Mandy Cleveland – Back of the Envelope
A new Q&A with Manchester-based artist Mandy Cleveland, one of six artists commissioned this Summer. Mandy discusses new work that reflects on feelings of 'personal and global' uncertainty during Covid 19.
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Streaming new work by Marija Bozinovska Jones: 1st Sept 2020
Beginningless Mind will be streamed online with interactive elements, from 1st September at 6pm BST, via Somerset House Studios. The three-fold audio-visual narrative will examine the 'flowing process of interconnectedness'
Birds or Borders – new animated video + Q&A with artist Parham Ghalamdar
Now available to watch online in full, Birds or Borders is a new animated video by Parham Ghalamdar. Alongside, read a new Q&A with the artist and UOS Curator Lindsay Taylor.
Sarah Eyre – Twitch, shift, jerk, slip, repeat
The first in a series of new GIFs by artist Sarah Eyre, responding to the "feeling of being on the cusp; of being suspended between different spaces and states..." during Covid 19
Spring micro-commission #5: Mollie Balshaw
The final in our current series of micro-commissions. Painter Mollie Balshaw records themself painting in the studio - revealing the usually private 'performance' behind the work.
Spring micro-commission #4: Richard Shields
The fourth in a series of micro-commissions for artists living, working, or from Salford. Artist & art technician Richard Shields has illustrated an imagined exhibition of works from our art collection...
Announcing: New commission with Mandy Cleveland and Hot Bed Press
The University of Salford is delighted to announce Mandy Cleveland as the fifth of six artists selected for new commissions for the Collection
Artist Q&A: Jack Tan Tale As Old As Time
The first of two blog posts with artist Jack Tan, discussing his new commission 'Tale As Old As Time'. Jack talks with us about the tradition of ‘disaster ceramics’ , and key moments in Chinese civil rights history in the UK.
Announcing: New commission with Marija Bozinovska Jones, AND Festival & Somerset House Studios
For the final in our series of new commissions this Summer, the University of Salford Art Collection has teamed up with AND Festival and Somerset House Studios to commission a new digital work by Marija Bozinovska Jones.
Spring micro-commission #3: Pat Flynn
The third in a series of micro-commissions, inviting artists to respond to our Collection. Digital artist Pat Flynn has re-interpreted a body of his own work from 2015.