year Visual Arts student Lauren Curry was awarded the Haworth Life Drawing Prize 2017. Lauren was selected as in addition to attending and engaging fully with the Haworth Trust Life Class series over two trimesters her work showed a marked development over the course of the year and her best work was of a very high standard. The prize will give Lauren the opportunity to travel to a European country to study artworks in major galleries and museums. Previous winner Steph Grundy undertook her study trip in Rome and had an amazing time whilst there.
We are delighted that the Haworth Charitable Trust have confirmed that they will continue to support the Haworth Life Drawing Series. In addition they have offered to support a ‘Figurative Art’ bursary for our School of Arts & Media and Art Collection Graduate Scholarship Programme.
The Haworth Charitable Trust
“The Haworth Trust, a registered charity, was established 26 years ago. Its primary aim is to give financial assistance to deserving young people with exceptional talent who are determined to make a career in the arts, particularly in painting or music. It has a particular interest in assisting people located in the northern counties of England.”