Wysing Arts Contemporary: Recollect
Launch: Saturday 9 June, 6-8pm, speeches 7pm
Exhibition open 10 June - 9 July 2012, 12-5pm daily. Admission free.
Taking Wysing's iconic outdoor structure Amphis as its starting point, a range of sculpture, drawings, photographs and video works will focus on connections between architectural space, memory and experience. Recollect includes new works by artists with connections to the region and to Wysing itself, alongside archive footage of the creation of other structures in Wysing’s rural grounds including N55’s The Walking House.
Artists in Recollect include Jackie Chettur, who works from one of Wysing’s studios and will create new images and text that looks at the physical space of the house as a metaphor in fiction. London-based Phil Coy will present a film: he is currently working with scientists at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge on the science of memory and perception. Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry’s work often explores the construction of language, meaning and place. Following their residency at Wysing in 2011, they return to show a film and sculpture made in response to the Central Library, Birmingham; a condemned Brutalist building.
London-based Una Knox’s video follows a man’s journey through the labyrinthine back rooms and chambers of a vast building; the spaces parallel the geography of his mind. Sean Edwards’ sculptures were made as part of a residency in part derelict The Maelfa shopping centre on the outskirts of Cardiff, where he grew up, and Rosie Pedlow & Joe King exhibit part of the Bivouac series of slides and structures from 2011 of shelters constructed from wooden branches and poles.
Better Futures Forever is a group of three young Norwich-based artists who collaboratively explore space, location and context. For Recollect, they will make new work in response to that of other exhibiting artists.
Events programme
DISCUSSION: 16 June 2-5pm
Artist Lothar Götz and Rob Wilson, Curator and Editor of Block Magazine discuss the connections between art and architecture. Followed by a new performance by artist Phil Coy.
PLAY WYSING: 23 June and 24 June, 2-4pm
Drop-in family events exploring the whole range of playful spaces across Wysing’s site using our new props box. Run by artists from Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination.
PRESENTATION: 28 June 6.30-8.30pm
Artists Elena Cologni and Caroline Wright explore notions of present memory and real and fictional memory in rural East Anglia.
Works in Recollect can be purchased through Own Art, the interest-free loan scheme, and Wysing Members, Supporters and Patrons can enjoy a 10% discount on purchase price. Also on display in Wysing’s reception will be the Eastern Pavilions Print Portfolio; a limited edition of 144 boxed sets by emerging and established artists.
WYSING ARTS CONTEMPORARY is Wysing Arts Centre’s trading arm. It curates selling exhibitions at Wysing’s Bourn centre, manages collectives of contemporary art collectors and exhibits work at international art fairs. Proceeds from the sale of directly support Wysing’s programme.
WYSING ARTS CENTRE shapes new ways of working in the arts and challenges artists and audiences to re-think what is possible, often in partnership with each other. In the last five years this approach has led to the creation of extraordinary projects and experiences, and has made Wysing one of Europe’s leading centres for the visual arts. With a large rural site comprising ten buildings including artists’ studios, educational and new media facilities, a gallery and project spaces; with an ongoing and innovative artistic programme of events, exhibitions, retreats and residencies; and a unique programme for young artists, Wysing Arts Centre is delivering a rich programme that is accessible on many levels to a range of people. Art developed at Wysing is increasingly shown at significant venues around the world, and Wysing is part of national networks including Plus Tate, the Arts Council National Portfolio and Own Art.
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For further information, interviews and images please contact:
Lucy Wilson, External Relations Manager, Wysing Arts Centre
07787 854468 lucy.wilson@wysingartscentre.org
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