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19/1/2012

Four Exhibitions

The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall

There is a Place...
20 January - 14 April 2012
Floor 3

Artists include: Christiane Baumgartner, Graham Chorlton, Laura Oldfield Ford, George Shaw, Barry Thompson, Paul Winstanley

There is a Place...brings together a group of artists who explore our psychic connectivity to landscape. The drawings, paintings and prints within the exhibition reveal 'a sense of place' as seemingly generic urban and suburban views evoke personal and collective memories. The reverie of teenage hideouts, suburban housing estates and motorway junctions, each depicted in painstaking detail, are at once familiar yet unnerving for all.

The artists in this exhibition capture the most overlooked and peripheral spaces of our towns and cities, those unremarkable and unclaimed spaces that we each make our own.

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Blue skies, nothing but blue skies....
20 January - 12 May 2012
Floor 4

Georges Braque, Phil Brooks, John Constable, Francis Dodd, Edward M Elliot, E M Flint, Andrew Gifford, David Gunning, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Hughes, Avan de Leeuw, Matt & Ross, Dawn Shorten, David Thorpe and Wolfgang Tillmans,

This exhibition, drawn from Walsall’s Collections, brings together artists who literally look to the skies! Working in a wide range of media and with different perspectives and priorities in mind, each of them share a concern with the power of the sky and its ability to add drama and expression to their work.

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Martin Parr: Black Country Stories
20 January - 7 April 2012
Floor 1

Black Country Stories brings renowned Magnum photographer, Martin Parr, on a photographic journey across the Black Country. Starting in 2010 and finishing in 2014, Martin is visiting markets, temples, factories, social clubs, tea dances, dog training classes, summer fetes and a whole mixture of other places in Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley.

This special display showcases the photographs Martin took in Walsall throughout 2011.

Over the last 12 months he visited local leather and metal factories and met the people that keep these industries alive; various places of worship that reflect the cultural diversity of our borough; experienced our vibrant social scene; sampled traditional Black Country foods and joined our Royal Wedding celebrations!

You can also listen to a selection of stories from Walsall residents talking about their lives, work, families, and experiences of the Black Country and share your own experiences in our ‘memory wall’. A final exhibition will take place at the gallery in 2014, followed by presentations in Wolverhampton and Dudley.

The New Art Gallery Walsall is grateful to Launer London, Kirkpatrick Traditional Ironwork, J.& E. Sedgewick & Co and Pat Gorman Pies for donating some of their products for the exhibition.

Black Country Stories is commissioned and produced by Multistory, a community arts organisation based in West Bromwich.

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Zarina Bhimji: Yellow Patch
20 January - 14 April 2012
Floor 3

The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present Zarina Bhimji’s latest film Yellow Patch which makes its world première simultaneously in Walsall and at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

The film was shot on location in Mumbai, Kutch and Gujarat. Focusing primarily on landscapes and interiors, the artist has created a poetic and evocative exploration of place. Yellow Patch demonstrates Zarina’s interest in space, her characteristic attention to detail and her remarkable and sensitive handling of light.

Yellow Patch was co-produced by Outset Contemporary Art Fund, de Appel arts centre and The New Art Gallery Walsall with executive producers Artsadmin. Additional support was provided from Arts Council England, Framestore and individual donors.

Image: Zarina Bhimji, Breathless Love, 2007, Ilfachrome Ciba Classic Print, 1270 x 1600 mm, courtesy the artist

Preview: Thursday 19 January 2012, 6-8pm

The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square - Walsall
Opening Times: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm. Closed Mondays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Free admission

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