Manchester

Your guide to art in Manchester

Artists on Show in Manchester

See Turner

Title:

Now for the Painter (1827)

Address:

Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street
Manchester M2 3JL

Website:
www.manchestergalleries.org/

Title:	The Fortifications of Paris with Houses (1887)
Address:	Whitworth Art Gallery The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER UK
Website:	www.whitworth.man.ac.uk/

See Temporary Exhibitions

From Slingshot to Mega-ton Bomb (Group Show)
Castlefield Gallery
6 October - 19 November

It's the job of art to resist "the course of the world... which permanently puts a pistol to men's heads" wrote philosopher Theodor Adorno in 1962. In his view Western rationalism has a built-in self-destruct mechanism that flips it over into irrationality, inhumanity and terror. Not a cheerful message, maybe, but all too persuasive viewed in the light of present global politics. Showcasing Edinburgh College of Art graduates Colin Parker, Scott Laverie, Jamie Miller, Stephen Hunter and Paul Penrice, Castelfield's group show takes Adorno's critique as central motif, presenting works that explore the fine line between utopian creativity and dystopian horror in Western reason.

www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk

Panaceahothouse
6 Oct - 19 Nov
Nick Crowe: Commemorative Glass
1 December - 28 January 2007
Cornerhouse

The ghost of Adorno is surely lurking in the shadows of UK artists Michael Pinsky, Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich's ironic-optimistic collaboration Panaceahothouse, described as a "search for artistic 'solutions' that simultaneously offer viewers/participants an aesthetic experience and a practical tool to improve life". The show features two new works: Pinsky's Healing Wall created from continental green neon pharmacy signs, and Bromwich and Walker's Sci Fi Hot Tub, "a hot tub 'island' which cocoons participants in warmth and comfort whilst floating through sublime and potentially hostile environments".

A solo show by Manchester leading light Nick Crowe follows. Best known for his witty and abrasive online projects, Commemorative Glass focuses on Crowe's abiding interest in glass and includes previously unseen works of the last six years.

www.cornerhouse.org

Brass Art [Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz and Anneke Pettican]
International 3
27 October

Brass Art's three artist members are based in Manchester and Glasgow. Their projects make use of pre-cinematic optical illusory devices alongside new visual technologies, and draw on the skills of a wide range of collaborators: confectionery craftsmen, architectural engineers, jewellers and the medical division of Pentax UK amongst others.

www.international3.com

Beyond the Page: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
Manchester Art Gallery
30 September - 15 January 2007

Pakistan's miniature painting tradition as reinvented by contemporary Pakistani artists around the world. Ancient techniques and motifs are reinvested with topical political and social significance, exploring the complex relationships between historical and contemporary forms of cultural expression.

www.manchestergalleries.org

Resonance and Wonder
Whitworth Art Gallery
to 4 March 2007

A look at Eduardo Paolozzi's Whitworth Tapestry, commissioned by the gallery in 1968. Featuring a range of the artist's work, the show explores the effects of interpretation and display methods on visitors' responses to the piece.

www.whitworth.man.ac.uk

Galleries / Art Spaces / Organisations

Cornerhouse

"ARTFILMBOOKSFOODDRINK" says leading Manchester contemporary arts venue Cornerhouse's logo, with admirable brevity. There you have it: three floors of exhibition space, three film screens and a publishing wing, plus a huge variety of events and education activities. And a nice caffe.

www.cornerhouse.org

Manchester Art Gallery

Home to the city's world class collection of historic art and design, operating in four venues around the city; exhibitions range from contemporary through historic art to design and craft, with a complementary programme of events and education activities.

www.manchestergalleries.org

Whitworth Art Gallery

Showcasing an equally important collection of historic works of art and design, the Whitworth also periodically exhibits the work of modern and contemporary artists.

www.whitworth.man.ac.uk

International 3, Castlefield Gallery, Bureau Gallery

Manchester's independent and artist-led gallery sector is now well established. So well in fact that since 2001 the 'people's democratic republic of Manchester' has boasted its own "national pavilion" at that mother of all biennial shows, the Venice Biennale. The brainchild of International 3 (see below) and Manchester Metropolitan University professor, artist Pavel Buchler this is actually a bar in Venice with a neon sign saying 'Manchester' (what more could one want?).
Founded in 1984 by the Manchester Artists Studio Association, Castlefield helps maintain a professional support network for Manchester artists as well as curating a changing programme of shows, events and publications.
A marriage of pre-existing indy groups The Annual Programme and Work and Leisure International, International 3 has been representing rising artists, coordinating exhibitions, events and publications and advocating for the Manchester art scene (see Venice) since 2000.
Opened March 2006, Salford independents Bureau offer a purpose-built space, exhibitions, events and support for artists - also an archive of artists' film and video.

www.international3.com
www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk
www.bureaugallery.com

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