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EXHIBITION & EVENTS ARCHIVE
UHC Collective ‘Incursions in the Knowledge Capital’ – Castlefield Gallery Offsite
16/06/2006Castlefield Gallery are proud to present UHC’s latest projects: UHC Collective Works and ‘Incursions in the Knowledge Capital’ to coincide with Architecture Week 2006.
Daria Martin: Artist’s talk
16/06/2006 / 14:00 - 16:00FREE 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.
Internationally renowned artist Daria Martin will be giving a talk about her practice and the exhibition’s title film ‘Wintergarden.’
Making Love to My Ego
11/08/2006‘Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average: His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.’ Freud
Castlefield Gallery is proud to present Making Love to My Ego, an exhibition that adventures into the realm of self-image and alter ego. With a nod to popular psychoanalysis and a keen desire to explore the manifestations of the ego within contemporary art practice, Manchester based artist-curators Another Product have brought together a group of artists to generate an inquiry into the subject.
SURREALIST IN CONTEMPORARY ART: Bob Matthews, Samantha Lackey and JJ Charlesworth in Discussion
01/06/2006 / 18:00 - 20:00PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
World Gone Mad curator Bob Matthews discusses the themes of the exhibition with Samantha Lackey of the AHRC Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies, chaired by Herbert Read Gallery curator JJ Charlesworth.
PureScreen #13: LIGHTSTRUCK
05/05/2006 / 18:00 - 20:00A programme of recent artist film and video curated by Antimatter, Canada, presented in association with Castlefield Gallery’s PureScreen programme. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD AT CORNERHOUSE. For tickets please call Cornerhouse box office on 0161 200 1500.
Daria Martin ‘Wintergarden’
16/06/2006Castlefield Gallery is proud to have been chosen as a venue for the new Film and Video Umbrella commission Wintergarden by Daria Martin. Loosely structured around the compelling myth of Persephone’s abduction by Hades into the Underworld, Martin has created a stylised, and visually stunning performance in this, her most ambitious film to date.
World Gone Mad: Surrealist in Recent British Art
21/04/2006Castlefield Gallery is proud to present an exciting touring exhibition that charts a new surrealism in recent British painting and sculpture. World Gone Mad is an exhibition about the visual legacies of Surrealism to be found in the work of contemporary British artists, a generation making renewed links between the novel approaches of the old avant-garde and the resources it offers for their own work and how to picture the world today.
British Art Show 6 Symposium
24/03/2006 / 13:00 - 19:30PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING AT THE WHITWORTH ART GALLERY
Castlefield Gallery in partnership with The Whitworth Art Gallery present a symposium, coinciding with the British Art Show 6 in Manchester (27th January – 2nd April 2006).
The event will feature two afternoon presentations and a debate on key issues surrounding British art now, led by a panel of artworld insiders and chaired by Professor Jonathan Harris. Refreshments provided.
FREE ADMISSION – BOOKING REQUIRED
To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk.
British Art Show 6
28/01/2006Castlefield Gallery is proud to have been chosen as a venue for the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition The British Art Show 6. This survey show tours to Manchester from BALTIC, Gateshead and presents 50 artists and artists’ groups from the current British contemporary art scene, shown across numerous venues. Selected by renowned curators Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker, the exhibition features a range of artistic practice from painting and sculpture, to film, video and performance, with a number of artists utilising a combination of these disciplines.