The Bonington Gallery

Archipelago
Monday 16 January - Friday 10 February 2012

The Private view for this exhibition will take place on Tuesday 17 January 2012, 6 pm - 8 pm. If you'd like to attend please RSVP.

archipelago (ˌɑːkɪˈpɛlɪˌɡəʊ) 1. a group of islands 2. a sea studded with islands [C16 (meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian archipelago, literally: the chief sea

This is the latest exhibition presented by staff from the School of Art & Design, featuring experimental practice from a range of art and design disciplines. The works demonstrate the complex process of creation undertaken by practitioner / researchers within the School community.

Artists were asked to consider themselves and their practice as islands, which sit in proximity to other islands. An island may be the work of one practitioner, that of an established collaboration, or a group brought together by a common concern. These islands are represented spatially within the exhibition creating a place of dialogue and exchange.

Weekly discussions 

As part of the exhibition there will be a series of discussions taking place each Wednesday from 18 January – 8 February in The Bonington Gallery, from 5 pm - 7 pm.

View the list of works and weekly discussions.

This exhibition is open to the general public and admission is free.

Lacuna
Monday 20 February – Friday 2 March 2012
Please note the gallery will be closed on Tuesday 21 February 2012

The Private view for this exhibition will take place on Wednesday 22 February 2012, 6 pm - 8 pm. If you'd like to attend please RSVP.

‘In a work of art, the lacuna is an interruption in the figurative fabric.’

Cesare Brandi 2005

Exhibiting artist Joy Buttress is currently undertaking doctoral study at the School of Art & Design. Her work investigates the current interpretation of lace in contemporary visual culture.

Lacuna explores the interface between skin and pattern which is created by lace fabric when worn on the body. The work in this exhibition portrays human skin through the use of leather and latex; embedding meaning and emotive boundaries through the application of decoration and pattern. Hand processes that include forms of stitch, and machine processes of laser etching and digital embroidery, are combined to create unfamiliar surfaces.

Joy’s research is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

This exhibition is open to the general public and admission is free.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Monday 12 March - Thursday 5 April 2012

The Private view for this exhibition will take place on Tuesday 13 March 2012, 6 pm - 8 pm. If you'd like to attend please RSVP.

Exhibiting artist Ben Judd uses performance and video to explore notions of scepticism and belief, freedom and immersion, by positioning himself and the audience as both participant and observer.

Previous work has explored Ben’s relationship to particular occult and esoteric beliefs such as witchcraft, shamanism and spiritualism; as a sceptic he attempts to test the extent and nature of his own beliefs and preconceptions.

This exhibition explores how the ritualistic activities of these groups and individuals can be realised by actors and interpreted in moving image.

This exhibition is open to the general public and admission is free.