Legends of Circumstance
13th Feb – 21st March 2010
Exhibition curated by Frances Disley and Dave Evans.
Legends of Circumstance comes to a space from London bringing with it a series of works that celebrate the disillusionment and disaffection of the anti-hero. These artists look below the surface gloss of popular culture, utopian ideals and sanitised media fantasies to wallow in the underworld with the corrupt, sullen, selfish, addicted and scurrilous! The artists in this show explore these ideas through the individuals who represent lost humanity and the undercurrents which can often come to the fore in times of recession and financial crisis. Yet as the title Legends of Circumstance suggests, the reluctant protagonists in this show do, in the end, emerge triumphant.
Artists Featured include Gareth Brookes, Adam Dant, Frances Disley, Dave Evans, Mikey Georgeson, John Hewitt, Mark Hampson, Peter Lloyd, Ryan McClelland, Laura Oldfield Ford, John Strutton and James Unsworth.
Sharon Haward – An Experiment in Town Planning
7th April – 9th May 2010
Sharon Haward’s latest experiment in town planning looks directly at the city of Southampton. This city is a place of historical importance which has been shaped in the last half century by both the slow creep of unplanned urban development and radical and sudden change to the built environment brought about by war and reconstruction. Haward’s approach to architectural forms is a personal one, creating in the gallery an environment that reflects on collective memory and presents the city as stage on which different stories can be projected.
Haward draws on her own childhood memories of attending school here and visiting the city with her family. The installation will reflect her interest in how memory can impact on our experience of the built environment. As part of her research the artist will be talking to people about their experiences of the city as well as researching the visual and sound archives that are publicly available. For this show the gallery will become a cityscape, based on Southampton, where memory and feeling hold more importance than geographical accuracy.
Where do You Draw the Line?
22nd May – 27th June 2010
A show that stretches the limits of drawing, bringing the artists mark off the page and into real space; out of the gallery and into the city. Featuring new and classic work by individually selected artists who use drawing to illustrate, illuminate, experiment and question what can be done with the drawn mark. This exhibition will provide a chance for the audience to participate in viewing, exploring and expressing their own new ideas through the drawing. This includes the chance to make large scale drawings using GPS and to explore drawn animation as well as other activities as part of a space in the city.
Features work by: Alys Scott-Hawkins, Martin Symons, Trish Bould, Jeannie Driver and Mike Blackman, Kate Grenyer, Birgitte Haahr Lund, Katie Howie, Jo Hummel-Newell, Greig Burgoyne and Kristy Campbell.
Where do you draw the line? now has a blog. Through http://wheredoyoudrawtheline.wordpress.com you will be able to track the progress of the show as it develops.