I am awaiting the arrival of night

I am awaiting the arrival of the night

An exhibition of stories at the Gallery at Bank Quay House by Markmakers

Exhibition opening night: Thursday 23rd May 6 – 8pm

Exhibition continues until 12th July

It's all back to front, telling stories with pictures and making sculptures with words, but that is what you'll find in Warrington from May to July as the Halton-based group of artists Markmakers bring their latest exhibition to The Gallery at Bank Quay House on Sankey Street, Warrington.

Over the past two years, artists from Markmakers have been reading and sharing stories, choosing authors and books that interest and inspire them before going back to their studios to create beautiful interpretations of the narratives that they have read.  One of the books, Mark Cocker's Crow Country, the opening line from which the exhibition takes its title, features descriptions of nature and the natural environment.  It has stimulated artworks and research visits in the landscape of Warrington and the North West, resulting in many of the artists making work featuring Crows and their habitats. 

Not all of the artworks use published stories as their reference point, many of the artists have touched on their own personal accounts of life, showing how even the smallest events in our lives have significance and consequences.  

Sculptures, painting, drawing, prints and collage all appear in the bright, spacious Gallery at Bank Quay house, which has a reputation for showing the very best examples of creativity from the North West and beyond.  These diverse artworks will also be shown alongside a number of artworks that take the form of a book, which visitors will be able to handle, plus a small library of the books that inspired the works will be available for visitors to read whilst they have a cappuccino at the Coffee Shop cafe within the gallery.

Markmakers is a group of artists who have been established for over 10 years.  They meet monthly in Halton and regularly exhibit in arts venues across the North West.  Past exhibitions have included The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn; Warrington Museum and Art Gallery; Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham; The Albert Dock, Liverpool.

http://www.markmakers-artists.co.uk/

Exhibiting artists

Sue Archer, Cath Ball, Jacqui Chapman, Jane Copeman, Judith Ferns, Carys Anne Hughes, Val Jackson, Rachel James, Allison John, Tony Jones, Jennifer Kenworthy, Jeni McConnell, Amanda Oliphant, Fiona Phillips, Cliff Richards, Cathy Rounthwaite, Angela Sidwell, Claire Weetman.

thegalleryatbankquayhouse

Sankey Street

Warrington

WA1 1NN

01925 418 064

www.thegalleryatbankquayhouse.co.uk

Artists talk: 12 June 2013, 6-8pm

Open to all, Admission free

Mon-Fri 8.30-5.00, Sat 9.00-4.00

Fully accessible with friendly onsite bistro

'Through' Neo:Gallery, Bolton, from 18th April 2013

 neo:studios is pleased to present ‘Through’, an exhibition of works by invited artists and neo:associates whose professional practice involves process.  The exhibition opens Thursday 18^th April and is hosted at neo:gallery22, The Market Place, Bolton.

Programmed within the neo: 2012-2013 series of collaborations with practitioners from the wider artist community, the exhibition features work employing an eclectic range of media and is selected and curated by neo:associates Denis Whiteside and Jason Simpson.

‘Through’ - of a route or journey – showcases the work of artists Laura Jane Blake, Sandra Bouguerch, Tiago Duarte, Nicola Ellis, Thomas Evans, Bethan Hamilton, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, Jane Orange, Adrian Pritchard, Sarah Redfern, Rosanne Robertson, Jason Simpson, Claire Weetman, Denis Whiteside, Ruth Whyte and Lucie Wilson.

“The 'process' in process art refers to the process of the formation of art: the gathering, sorting, collating, associating, patterning, and moreover the initiation of actions and proceedings. Process art is concerned with the actual doing and how actions can be defined as an actual work of art; seeing the act of making art as its primary expression. Process art often entails an inherent motivation, rationale, and intentionality. Therefore, art is viewed as a creative journey or process, rather than as a deliverable or end product.” Consequently it is no surprise that a number of the artists have elected to continue the ‘doing’ to create exciting new works especially for the event. This also includes works that will be in a state of ‘becoming’ in the gallery space for the duration of the exhibition.

Claire Weetman will be exhibiting her video 'Watermark' which documents an intervention she made in Barbaros Park, Istanbul in 2012.  It will be presented as a four channel installation for the first time, making the viewer feel as though they are in the middle of the square. 

The exhibition runs till Sunday 2^nd June. Viewing times at neo:gallery22 are 11am- 5pm Thursday – Sunday.

For more information about the individual artists or any other enquiries please contact Jason Simpson – Jason@neoartists.co.uk

New Photogram series: On show at the Halton Open from 12 April 2013

Following her residency to Shanghai in November 2012, Claire has been developing work using the arrows that she photographed there.  Using the camerless technique of producing a photogram, Claire has produced a series of works which see the arrows move across the page, leaving traces of where they have been behind them.

One of these works, 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? (Down)' is on show at the Halton Open, at The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn from 13 April 2013, and has been awarded a Highly Commended prize.

The works are made using photosensitive paper in a darkroom, placing cut-out outlines of the Shanghai arrows onto the paper surface, exposing them to light, then moving the cut outs to a new position, exposing them to light, moving them again, and so on for a number of repetitions.

The works are for sale at a cost of £100 each (framed), contact the artist on info@claireweetman.co.uk

Coming soon.... 'Through'

 

18th April - 2nd June.

Neo:gallery22, The Market Place, Bolton, BL1 2AL