The New Art Gallery Walsall
June to September 2013
Design by Stereographic
Cover Image ~Caroline Achaintre, Ray-Inn, 2010 hand tufted wool, 195 x 148 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Arcade, London
What’s On June — September 2013 Exhibitions
- The Nature of the Beast - Our Creatures - The Hecklers - David Rowan: Pacha Kuti Ten - Damien Hirst: ARTIST ROOMS - Damien Hirst: He Tried to Internalise Everything - Jacob Epstein and Damien Hirst: Birth, Death and Religion Visit our website: thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk Join the blog, Facebook us or just follow on Twitter @newartgallery
Damien Hirst is supported by:
Bob and Roberta Smith & the Epstein Archive is supported by:
Artists' Studio supported by:
The Hecklers is supported by:
Events supported by:
The gallery is accredited by:
Extra Special People, Crit Club, 2010 Courtesy Eastside Projects / Extra Special People.
Artists' Studio Group Occupation II Until 4 August 2013 Eastside Projects’ Extra Special People (ESP) programme and The New Art Gallery Walsall have teamed up for a second time to offer a series of short six week residencies for artists and curators to develop new work and ideas. Between May and August six ESP members will occupy the Artists’ Studio in groups of three, opening up possibilities for working together. Stop by the studio to meet the artists and see work take shape. Group I: 13 May – 23 June Beth Bramich, Andrew Lacon, Meghan Albright Group II: 24 June – 4 August Chris Clinton, Anna Falcini, Carruthers & Cresswell
Group Occupation West: 2 – 29 September 2013 This micro-residency will bring together one ESP Member, one Spike Island Associate and one G39 Warp artist in the Artists’ Studio for the first time. Their group occupancy will help to develop stronger links between practitioners in the West Midlands, South West and Wales.
Artist Development Over the past year, The New Art Gallery Walsall, in partnership with Turning Point West Midlands and other partners, has delivered a programme of studio visits, business development workshops, events and residences to help support artists in the region. Further opportunities will be available over the coming year. For the latest information, please visit tpwestmidlands.org.uk
Mark Fairnington, Soldier, 2009. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Zimmerman. Photo: Peter White.
Polly Morgan, Myocardial Infarction (detail), 2013. Taxidermy and mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Tessa Angus.
The Nature of the Beast Mat Collishaw, Mark Fairnington, Tessa Farmer, Polly Morgan, Olly & Suzi, Patricia Piccinini 26 April — 30 June 2013 Floor 3 This exhibition brings together a diverse range of contemporary artists, who through their work, confront and challenge our attitudes towards the natural world, and in particular, the animal kingdom. Humankind has long been fascinated by animals, who in turn, have been subjected to research, collection, categorisation, documentation, display and experimentation. Each of the artists within the exhibition creates works which involve an intensive scrutiny of animals and nature as well as a critical engagement with the ways in which we have attempted to understand and control the natural world. Both Tessa Farmer and Polly Morgan were commissioned to make brand new works. A publication accompanies the exhibition at a special exhibition price of £6.
In Conversation Saturday 18 May, 2pm Join Steve Baker in conversation with Olly & Suzi Saturday 22 June, 2pm Join Giovanni Aloi in conversation with Mark Fairnington, Tessa Farmer and Polly Morgan Book your free place by calling 01922 654400. Artist’s talk Wednesday 22 May, 6-8pm Mat Collishaw: Beautiful and Cruel Hosted in partnership with the Library of Birmingham at BIAD, Margaret St, Birmingham - £3. Contact hello@grainphotographyhub.co.uk for information and booking. Particia Piccinini, Sphinx (detail), 2012. Silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, bronze. Courtesy of the artist.
English Provincial School, A Pair of Pigs, c1850, oil on canvas, courtesy of Compton Verney
R Madison Mitchell, Floating Swan, 1955, cork, wood and lead, courtesy of Compton Verney
Our Creatures
26 April — 30 June 2013 Floor 3
Sir Jacob Epstein, Frisky, the Artist’s Dog, 1953, bronze, The Garman Ryan Collection, The New Art Gallery Walsall
To complement The Nature of the Beast, artist Mark Fairnington has curated an historic exhibition which focuses on portraits of animals. Images and objects are brought together that depict in particular the domestic and local relationships between people and animals and show how these could be pragmatic, eccentric, brutal and loving. Artists represented include Thomas Bewick, Ford Madox Brown, Sir Jacob Epstein, Petra Feriancova, Edward Hart, Geoffrey Ireland and Charles “Sheep” Jones.
The Hecklers Artists include Caroline Achaintre, Edwin Burdis, Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson, Ruth Ewan, Andrew Gilbert, Joel Gray, Tod Hanson, Geoffrey Ireland, kennardphillips, Cedar Lewisohn, Kieron Livingstone and Ian Allison (Nervemeter), Alexis Milne, Laura Oldfield Ford, Max Reeves, Clunie Reid, John Russell, Francis Thorburn, Vicky Wright
19 July — 22 September 2013 Floor 3 A heckler is someone who tries to unsettle others with questions, challenges or jibes. This exhibition brings together a range of artists who, through their work, comment on social and political issues, often with a degree of playfulness. Woven through the exhibition is also an exploration of ideas around “primitivism” and the re-working of modernist ideologies in the present day. The exhibition includes photography, video, painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation and performance works. The Beer Mat Show, presented offsite at the Black Country Arms, will include beer mats designed by Sarah Baker, Ben Eine, Bob and Roberta Smith, Gavin Turk and M-CITY. A fanzine style publication accompanies the exhibition.
The exhibition is curated by artist and curator Cedar Lewisohn. His recent shows include Harry Hill: My Hobby for the Edinburgh Festival and Les Fleurs du Mal at BWA, Wroclaw, Poland. In 2010, he co-curated Rude Britannia: British Comic Art at Tate Britain (2010) and in 2008, he curated Street Art at Tate Modern. His books include Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution published by Tate and Abstract Graffiti, published by Merrell.
In Conversation Saturday 7 September, 2pm Join Cedar Lewisohn, Caroline Achaintre and Tod Hanson for an informal tour of the exhibition. Book your free place by calling 01922 654400.
Max Reeves, Hackney 2011. Courtesy of the artist.
Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson, Wash Your Mouth Out, 2012-13, mixed media installation. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Stephanie Rushton
David Rowan Pacha Kuti Ten 10 May – 21 July 2013 Floor 4 Pacha Kuti Ten is an exploration of the hidden, unknown and often forgotten underground environments that exist beneath Birmingham and the Black Country. Rowan has researched and visited rivers, mines and bunkers that lie beneath the surface of the more familiar urban landscape.
David Rowan is an artist who lives and works in Birmingham. He works with photography, film and audio works. In Conversation
David Rowan, RSG9.2.2, 2013. C-Type Print. Courtesy of the artist.
The name Pacha Kuti or pachakuti refers to an Inca apocalypse legend, a cyclic time of duality and change that roughly translates as “the time when the world will turn upside down”. It seems particularly fitting that these subterranean landscapes should be shown high up in the 4th floor gallery overlooking the town.
Saturday 8 June, 2pm Join David Rowan for an informal tour of his exhibition. Book your free place by calling 01922 654400.
Damien Hirst, He Tried to Internalise Everything, 1992-1994, Glass, steel, silicone rubber, Formica, MDF, chair, general anaesthetic machine and gas cylinders, 84 x 84 x 228 in (2134 x 2134 x 5791 mm). © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo credit:Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
Damien Hirst He Tried to Internalise Everything, 1992-1994 2 August — 23 November 2013 Floor 4 He Tried to Internalise Everything is from the 1990s series Internal Affairs, a group of glass-walled cells containing everyday objects such as tools, clothing and furniture arranged in scenes that suggest a human presence. Hirst was inspired by a 1990 crime-thriller film in which a Los Angeles police department sets up an independent body to look into their own affairs. Collectively, the cells tackle themes of claustrophobia and breathlessness, as well as the anxieties caused by modern medicine. In this installation, medical objects - an anaesthetiser and two gas cylinders containing a medical stimulant and suppressant - become metaphors for states of mind and the split personality of a modern man whose mood swings have been manipulated by modern science.
Hirst’s division of the vitrine into three glass compartments violently bisects the office furniture from the cylinders, creating a carefully controlled situation that parodies a laboratory experiment. The reflective glass also carries a sense of 'Big Brother' style surveillance for the viewer, who is at once observing and being observed. This installation accompanies an extended display of works by Damien Hirst as part of ARTIST ROOMS On Tour, on display throughout the Garman Ryan Galleries.
Damien Hirst Until 27 October 2013 Floors 1 & 2 The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present an extended display of works by one of the most exciting, challenging and influential artists of our time, Damien Hirst. The exhibition is presented as part of ARTIST ROOMS On Tour and takes place across the Garman Ryan Galleries. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view key works by Hirst and to consider some of the themes of his work, such as life, death, faith and belief, in connection with a wide range of works from The Garman Ryan Collection.
Damien Hirst, Forms without Life, 1991. Glass, painted MDF, pine, ramin, steel and shells. 72 x 108 x 12 in (1828.8 x 2743.2 x 304.8 mm). Tate: Presented by the Contemporary Arts Society 1992 Photograph Š Tate, London 2012 Š Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
This ground-breaking display is accompanied by an ongoing series of inspired satellite exhibitions, events and activities, with a full programme of learning for everyone. See the Events section for details or visit us online at thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Damien Hirst, Away from the Flock, 1994 Glass, painted steel, silicone, acrylic, plastic, lamb and formaldehyde solution 960 x 1490 x 510 mm. Edition 3 of 3. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008. Photograph © Tate, London 2012© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
In Conversation Saturday 5 October, 2pm Zoë Lippett, Exhibitions and Artists’ Projects Curator, will talk about Damien Hirst’s unconventional approach to the traditional themes of birth, death, religion and illness. Book your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.
Damien Hirst, beautiful c painting, 1996. Household gloss on canvas. 72 in (1828.8 mm) diameter Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Purchased 2002 Photographed by Stephen White © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
The Garman Ryan Collection Jacob Epstein and Damien Hirst Birth, Death and Religion Jacob Epstein and his work are central to the Garman Ryan Collection. During 2013 the collection acts as host for Damien Hirst’s work enabling visitors to view both artist’s work together. Spanning the two ends of the 20th century, these two great artists share many similarities. Both artists were and still are regarded as extreme innovators who shocked and scandalised both the art world and the general public with their artworks, challenging the attitudes and social conventions of their day. Though Jacob Epstein died in 1959 –six years before Damien Hirst was born– they both deal with the universal themes of life, birth, death and religion
Robert Delaunay, Portrait of Stravinsky, 1918, oil painting, The Garman Ryan Collection.
which have been the subject matter of artists for many centuries. The work they both produce around these interrelated concerns highlights the way that artistic practices have changed throughout the 20th century along with our social attitudes towards them. The selected works by Epstein in this exhibition drawn from Walsall’s collections highlight these themes.
Sir Jacob Epstein, Study for Rock Drill, c 1913, charcoal, The Garman Ryan Collection.
Free Talks introducing the Garman Ryan Collection take place every Wednesday and Saturday at 1pm.
40th Anniversary Appeal Research is underway in view of the coming 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the opening of the Garman Ryan Collection. As well as going through the Collection’s archives our researchers would like to hear from members of the public who remember the 1973 opening and would like to share with us their memories or any other information. Please call 01922 654464.
The Epstein Mysteries App The Epstein Mysteries is a fun way to explore some of the amazing stories about the Garman Ryan Collection and to discover more about the artists, the art works and the extraordinary people connected with them.
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Explore The Garman Ryan Collection Uncover who shot Kathleen Garman Based on real events and characters Suitable for ages 9+ Play The Epstein Mysteries in the Gallery or at home today. Available from the iPhone App Store & Google Play. http://j.mp/EpstMyst
This game is a work of fiction based on real events and real people in the life of Jacob Epstein
Art Library & Archive Interested in art and want to find out more? Visit our Art Library, a free resource open to everyone with free internet access, books on artists, exhibition catalogues, art education resources and contemporary art magazines, with members of staff to help you whether it’s a oneoff enquiry about a specific artwork in the gallery, help with homework, or more detailed research.
Bob and Roberta Smith’s Epstein Archive Gallery Bob and Roberta Smith’s Epstein Archive Gallery was created after a 2 year residency with contemporary artists Bob and Roberta Smith. Working in collaboration with Archive Curator Neil Lebeter, they rifled through the letters, photographs and documents held in the Epstein Archive, creating new works and short films in response to what was found. Displaying contemporary art and archives side by side, Bob and Roberta Smith’s Epstein Archive Gallery showcases the extraordinary and tragic story of the EpsteinGarman family. The book of the project, How To Let An Artist Rifle Through Your Archives, is now available for sale and in the Art Library.
Drop in with the family anytime, open all day.
DiSCO is a safe place for families to explore art together. You can touch, look, draw, play and create to help you understand the artworks on display. Dress up, design a 3d townscape or create some computer art. Come to one of our organised family workshops, some are free, some drop in, some to book and pay. Check the text for the workshop of your choice.
Family Sundays Drop In The first Sunday each month is family Sunday. There is a drop in workshop, only £1 per child, with carer, to come and join in. Buy your workshop ticket at the reception desk on the day. Workshops run 1-3pm. These are for all ages, everyone is welcome.
Butterfly Flowers
Butterfly Lanterns
Come and plant your own wild flower seeds ready to attract the butterflies in the summer and make a beautiful butterfly plant label. Sign up on the day for a butterfly hunt walk along the canal.
Light up the night with a beautiful butterfly patterned paper lantern.
Sunday 2 June
Pop-up Butterfly Cards Sunday 4 August
Pop in and make a 3D card inspired by the butterflies on Damien Hirst’s paintings.
Sunday 7 July
Print and Carry Sunday 1 September
Design, print and show off your own printed paper bag inspired by The Hecklers exhibition.
Tuesday Tots For toddlers up to 4 years old with their carer. Its only £1 per child, to come and join in, Workshops run 11am – 12noon. Please book in advance on 01922 654400, or at the reception desk, and collect a workshop ticket when you’ve paid.
Finger Puppets
Butterfly Boppers
Handy Shells
Paper Plate Picture Drum Message
Come and make your own beautiful butterfly to perch on the tip of your finger.
Make your own insect headband with bopping butterflies and wearable wings
Draw around your hands to make a shell, then place a jewel in the middle.
Make some noise for The Hecklers exhibition by making a drum with a smiley face on it.
30 July
6 August
13 August
20 August
27 August
Make your own collage signboard of pictures to let us know how you feel.
Wednesday Workshops for all Each Wednesday in school holidays there are workshops that everyone can join in together. Free, drop in subject to space. All workshops run 1-3pm.
Giant Bugs Butterfly 31 July Masks Make a giant winged insect. Inspired by Damien Hirst’s butterfly paintings.
7 August
Disguise yourself with a beautifully decorated butterfly mask.
Shiny Sea Shells
14 August
Create a shell and decorate it with all things shiny!
Celebration Get the Banners Message 21 August
Proclaim your creativity by making a big bold banner using collage.
28 August
Make your message big and bold with giant letters.
Friday Fun Workshops for families with children 4 years and older. Only £2 per child per session. Workshops run twice each day, 11-12.30pm and 1-2.30pm. Book in advance on 01922 654400 or at reception and collect your ticket when you’ve paid.
Butterfly Butterfly Cast a Collector Prints Shell
Slogan T-shirts
Carve it in Soap
Create your own butterfly species, name it and display it in a jar.
Tell the world who you are by designing and painting your own T-shirt.
Try your hand at carving in soap.
2 August
9 August
Create your own positive and negative screen prints of butterflies.
16 August
Learn how to model and mould shell shapes using modroc, clay and plaster of paris.
23 August
30 August
Adult workshops & Events
Events for Everyone
Taxidermy Demonstration
Spin day, Spot day
Join Polly Morgan taxidermist and exhibiting artist, for a live demonstration on taxidermy techniques. You will see how a bird is prepared, given a new body structure and set up realistically.
Building on the great success of Dead Day, our Young Peoples group, A Colourful Crowd, have their second event of paint, spots and spinning. Come and create some spot toast and spin painting.
Saturday 22 June, 11am-12.30pm £10 per ticket, Booking essential.*
Moth Trapping Evening
Friday 9 August, 7.30-10pm £10, inc. 2 drinks. Booking essential.* Join us for an evening on the roof top sculpture terrace, including drinks reception, a talk about the current plight of moths, a view of different moth traps and private view of the new Damien Hirst exhibition.
Your Ticket is a raffle for a year’s membership with Butterfly Conservation where all profits go. Inspired by the work Monument to the Living and the Dead, 2006, by Damien Hirst.
* Tickets for both these events must be booked and paid for in advance. Please call 01922 654400. Limited places.
Saturday 29 June, From 12noon FREE, Drop In
Knit Club
Saturday 29 June, 27 July, 2pm FREE, Drop In Come along and to learn how to knit and meet some knitters. Meet at the sheep on Floor 1.
Artist Teacher Scheme Exhibition 27 July –1 September Floor 1, Long gallery
Art teachers and industry professional who are also artists are exhibiting work in progress from the 2012-13 ATS course. For more info Carol.Wild@bcu.ac.uk
New Life: New Mothers: A Celebration for National Breastfeeding Day Thur 27 June, 10am-3pm. FREE.
Join us to find out more about breastfeeding and meet other new parents and parents to be. Connect with your baby to be or your new addition in Baby Palace – a sensory ‘chill-out’ room; join Walsall library services, storytelling sessions and craft activities throughout the day. Make keepsakes for your baby bump or new arrival! Check out the baby sculptures on display for inspiration for your own artwork.
Adult Talks
Regular Family Events
Understanding Art Part II Representation and NonRepresentation
Baby Palace*
Thursday 13 June, 2–3pm - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Thursday 20 June, 2–3pm - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham Thursday 27 June, 2–3pm - New Art Gallery Walsall £15 for all 3 sessions
To book go to www.bookwhen.com or contact Ikon Bookshop on 0121 248 0708 Explore the ways in which artists use representation and non-representation in their work. From Rembrandt to Cézanne, contemporary artist François Morellet, and Patricia Piccinini's unsettling sculptures that are part human and part beast.
28 June, 19 July, 27 September 10.30-11.30am, 12-1pm, 2-3pm
These are sessions for new carers to relax in a multi-sensory environment and explore smells, sights and senses with your baby at your pace. This is a great chance to meet other new parents and share your experiences.
Art Start*
Wednesdays: 12 June, 3 July 11am – 12 noon each day.
These are sessions for pre-school children 1 year old and upwards with carers. Come along and explore an artwork in the gallery and make things together to support your child in being creative. * £1 per child per session. Book both events in advance on 01922 654400.
Lunchtime Discussions Free, drop-in
These are free informal lunchtime discussions looking at a work by Damien Hirst and a work from the Garman Ryan Collection. Each talk begins at 1pm for about 30 minutes. Everyone’s welcome.
With Dead Head
Round and Round
Tue 6 August, 1pm
Tue 4 June, 1pm
Please meet on Floor 2 in the children room.
Tue 2 July, 1pm
Please meet on Floor 2 in the main Hirst room. This talk will be audio described.
Your Choice
Meet at the sheep on Floor 1 and you can decide what the discussion will focus on about Hirst’s work.
Opening times
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Talks and Tours
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Education
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