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EXHIBITION & EVENTS ARCHIVE
For Castlefield Gallery Associates members only Early in lockdown EOP, our counterparts in Birmingham, suggested setting up a Digital Pen … Read more
For Castlefield Gallery Associates members only During lockdown we are holding fortnightly Zoom check-ins for Castlefield Gallery Associates members; the … Read more
Artists Gordon Dalton & S Mark Gubb went on a road trip through America as the basis of their exhibition at Castlefield Gallery. The third and final instalment of an unrelated trilogy, Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere follows Dalton & Gubb’s previous encounters in the Battle of Forest Hills and the Memphis Preacher radio rants of Kick Out The Jams.
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This talk illustrates the life and work of John Ruskin (1819-1900), one of the dominating cultural figures of the nineteenth century, famous for books including Modern Painters, The Stones of Venice and Unto This Last. As well as detailing his work as a draughtsman, art critic and supporter of artists including J.M.W. Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, it will also describe his engagement with social and economic issues, and contact with contemporaries such as Thomas Carlyle, William Morris and Charles Darwin.
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To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
FREE ADMISSION – BOOKING REQUIRED.
To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
FREE ADMISSION – BOOKING REQUIRED.
To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
Followed by supervised climbing: 3–6pm.
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To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
Dan Shipsides will give a talk about his practice and the connections, differences and overlaps between art and rock climbing.
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To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
During the exhibition Radical Architecture visitors are invited to climb the sculpture in supervised sessions devised by Dan Shipsides to mirror a climbing route at The Roaches in the Peak District. These sessions are free and open to all, equipment and tuition will be provided by qualified instructors from the Manchester Climbing Centre.
Castlefield Gallery presents a solo show by Dan Shipsides whose work charts social and cultural change through an analysis of rock climbing in the Peak District. Shipsides will produce a sculptural construction climbable by visitors, and images based around rock climbs in the Peak District. These will be exhibited alongside three historical artworks borrowed from municipal collections.