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8/7/2014

Two exhibitions

The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall

Dealing with Dreams
The Garman Ryan Collection 40th Anniversary
10 July - 16 November 2014

"I feel we are dealing with dreams and are about to house them in a solid Midlands setting for posterity. How delightful’.
Lady Kathleen Epstein

Letter from Lady Kathleen Epstein to Walsall Council, 3 December 1973, Beth Lipkin Archive, The New Art Gallery Walsall.

When Lady Kathleen Epstein gave the extraordinary gift of The Garman Ryan Collection to Walsall, it took over three years of negotiation and complex installation to enable it to open on 9th July 1974 in the old Carnegie gallery and library, Lichfield St, Walsall. The gift contained an amazing range of artworks, including work by Van Gogh, Monet, Freud, Epstein, Constable, Durer, Turner and others by unknown artists from many different periods and cultures around the world. Displayed for 40 years in Walsall, the collection has provided generations of people, locally, nationally and internationally, with many wonderful opportunities to engage with art of the highest quality. Kathleen would have been proud of the educational opportunities which her collection has provided for people over the years.

This exhibition tells some of the stories of the Garman Ryan Collection from its conception to the present day, with previously unseen archive material and artworks.

Why was Walsall chosen for this fabulous gift and why didn’t Lady Kathleen Epstein give it to Wednesbury where her childhood home was?
Which artwork did Jackie Epstein remember using as a fruit bowl when he was a child?
Which artwork did Theodore Garman sit on while he painted?
Why was the gift of the Garman Ryan Collection so important for the building of The New Art Galley Walsall?
Why do we have so many works by Lucian Freud in the collection?
What happened to the missing painting by Samuel Palmer?
Why did we only receive one of the two Van Gogh’s that Kathleen owned?
Without the Garman Ryan Collection we would not have The New Art Gallery Walsall. So please come and join us for this celebration and tribute to Lady Kathleen Epstein who made this world class art gallery possible for everyone to enjoy.

PREVIEW

Wednesday 9 July, 6-8pm

We would like you to join us at The New Art Gallery Walsall to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Garman Ryan Collection, which opened on the 9 July 1974 in the Central Library, Lichfield Street, Walsall.

Free. Friends, family & colleagues welcom.

"The Garman Ryan Collection acts as a spring board for complementary displays, acquisitions and educational programmes and is the foundation of all that we do at The New Art Gallery Walsall"

Stephen Snoddy
Director of The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2014

In Conversation

Saturday 12 July, 2pm
Join Jo Digger, Head of Collections for a free guided tour of the exhibition.

Saturday 6 September, 2pm
Join Elin Morgan, Exhibition Researcher for a free guided tour of the exhibition.
Booking essential for both talks as space is limited. Book your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.

The Great Walsall Festival of Good Things
Saturday 4 October, 10-5pm
Free

In 1967 Kathleen lent her fabulous art collection to a small village in Essex for a festival entitled 'The Great Burstead Festival of Good Things'. The collection went on display in the local vicarage accompanied by events such as folk singing, Morris dancing, hog roast, pony rides, opera, flower displays, a Bertold Brecht play and a Gilbert and Sullivan performance.
The New Art Gallery Walsall is celebrating The Garman Ryan Collection's 40th Anniversary with its own Walsall version of this event.
Expect: Music, food, children's arts activities, theatre and stalls of arts and crafts. Something for all the family.
FREE - ALL WELCOME

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Noémie Goudal, The Geometrical Determination of the Sunrise
10 July - 14 September 2014

The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present the first solo exhibition in a public gallery by French artist Noémie Goudal. Comprising new photographs (‘Observatoires’, ‘Satellites’, ‘Tectonique’) and stereoscopic images, The Geometrical Determination of the Sunrise will also see Goudal extend her photographic practice into the area of film and installation for the first time. ‘Tanker/Diver’, a multi-screen film involving two contrasting performances staged within an oil tanker and on a semi-ruined coastal diving board, has been commissioned by The New Art Gallery Walsall expressly for this exhibition.

Goudal is known for her large-format photographs, inspired by secluded and isolated places with huge narrative power. Her new works refer to Brutalist and Cosmic Indian architecture and explore the artist’s ongoing interest in geomorphic structures and the relationship between nature and artifice.

Noémie Goudal works between London and Paris. She was a recipient of the 2013 Prix HSBC pour la Photographie award and featured in Out of Focus: Photography (Saatchi Gallery, London) in 2012.

The Geometrical Determination of the Sunrise has been produced in co-operation with Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, where the exhibition will tour in 2015. A limited edition artist book accompanies the exhibition featuring a text by esteemed curator, writer and Director of Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris, Marta Gili.

Supported by Metro Imaging.

http://www.noemiegoudal.com

Image: Lady Kathleen Epstein with some of her art collection c.1972

For all press and media enquiries contact:
Chris Wilkinson Marketing Officer T: 01922 654416 E: wilkinsonc@walsall.gov.uk

PREVIEW: Wednesday 9 July, 6-8pm

The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square - Walsall
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Open: 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday
Sundays 12noon - 4pm.
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