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SUMMARY:Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening?
DESCRIPTION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum presents Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening?\, a touring exhibition from the University of Salford Art Collection which showcases two award-winning series of photographs; Bank Top and Thatcher’s Children. \nCraig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? seeks to challenge typical stereotypes of northern communities through authentic representation and raise aspirations of young people within the region through an accompanying engagement programme called Our Time\, Our Place. \nThe engagement programme\, Our Time\, Our Place being exhibited alongside Easton’s work\, has empowered young people to explore their own history and share it through pathways in photography and associated practices. \nIs Anybody Listening? Our Time\, Our Place is presented by the University of Salford and generously supported by The National Heritage Lottery Fund. \n\nAbout Craig Easton\n\nEaston won Photographer of the Year (2021) at the Sony World Photography Awards with his series Bank Top\, a collaboration with writer\, poet and social researcher Abdul Aziz Hafiz\, examining the representation and misrepresentation of northern communities. Commissioned by Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery\, the work focused on a small\, tight-knit community in Blackburn. \nHe also took second place in the documentary category for Thatcher’s Children\, which explores the inter-generational nature of poverty and economic hardship as experienced by three generations of one family across the Northwest. \nA passionate believer in working collaboratively with others\, Easton also conceived and led the critically acclaimed SIXTEEN project with sixteen leading photographers exploring the hopes\, ambitions and fears of sixteen-year-olds all around the UK\, in which Williamson Art Gallery also participated as an exhibiting gallery. \nHe often tackles stereotypes and responds to the negative way in which the mainstream media can portray Northern communities. The relevance of Easton’s work has resurfaced in a new light as communities endure the cost-of-living crisis and face new challenges and segregation. \nThe exhibition comes at the same time as the launch of Easton’s new book centred on his award-winning Thatcher’s Children series. Quotes from successive prime ministers demonstrate how deprivation is connected to the social policy failures of successive governments. \nThe exhibition marks the start of Wirral’s year as Borough of Culture for the Liverpool City Region. Wirral Borough of Culture 2024 is a year of incredible experiences in incredible places\, reflecting Wirral’s story and celebrating its people. The programme features a diverse line-up of culture\, arts and heritage across the whole borough and shines a spotlight on Wirral’s creative community and the regeneration of the Left Bank of the River Mersey.  Wirral Borough of Culture 2024 is led by Wirral Council and local cultural partners\, with support from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. \n 
URL:https://williamsonartgallery.org/event/is-anybody-listening/
LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery\, Slatey Rd\, Oxton\, Birkenhead\, Merseyside\, CH43 4UE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Worst Record Covers
DESCRIPTION:15th November 2023 – 27th January 2024 \nFrom the unintentionally funny to the completely bizarre\, Steve Goldman’s collection of more than 500 record covers are something to behold. Collected over a seven-year period from charity shops and online marketplaces\, Goldman’s selection criteria is stringent: Is this one of the worst record covers in the world? The exhibition of this collection\, Worst Record Covers is a unique celebration of some of the most questionable design choice in music history. \nGoldman explains that to get into his collection\, a cover “has to make me laugh! There are plenty of covers which are bad for the wrong reasons – sexist\, homophobic\, racist\, gory etc – you won’t find any of these. I want records where the designers have tried to do something that’s gone horribly wrong”. \nVisitors will have the opportunity to have their say on which is the best – or worst – via a public vote to select a favourite. This is an exhibition which can be enjoyed by the whole family\, and younger visitors can enjoy games and activities\, including designing their own worst record covers. \nThe exhibition will run 15th November 2023 – 27th January 2024. Free entry – but Goldman is a stroke survivor and is staging the exhibition in aid of Different Strokes\, a charity helping younger stroke survivors. \nEVENTS: \nSaturday 13th January\, 2pm: Talk ‘Designing the Worst Album Covers’ with Simon Robinson (text author of The Art Of The Bizarre Vinyl Sleeve). Book on Tickets Wirral \nThursday 18th January\, 6pm: ‘Pull Back The Covers’ with Brian Biggs\, Alan Dunn & Steve Hardstaff. Book on Tickets Wirral. \nBook events on Tickets Wirral \nThe exhibition’s opening will also mark the publication of Goldman’s book “The Art Of The Bizarre Vinyl Sleeve”\, published by Easy On The Eye Books. The text is written by Simon Robinson at Easy On The Eye\, who has produced many sleeve designs himself (happily none of which feature in Steve’s collection!)  with a foreword written by comedian Stewart Lee.
URL:https://williamsonartgallery.org/event/worst-record-covers/
LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery\, Slatey Rd\, Oxton\, Birkenhead\, Merseyside\, CH43 4UE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:The New Light Prize
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LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery\, Slatey Rd\, Oxton\, Birkenhead\, Merseyside\, CH43 4UE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:ENDED: The New Light Prize
DESCRIPTION:THIS EXHIBITION ENDED ON 22ND DECEMBER 2023 \nWe are proud to host the launch of the New Light Prize exhibition 23/24. \nEstablished in 2010\, the New Light charity celebrates and promotes Northern art\, supporting both well-known and emerging artists by offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities with the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition. It provides Northern artists with an unparalleled platform to showcase their work and reach new audiences. \nThe New Light Prize exhibition tour 23/24 begins with this show at the Williamson\, open 30th September – 22nd December 2023. Free entry\, check our Visit Us page for full visiting information. \nFollowing its time at the Williamson the Prize exhibition will tour to London’s Bankside Gallery\, The Gallery at Rheged in Penrith\, The Biscuit Factory\, Newcastle and finish at The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate on 31st December 2024. \nAll artwork is available to purchase\, and every purchase supports the viability of participants artistic careers. We are a member of the Own Art scheme\, which makes it easy and affordable for anyone to buy contemporary art by providing interest-free loans. Speak to staff in the gallery for further information. \nFREE EVENTS:  \nSaturday 14th October\, 2-3pm\, POSTPONED until Saturday 11th November 2-3pm\, FREE: ‘Unlocking New Light Art’ exhibition tour & talk with Sara Riccardi. SOLD OUT \nFriday 3rd November\, 6-8pm FREE: ‘Assembled Interiors’ workshop with Josie Jenkins. SOLD OUT
URL:https://williamsonartgallery.org/event/the-new-light-prize-2/
LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery\, Slatey Rd\, Oxton\, Birkenhead\, Merseyside\, CH43 4UE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:ENDED: Helene Appel: Among Trees\, Among Sand Grains
DESCRIPTION:Berlin-based artist Helene Appel creates images that straddle the threshold between realism\, sculpture\, and abstraction. Appel paints ordinary materials from everyday life\, working in a 1:1 scale. \nAppel’s work highlights the sometimes-overlooked beauty of ordinary objects such as the bark of a tree\, sand on a seashore\, an envelope\, the headlight of a car\, and a loose fold of fabric. Appel’s closely-observed paintings even explore the aesthetic qualities of discarded vegetable peelings ready to be thrown onto the compost pile\, or a kitchen sink full to the brim of murky washing up water. The materials Appel uses\, such as oil\, watercolour or encaustic\, start to resemble the object itself\, giving her paintings a physical and three-dimensional presence. \nThis exhibition features key works from Appel’s career alongside a selection of new paintings. It is also an opportunity to see two works by Appel which were recently acquired for the Williamson’s collection: ‘Sand’ and ‘Dishwater’.
URL:https://williamsonartgallery.org/event/helene-appel-among-trees-among-sand-grains/
LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery\, Slatey Rd\, Oxton\, Birkenhead\, Merseyside\, CH43 4UE\, United Kingdom
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