Leading British artist, Ryan Gander, has selected works from this world class national collection of modern and contemporary British art, as part of the celebrations for the Arts Council Collection’s 70th anniversary.
For the exhibition Gander has selected artworks which appear to be involved in the act of looking. He has presented these works so that they appear to gaze at works featuring the colour blue; a colour which is important in Gander’s work, and which for him represents the abstract ideas often found in modern and contemporary art.
Gander’s approach will provide an entirely fresh view of the Arts Council Collection and of modern and contemporary British art. His show will challenge traditional methods of selection, prompting us to rethink the role of the curator, the art object and the spectator.
The exhibition will represent the work of over thirty artists, including Reg Butler, Patrick Caulfield, Jacob Epstein, Roger Hiorns, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Kerry Stewart, Wolfgang Tillmans and Rebecca Warren. Also included are major loans of work by artists including Angela Bulloch, Matthew Darbyshire, Don Brown, Mario García Torres and Thomas Houseago. One of the commissions, As old as time itself, slept alone, by Ryan Gander will be presented as part of this exhibition.
Free exhibition.
In the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Selection of further exhibitions in: United kingdom
Night in the Museum: Ryan Gander Curates the Arts Council CollectionBirmingham Museums & Art Gallery Main address:
Birmingham Museums & Art GalleryWells Fargo CenterChamberlain SquareB3 3DHBirmingham, United kingdomBirmingham Museums & Art GalleryWells Fargo CenterChamberlain SquareB3 3DHBirmingham, United kingdomLeading British artist, Ryan Gander, has selected works from this world class national collection of modern and contemporary British art, as part of the celebrations for the Arts Council Collection’s 70th anniversary.
For the exhibition Gander has selected artworks which appear to be involved in the act of looking. He has presented these works so that they appear to gaze at works featuring the colour blue; a colour which is important in Gander’s work, and which for him represents the abstract ideas often found in modern and contemporary art.
Gander’s approach will provide an entirely fresh view of the Arts Council Collection and of modern and contemporary British art. His show will challenge traditional methods of selection, prompting us to rethink the role of the curator, the art object and the spectator.
The exhibition will represent the work of over thirty artists, including Reg Butler, Patrick Caulfield, Jacob Epstein, Roger Hiorns, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Kerry Stewart, Wolfgang Tillmans and Rebecca Warren. Also included are major loans of work by artists including Angela Bulloch, Matthew Darbyshire, Don Brown, Mario García Torres and Thomas Houseago. One of the commissions, As old as time itself, slept alone, by Ryan Gander will be presented as part of this exhibition.
Free exhibition.
In the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
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