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13/7/2006

British art show 6

Different Venues, Bristol

Works by fifty artists and artists' groups

Curated by Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker

Tomma Abts / Haluk Akakce / Phil Allen / Tonico Lemos Auad / Claire Barclay /Anna Barriball / Breda Beban / Zarina Bhimji / Kathrin Bohm / Ergin Cavusoglu / Gordon Cheung / Adam Chodzko / Marcus Coates / Nathan Coley / Phil Collins / Neil Cummings / Enrico David / Chris Evans / Doug Fishbone / Siobhan Hapaska / Roger Hiorns / Matthew Houlding / Richard Hughes / Marine Hugonnier / Gareth Jones / Kerstin Kartscher / Janice Kerbel / Mark Leckey / Marysia Lewandowska / Hew Locke / Christina Mackie / Goshka Macuga / Daria Martin / Andrew McDonald / Ivan and Heather Morison / Rosalind Nashashibi / Nils Norman / Silke Otto-Knapp / Toby Paterson / Juneau Projects / Paul Rooney / Eva Rothschild / Zineb Sedira / Lucy Skaer / Alia Syed / David Thorpe / Mark Titchner / Rebecca Warren / Gary Webb / Saskia Olde Wolbers /Carey Young

Works by fifty artists and artists' groups, selected from contemporary artists living and working in the UK, will appear in Bristol this summer for the Hayward Gallery's sixth British Art Show. The British Art Show is a unique chance to view recent developments in British art, and to experience a visual arts festival on a city-wide scale. A range of Bristol's museums, galleries and artist-run spaces ­ Arnolfini, Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery, R O O M, Royal West of England Academy, Spike Island and STATION (The Former Fireboat Station) ­ will be taking part.

British Art Show 6 will complete its tour in Bristol this summer, after opening at BALTIC in Gateshead in September 2005 and then travelling to Manchester and Nottingham. It has attracted huge audience numbers with more than 100,000 people visiting the exhibition during its run at BALTIC.

The British Art Show 6 will arrive in Bristol with new artworks and special commissions specific to the city. Also accompanying the exhibition is a live art programme developed from work included in British Art Show 6. A selection of artists from the exhibition are also developing new commissions in Bristol, responding to its built environment, artifacts and history.

The artwork in British Art Show 6 reflects the diversity and internationalism of current British practice, with 50% of the artists born outside of the UK and over half of the selected artists are women. In developing the shortlist for the British Art Show 6, curators Andrea Schlieker and Alex Farquharson travelled extensively throughout the UK and considered the work of over 500 artists.

They said: ŒIt is a particularly exciting moment for us to assemble this exhibition, as the art scene in Britain is now broader in outlook, more vibrant and internationally oriented than at any other time in the British Art Show's 26-year history.

See British Art Show website for further info about other sites:
http://www.hayward.org.uk/britishartshow6

Venues:

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA / http://www.arnolfini.org.uk

Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery
Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL / http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/museum

R O O M
4 Alfred Place, Redcliff, Bristol BS1 6ST / http://www.roomartspace.co.uk

Royal West of England Academy
Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1PX / http://www.rwa.org.uk

Station
Phoenix Wharf, Bristol / http://www.stationbristol.co.uk

Preview at all galleries: Fri 14 July 1-8pm

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British Art Show 6 Talk
Gordon Cheung
Sat 29 July at 2pm
Free Event

Starting with a discussion on his paintings at the A Bond Warehouse, Gordon Cheung will take a walk around the Cumberland Basin in conversation with curator Claire Doherty, exploring how he employs collage, Chinese and Japanese ink brush work, appropriated imagery and spray paint to create visions of urban dystopia.

Location: Starts at A Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, BS1 6EE

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