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NOTTINGHAM HOSTS LANDMARK ART EXHIBITION CELEBRATING
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND COLLABORATIONS
at old Neale’s Auction House, Nottingham
14 th June – 13 th July 2018
Nottingham is set to host a landmark exhibition and
mini arts festival celebrating diverse communities,
cultures, collaborations and place making, as a unique
non-gallery creative space opens its doors.
Created by QUARRYLAB, a not for profit artist’s support
programme, and sponsored by local businesses, the
new ‘pop up’ exhibition of contemporary art will run
for a month in June / July at the former Neale’s auction
house, on Mansfield Road.
Curated by Quarrylab artists Roy Pickering FRSA and
Mark Rawlinson, ‘SEE HERE’ presents the work of a range
of artists who all in some way engage with the ideas,
challenges and processes of location / re-location,
overcoming adversity and working in partnership, and
who display a total commitment to art and creativity as
crucial to our understanding of ourselves and others.
As Roy Pickering explains “Quarrylab is all about giving
creative people the time and space to think about their
ideas and work, and the opportunity to show work in
new spaces. That is why this project offers such exciting
possibilities”.
Located within an old auction house, presently
undergoing its rebirth by the new Trinity Church, artists
have been invited to respond to and produce works
that interact directly with this Nottingham landmark.
The building itself echoes the city’s own complicated
history; anarchic, creative, and in constant flux. As an
auction house, a place for the buying and selling of
goods, it embodies the very notion of exchange.
Celebrating the creative energy of Nottingham and
the wider region, and as part of the Midlands Engine
initiative for creativity and collaboration, the exhibition
of visual arts will also provide the foundation for an
exciting programme of events showcasing the work of
musicians, performers and theatre groups, and offering
lectures and workshops which explore the exhibition’s
core themes.
“The See Here Exhibition promises to be an
outstanding cultural event in Nottingham aimed at
reaching out to new audiences in the East Midlands
who already have a great appreciation of the arts, but
who perhaps to date have not been able to access such
a rich tapestry of artistic talent and achievement in one
very unique place.” Sir John Peace - Lord-Lieutenant of
Nottinghamshire.
Visual arts:
Beverley Bennett, Matt Chesney, Shehzad Chowdhury,
Thiebault Delferiere, Trudi Entwistle, Sardul Gill, Paul
Harraway, Andrew Harris, Carole Hawthorne, Katja
Hock, Jim Jack, Bill Ming, Nadia Ming, Mwini Mutuku,
Dickens Otieno, Demi Overton, Josie Perry, Richard
Perry, Roy Pickering, Mark Rawlinson, Gurminder
Sikand.
Music and performance :
Liam Bailey, Harleighblu, Abii Soul, Sunset Nebula,
Cecile Grey, Benjamin Bassford, New Perspectives
Theatre, Nottingham writers groups, Todd Landman,
Artists & Curators discussion, & more tbc.
Old Neale’s Auction House, 192-194 Mansfield Road,
Nottingham, NG1 3HU
Launch event: Wednesday 13 th June, 6.30pm (by
invitation)
Exhibition runs from 14 th June to 13 th July, 10am – 5pm
(not open Sundays)
For more information please visit: www.quarrylab.org