castlefield gallery

Castlefield - Manchester Art Gallery

2 Hewitt Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4GB
Tel: +44(0)161 832 8034 Fax:+44(0)161 819 2295
Open to the public Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 1-6pm, and Thu 1-8pm

events & exhibitions

Welcome.......News: 2/12/2008

Congratulations to Mark Leckey on winning the Turner Prize 2008. We still have very affordable limited edition prints by Mark Leckey for sale. Look in the Prints section of this website for details. Holiday closing: please note the gallery is closed to the public from Monday 22 December 2008 and will reopen on Wednesday 7 January 2009.

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Castlefield Gallery's Flickr website......

Visit Castlefield Gallery's Flickr website to see documentation of some of our recent activities, artists’ research trips and exhibition changeovers.

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Mark Leckey 'Parade,' one of two prints for sale - Click Image to see larger Picture
 

Exhibitions & Events - Current & Future

EXHIBITION

Laura White: If I Had a Monkey I Wouldn’t Need a TV

28 November 2008 to 25 January 2009 

Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present If I Had a Monkey I Wouldn’t Need a TV, a solo show of new work by London based artist Laura White. Working with video and found objects her work addresses the convergence of the manmade and the natural world using both static and moving images sampled from the Internet, billboard posters and TV documentaries. They are consequently shattered or distorted by direct confrontation with objects and other matter in the space, encouraging the viewer to reflect and explore the artifice within the imagery.

Through distorting and concealing imagery, her sculptures are suggestive of the way in which humankind manipulates the environment for its own needs, whether that is through the containment of the natural world to provide us with entertainment, or the mis-representation of both humans and animals for economic gain.

Laura White, Knuckle Paunch, 2008 - Click Image to see larger Picture

EVENT

PureScreen DVD *03

04 December 2008 (18:30 - 20:30)

Artists: Tal Amiran, Alan Bogana & Dave Green, Steven Eastwood, Esther Johnson, Nick Jordan, Rebecca Lennon, Elena Näsänen, Philip Newcombe, Seppo Renvall, Mika J. Ripatti, Erica Scourti, Juha van Ingen.

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester. M15 4GB

Admission: FREE ADMISSION. BOOKING REQUIRED. To book please call Castlefield Gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk

Castlefield Gallery is pleased to announce the publication of PureScreen DVD *03, a programme of recent artist film and video work. Curated by Sophia Crilly, the DVD features the highlights and a cross-section of the diversity of works from the 2007/08 season of screening programmes. The DVD will be available from December 2008.

Tal Amiran 'Fairground' - Click Image to see larger Picture

BOOK LAUNCH

The Stuff of Images: Laura White If I had a Monkey I wouldn’t need a TV

22 January 2009 (18:00 - 20:00)

Venue: Castlefield Gallery

FREE ADMISSION-BOOKING REQUIRED

The Sculptural Language of images investigated through the work of Laura White and text by Lisa Le Feuvre, Andrew Renton and Laura U. Marks. Ideas are explored around the physical relationship to images, where image and object are dissolved into one another in creating a haptic experience. The documentation of White’s practice and the stuff of images, is embedded within the book and its production. The book includes essays by Laura U. Marks, Andrew Renton and a conversation with Lisa Le Feuvre.

Published by Castlefield Gallery, distributed by Cornerhouse.

Available from 22 January 2009.

ISBN: 978-0-9559557-1-6

Laura White, Yea and Nay, 2008 - Click Image to see larger Picture
   
 
 
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