Photo: Installation of ‘Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, 2011’, Towner Gallery, September 2014
My Eastbourne Pier print, recently acquired by Towner Gallery, is part of their new group exhibition Land and Sea.
Land and Sea: A selection of new acquisitions and existing works from the permanent collection. The display will tie in with Twixt Two Worlds and will focus on works that use film and photography in their depiction of sea and landscapes.
This display will include the first showing of our new acquisition by Swiss artist Uriel Orlow, his installation work The Short and the Long of It (2010). We will also be showing our newest acquisition of five works by British artist Matthew Miller and Eastbourne Pier (2011) by Simon Roberts.
Photo: Towner Collection Store © Rob Walker
I’m delighted to announce that prints from my Pierdom series have been acquired by two British museum collections – Towner in Eastbourne and Grundy in Blackpool – in collaboration with Flowers Gallery.
‘Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, 2011’ 48 x 60″ (Fuji Crystal Archive Paper) has been acquired by Towner, Eastbourne.
Towner houses an internationally renowned collection of around 6000 works. The Towner Collection is best known for its modern British art – including the broadest and most significant body of work by Eric Ravilious (1903-1942). Contemporary artists represented in the Towner Collection include: Olafur Eliasson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Anya Gallaccio, Julian Opie, Tacita Dean and Grayson Perry.
As part of the celebrations for Towner Charitable Trust’s launch weekend this weekend, they are offering free tours of their Collection Store Tours, where you can see some of the highlights of their collection. More information here.
‘Blackpool South Pier, Lancashire, 2008‘ 20 x 24″ (Fuji Crystal Archive Paper) has been acquired by Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.
Grundy Art Gallery organizes a programme of contemporary visual art exhibitions that feature the work of established and emerging artists from the UK and abroad, as well as historically important artwork loaned from major UK institutions and objects from its own permanent collection.
Grundy’s collection, which is displayed as part of the temporary exhibitions programme and is not on permanent display, includes Victorian oils and watercolours, modern British paintings, contemporary prints, jewellery and video, oriental ivories, ceramics, and photographs and souvenirs of Blackpool.
As part of Photo Hastings I will be giving an artist talk about the work I have produced over the past decade exploring ideas of the British landscape.
October 16, 7pm, Stade Hall, Hastings
The talk is free to attend.
More information here.
As part of Photo Shanghai, Flowers Gallery will be showing prints from Pierdom alongside work by Boomoon, Edward Burtynsky, Nadav Kander and Jason Larkin.
Stand C02
Photo Shanghai is the first international art fair dedicated to photography in China.
5-7 September 2014
Pierdom will be exhibited as part of this year’s BredaPhoto festival in the Netherlands, the theme of which is Songs from the Heart.
participating artists
Todd Hido, Hans Wilschut, Andre Bush, Gregory Halpern, Jan Rosseel, Ola Lanko, Bert Danckaert , Martijn van de Griendt, Koen Hauser, Karin Borghouts, Simon Roberts, Eelco Brand, An-Sofie Kesteleyn, Debby Huysmans, Wayne Lawrence, Wiesje Peels, Alexander Gronsky, Andrej Glusgold, Mariska van Zutven, Kris Vervaeke, Jakub Karwowski, Jos Jansen, Bryan Schutmaat, Joshua Lutz, Sven Fritz, Stephanie Roland, Tom Hunter.
curators
Reinout van den Bergh – [email protected]
Jan Schaerlackens – [email protected]
Geert van Eyck – [email protected]
To find out more, visit: http://www.bredaphoto.nl/
Songs from the Heart is all about New Romanticism. The photographers whose works are on display during BredaPhoto 2014 will deal with the following topics:
I. Romanticism as a historic and artistic movement
The romantic heritage is inherent in our way of thinking and watching. Are photographers, either in their choice of topics or artistic styles, indebted to their romantic heritage?
II. The New Romanticism
The manifestation of these romantic ideals changes constantly. But where does our fascination with, for instance, ‘the authentic’ or ‘the unique’ come from? Is it an act of escapism? A form of social resistance? Or is it maybe just a thoroughly human characteristic?
III. Real versus fake?
Why does the word ‘romantic’ have such a negative connotation? Is there a downside to our romantic inheritance? Does our striving for authenticity not simply result in greater conformism? Does our admiration of the natural world and its overwhelming power at the same time result in sentimentalism and escapism; when does our fascination for the past turn into uninspired kitsch?
Pierdom is published today in the Dutch news magazine, Volkskrant.
You can download a pdf of the article here.
Join us as Simon Roberts, whose Pierdom exhibition is now on at BlackheathBeach, discusses his photographic practice and the work he has made over the past decade exploring idea of the British landscape.
Supported by:
What can I say, I’ve made the pages of the esteemed Blackpool Gazette!
As part of the Pierdom National Exhibition on show at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, I will be giving an exhibition talk followed by a walking tour of Blackpool North Pier for a look back at the history of Blackpool’s famous piers with Blackpool Libraries Local & Family History Librarian, Tony Sharkey.
Free but booking is essential.
There will also be a curator’s tour by Richard Parry on Wed 23rd July, 6-7pm.
To book a place on either of the events and activities please contact us on [email protected] or 01253 478170.
More information about the exhibition and events here: http://www.grundyartgallery.com/programme/current/
The exhibition and talk is supported by Arts Council England.
As part of the national Pierdom exhibition, which launched today at Turner Contemporary, we’ve created a micro-website with more details of the tour, an interactive map and public gallery where you can share your own ‘Pier Stories’ and photographs.
Please visit www.pierdom.com.
We’re interested in receiving your memories, unusual facts, anecdotes and photographs of British Pleasure Piers. Submitted work will form part of our Public Gallery and online archive where you can read other stories and add your own.
The Pierdom National Exhibition is supported by Arts Council England.