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2/5/2012

Transmitter/Receiver

The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall

Artists include: Linder, Eileen Agar, David Batchelor, Ian Breakwell, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Patrick Caulfield, Steven Claydon, Michael Craig-Martin, Kate Davis, The Hackney Flashers, Richard Hamilton, Margaret Harrison, Susan Hiller , Laurence Kavanagh, Peter Kennard, Idris Khan, Camilla Løw, David Mach, Ben Nicholson, David Noonan, Chris Ofili, Eduardo Paolozzi, Toby Paterson, Sir Roland Penrose, Grayson Perry, Jo Spence, John Stezaker, Tony Swain, Mark Titchner, Armando Andrade Tudela, Martin Westwood.

The new Arts Council Collection touring exhibition Transmitter/Receiver traces some of the uses of collage in British art from the first influences of the Parisian avant-garde, in the early work of Ben Nicholson and British Surrealists Eileen Agar and Roland Penrose, through to present day practitioners such as Steve Claydon, David Noonan and Idris Khan. Bringing together over 50 works, it includes traditional collage on paper, alongside painting, sculpture, film and slide projections, all drawn from the Arts Council Collection.

Collage as a medium has existed and been used for centuries, whether as the assembly of materials to make artworks or the gathering of memorabilia or objects to form a scrapbook. As an art form is was made famous by the Cubist collages of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. This exhibition covers British works from 1930s to the present day and explores how collage has arguably become the default medium of the twenty-first century – it is now commonplace to sample, appropriate, mix and mash materials from across a vast range of media and assimilate these elements to articulate one’s own vision. The exhibition title comes from the words of the French critic Nicholas Bourriaud - we are no longer either passive receivers or authoritative cultural transmitters, but potentially both simultaneously.

Transmitter/Receiver shows the diversity of approaches and themes addressed by artists through the medium of collage, from the bold experimentation in breaking down the barriers of high art in the first half of the 20th century, to the increasingly political critique of the commercial world by Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi in 1950s & 1960s. In the 1970s, Feminist artists such as Linder used collage to rebel against the advertising industry’s casual commodification of the female image, while artists such as John Stezaker felt the need to jolt his viewer out of a passive acceptance of the relentless barrage of visual material. Recently artists such as Steven Claydon and Idris Khan have appropriated film techniques of cutting and splicing to create complex video collages.

The exhibition is accompanied by a small publication priced at £5.00. Visitors to the exhibition can take away labels for selected works to insert into the book, in the style of a scrapbook.

Image: John Stezaker, Pair V, Collage © the artist. Courtesy the Arts Council Collection

For further PRESS information about the Arts Council Collection please contact Sarah Ragsdale, Tel: 020 7921 0887 or sarah.ragsdale@southbankcentre.co.uk or Helena Zedig, Tel: 020 7921 0847 or helena.zedig@southbankcentre.co.uk

For gallery interview opportunities and further information, please contact Deborah Robinson, Senior Exhibitions Curator on 01922 654412 email: RobinsonDeb@walsall.gov.uk , Chris Wilkinson, Marketing and Development Assistant on 01922 654416 email: wilkinsonc@walsall.gov.uk ,
Natalie Greenway, Press & Publicity Officer, Communications & Marketing
01922650853 email: greenwayn@walsall.gov.uk

In Conversation: Saturday 23 June, 2pm. Join artist Idris Khan for an informal talk about his work. Book your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.

Preview: Thursday 3 May 2012, 6-8pm

The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Squar - Walsall
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm. Closed Mondays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
Free admission

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