In The Flesh
1st October - 2nd November 2008
Billie Cowie
This piece is the final part of the Billy Cowie and Liz Aggiss retrospective commissioned by The Point, complements the recent showing of the projection Men in the Wall at Southampton City Art Gallery.
Visitors to the gallery can expect an extraordinary experience. They will enter the darkened space of the gallery, which is upstairs inside the
Bargate Monument Gallery?, wearing a pair of 3D glasses. A woman projected on the ground in front of them appears to be dancing, solid and real, before their eyes. She performs a short yet captivating dance that ends as the she gradually fades from view. This piece is both exquisite and personal, staying long in the memory after the viewer has left the space.
Billy Cowie is a composer, choreographer and filmmaker who works in a wide variety of art forms. ?Anarchic Dance? a book about his work was published by Routledge in 2006, Cowie’s first novel ‘Passenger’ came out in 2008.
Premiered at Paradiso, Julidans Festival July 2007 Amsterdam, this piece has been shown around Europe and will be shown in Los Angeles in the new year.
?So beautiful & moving a miniature masterpiece?
Alistair Spalding - Sadler,?s Wells.
?The most uncanny thing I have ever seen?
Deborah Levy - Novelist.
?A woman comes slowly towards you from the floor. Her meditative and soft energy involves you into her world and brings you to another dimension of the space. It?s as if you could touch her ? a magical experience.?
Suzy Blok - Artistic Director, I Like to Watch Too (Amsterdam 2007)
Collectible
15th November - 21st December 2008
Group Show
Off the back of their growing reputation and the success of the summer ArtVaults season, the arts organisation a space presents an exhibition and programme of events designed to stimulate the growing market for art in Southampton.
In times of economic uncertainty it is often nerve wracking to decide what is throw-away spending and what is a real investment? Collectible gives you the opportunity to buy the work of major artists for the future.
This exhibition will feature the work of a diverse and exciting range of artists, all exhibiting at surprisingly affordable prices. Artists will be announced on this site over the coming weeks.
Collectible: Business
The Bargate Monument Gallery? is available for private hire, throughout the show. How about having your pre-christmas drinks or business networking evening at a beautiful and unusual venue? You can hire the gallery for drinks and functions during Collectible at special discounted rates. All works for sale during these special events are offered at a 10% discount. Contact our office to book an event on 02380 338778 or info@aspacearts.org.uk
Collectible: Late Openings
Thursdays 6-8, from 20th November to 18th December 2008.
An oasis of calm above the Christmas shopping crowds, the Bargate Monument Gallery? will be open late on Thursday evenings throughout the run of the exhibition. Come in and join us, browse around the art works, talk to the gallery staff, you may even find that special Christmas gift. Thursday 18th December will be our Christmas celebration and
discount evening, with mulled wine and mince pies!