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EXHIBITION & EVENTS ARCHIVE
Ruth Maclennan: Anarcadia
30/07/2011Castlefield Gallery is delighted to present Anarcadia, a body of work by artist Ruth Maclennan set in the vast steppe of south-eastern Kazakhstan. A new publication, also entitled Anarcadia will launch alongside the exhibition.
Anarcadia is a 35-minute video projection, which is accompanied by a series of photographs. The exhibition also includes archive material from Kazakhstan, gathered by the artist.
TEXT-ME-UP! Book launch
07/07/2011 / 18:00 - 20:00Castlefield Gallery will host the launch of artist Tracey Moberly’s new book TEXT-ME-UP! Saving every single text message she has ever received since 1999, the book is an auto biographical work weaving personal narratives with psycho-geographical histories of Manchester, London, Moscow, New York and Haiti. Journeying from underground to mainstream in the worlds of both music and art it includes over 3,000 images. www sanderswood.com
ALL WELCOME – Booking not required
Portfolio Surgery for Contemporary Visual Artists
20/06/2011 / 13:00 - 19:00Creative Industries Trafford and Castlefield Gallery team up to offer a day of portfolio sessions for contemporary visual artists with leading art professionals.
Portfolio viewers: Paulette Terry Brien, Co-director at The International 3 www.international3.com, Clarissa Corfe, Curator at Castlefield Gallery, Jane Rolo, Director at Book Works www.bookworks.org.uk
Exhibition tour with artist Hilary Jack
21/07/2011 / 18:00 - 20:00Artist, Hilary Jack will lead a free tour of solo exhibition And Scent of Pine and the Woodthrush Singing…(1) at Castlefield Gallery.
As well as discussing key works in the exhibition, Jack will also talk about her wider arts practice and future projects.
(1) Marina, T S Eliot
This is a free event but booking is required. To book please call 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk
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Castlefield Gallery is very pleased to be one of the organisations taking part in the Radio Axis pilot.
Radio Axis is a distribution channel for art galleries, artist-led initiatives, studio groups and others involved in hosting contemporary art talks, discussions and events.
Our first talk is by artist Hilary Jack on the occasion of her debut UK solo exhibition at Castlefield Gallery in June/July 2011 is available to download as a podcast. www.axisweb.org
Hilary Jack: And Scent of Pine and the Woodthrush Singing…
10/06/2011Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present artist Hilary Jacks first UK solo exhibition called And Scent of Pine and the Woodthrush Singing…(1) featuring new works.
Jack collects broken objects and discarded materials from a variety of sources including city streets, eBay or charity shops. She then transforms and rejuvenates them, sometimes returning them to their original locations.
Notational Portrait(s) Performance
18/03/2011Notational Portrait(s) Performance
Fig.1 Billy Childish, 18032011, Castlefield Gallery
by Mike Chavez-Dawson assisted by Jake Geczy
Notational Portraits* was a performance in which Mike Chavez-Dawson drew 100 portraits throughout the duration of Billy Childish’s talk at Castlefield Gallery. Using a Biro pen each portrait – taking exactly 30 seconds to complete -features a key artist and cultural figure that has had an influence on Chavez-Dawson’s practice.
During the ‘performative documentation’, Jake Geczy scanned each of the drawings and at the end of the performance the drawings were for sale at a nominal fee/donation of 1 pound per drawing. All proceeds were donated to the host venue, in this case Castlefield Gallery.
The scanned drawings will then be dropped into a design template in chronological order and will form the design of a limited edition print, which will be available in variable formats; digital, silkscreen and laser etching.
On Measuring Uncertainty – LATE NIGHT OPENING
19/05/2011On Measuring Uncertainty – LATE NIGHT OPENING open till 8pm
Make a night of it and take advantage of the extended opening hours at Castlefield Gallery and CUBE on Thursday 19 May when together with Cornerhouse we are open till 8pm and were all within easy walking distance of each other.
On Measuring Uncertainty: Two person show with Kit Craig and Andrew Lim
23/04/2011Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present On Measuring Uncertainty, consisting of new sculptural work by Kit Craig and Andrew Lim. The works use references that range from early computer programmers flow charts and a 16th Century hermits dwelling to a cryptic interpretation of Rembrandts Self Portrait With Two Circles. In part reliant on the laws of physics and mathematics, the works combine both a sense of geometry and natural form, deciphering the vernacular of traditional gallery display or rearticulating the use of materials that are indigenous to the gallery space. .
Craig uses drawing as a central part of his practice, pushing our understanding of it, not only as a mere recording of thoughts or as an observational tool, but as extensions of the picture frame; viewing devices that attempt to articulate the process in which they were conceived, made and viewed. Often using everyday objects such as shelves, chairs or scaffolding, Lims approach is more extemporary in nature yet is carried out within a premeditated modus operandi governed by the space in which he works and contingent upon its materials and its dimensions. On Measuring Uncertainty will investigate broad philosophical themes of human knowledge and understanding, science versus religion or meaning in a contemporary context.
N.b. Gallery closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Friday 29 April
On Measuring Uncertainty is kindly supported by Atlas Bar; Manchester and Barefoot Wines.
BORN AFTER 1924 Launch Party & Mini MERZ Kabaret
17/02/2011 / 21:00 - 23:00Location: Atlas Bar, Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4LY
Celebrate the launch of BORN AFTER 1924 and Merzman at our after party with a live performance of Schwitters Ursonate sound poem by musician/composer Florian Kaplik and guests.
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Artists’ Survival: Interview with Billy Childish
18/03/2011 / 14:00 - 16:00Ian Hunter Director, Littoral Trust will interview artist, poet, photographer and musician Billy Childish on working and living as an artist today.
www.merzman.co.uk
More on: Billy Childish is a cult figure in America, Europe and Japan. A poet, musician and painter in 1999 Childish alongside Charles Thomson founded the Stuckism movement.
More on: Littoral is a non-profit arts trust which promotes new creative partnerships, critical art practices and cultural strategies in response to issues about social, environmental and economic change. This project is about the recovery, documentation and restoration of Kurt Schwitters last Merzbau project; the Elterwater Merzbarn, and the international fundraising campaign that is intended to pay for vital restoration work and sustain the development of the project in the longer term.
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.