Curated
by Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker
15
July - 17 Sept 2006
Works by fifty artists and artists’ groups,
selected from contemporary artists living and working
in the UK, will appear in Bristol this summer for the
Hayward Gallery’s sixth British Art Show. The
British Art Show is a unique chance to view recent developments
in British art, and to experience a visual arts festival
on a city-wide scale. A range of Bristol’s museums,
galleries and artist-run spaces – Arnolfini, Bristol’s
City Museum and Art Gallery, R O O M, Royal West of
England Academy, Spike Island and STATION (The Former
Fireboat Station) – will be taking part.
British Art Show 6 will complete its tour in Bristol
this summer, after opening at BALTIC in Gateshead in
September 2005 and then travelling to Manchester and
Nottingham.It has attracted huge audience numbers with
more than 100,000 people visiting the exhibition during
its run at BALTIC. The British Art Show 6 will arrive
in Bristol with new artworks and special commissions
specific to the city. The exhibition includes an ambitious
range of work including: Adam Chodzko’s M-path
project where visitors are invited to swap their shoes
for a second-hand pair, the change of footwear influencing
the visitor’s walk through the show – and
their perception of it: Tonico Lemos Auad’s delicate
sculptures made from carpet fluff; a new site-specific
work by Claire Barclay created in response to the industrial
surrounds of Bristol harbour; and a wealth of film and
video work by, Daria Martin, Phil Collins, Saskia Olde
Wolbers, and others.
Also accompanying the exhibition is a live art programme
developed from work included in British Art Show 6.
Doug Fishbone delivers a labyrinthine slide lecture
through history, philosophy, politics and sexual mores.
Birmingham-based duo juneau/projects/ stage a sonic
performance involving four CD walkmans and a drill.
Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska collaborate with
Ben White and Eileen Simpson to perform a live soundtrack
to their new film, compiled from material released from
the South West Film and Television Archive in Plymouth,
whose copyright term has expired.
A selection of artists from the exhibition are also
developing new commissions in Bristol, responding to
its built environment, artifacts and history. Hew Locke
transforms images of statues around the city into relics
of its history. Toby Paterson extends his paintings
to create three-dimensional interventions in the architecture
of city buildings. Mark Titchner works with young people
from the Bristol’s Education Unlimited initiative
to develop a public billboard. Chris Evans, Lucy Skaer,
and Heather and Ivan Morison will also create commissions.
The artwork in British Art Show 6 reflects the diversity
and internationalism of current British practice, with
50% of the artists born outside of the UK and over half
of the selected artists are women. In developing the
shortlist for the British Art Show 6, curators Andrea
Schlieker and Alex Farquharson travelled extensively
throughout the UK and considered the work of over 500
artists. They said: ‘It is a particularly exciting
moment for us to assemble this exhibition, as the art
scene in Britain is now broader in outlook, more vibrant
and internationally oriented than at any other time
in the British Art Show’s 26-year history.
Please see British
Art Show website
for info about sites and opening times.
Also contact Cornerhouse
Publications for further publications or
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Arnolfini:
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol, BS1 4QA
www.arnolfini.org.uk
Bristol's
City Museum & Art Gallery
Queen's Road
Bristol BS8 1RL
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/museum
R O O
M
4 Alfred Place, Redcliff
Bristol
BS1 6ST
www.roomartspace.co.uk
Royal
West of England Academy
Queen's Road, Bristol
BS8 1PX
www.rwa.org.uk
Station
Phoenix Wharf
Bristol
www.stationbristol.co.uk
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