Curated
by Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker
28 January - 2 April
2006
Free
The biggest and most ambitious survey of contemporary
art you will see this year is coming to Manchester in
the British Art Show 6, as part of its UK tour. Taking
place across the whole of the city including Urbis,
Castlefield Gallery, Chinese Arts Centre, Cornerhouse,
International 3, Manchester Art Gallery and The Whitworth
Art Gallery.
Featured at Urbis is a selection of artists who explore
the city and its built environment. Highlights will
include newly commissioned, site specific painting by
Toby Paterson, an artist concerned with architecture
and how places evolve into looking the way they do.
Nathan Coley will also be exhibiting a new work ‘Jerusalem
Syndrome’, a video installation which investigates
the rare religious psychosis affecting visitors to the
‘Holy City’ and Matthew Houlding installs
fantasy architecture in the form of dream homes and
cities constructed from everyday detritus.
The following artists will be hosted by Urbis:
Gordon Cheung
Nathan Coley
Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska
Matthew Houlding
Marine Hugonnier
Goshka Macuga
Nils Norman
Toby Paterson
Mark Titchner
Gary Webb
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