The programme starts with a gallery talk at the exhibition launch party when Locke will be discussing his new commission for ArtSway with the curator Peter Bonnell and includes a lecture by Karen Fielder exploring the idea of starchitect in architectural history and a talk by London based curator Paul Hedge who has worked with the artist for many years. There is also a portfolio day aimed at sculptors when there are ten half hour slots available for critiques, portfolio reviews and careers advice.
The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Arts University College at Bournemouth and there is a complementary exhibition - Hew Locke: Are We There Yet - at The Gallery, the Arts University College at Bournemouth from 14 March. www.aucb.ac.uk
Dates and further details are given below and more information can be found at www.artsway.org.uk.
Hew Locke: Starchitect
Exhibition Launch Saturday 5th February 2011 2pm - 5pm, all welcome.
Exhibition continues until 3 April 2011
ArtSway, Station Road, Sway, Hampshire, SO41 6BA.
Exhibition Associated Events:
Exhibition Launch and Gallery Talk: Hew Locke in Conversation with Peter Bonnell
Saturday 5 February 2011, 2pm - 5pm (gallery talk at 3pm)
Hew Locke will discuss his new commission for ArtSway and the Arts University College at Bournemouth with ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell. Locke describes his new installation as a 'dream-like' place, which will contain a number of his trademark sculptural works, and his new series of altered early twentieth-century share certificates. Locke's work questions ideas relating to identity and power, and particularly the loss of these as seen in the context of an increasingly globalised world. FREE: All Welcome.
Free Coach: Exhibition launch
Saturday 5 February 2011 at 10.30am
A free coach from London will leave from opposite Tate Britain on Millbank at 10.30am for the opening of the exhibition. The coach will return to London for 7pm.
FREE: Limited Numbers. Advanced booking is advised.
Portfolio Day: Sculpture
Friday 25 February 2011, 10am - 4pm
A portfolio day specifically aimed at sculptors with ten half-hour slots for artists from all backgrounds for critiques, portfolio reviews and career advice from ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell. COST: £5 per person. Booking Essential.
Art in Context: The Starchitect in History: Great Architects and the Building of Britain
Wednesday 9 March 2011 at 7pm
A lecture by Karen Fielder, Doctoral Researcher, School of Humanities, University of Southampton. Inigo Jones was a celebrity architect of the seventeenth century who is regarded as introducing a specifially English approach to continental classicism, with startling new buildings such as Banqueting House in Whitehall. In this talk, Karen Fielder explores the idea of the starchitect in architectural history, and how buildings and styles they created can be understood to represent national character and identity.
FREE: Booking Essential
Curator's Talk
Saturday 12 March 2011 at 2pm
An informal tour of Hew Locke's new installation, with ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell. Bonnell will explain the genesis of the exhibition, the story of the development of the installation, and themes and ideas surrounding Locke's work. FREE: All Welcome.
Gallery Talk: Paul Hedge
Saturday 26 March 2011 at 3pm
Join us for a talk by the highly regarded London based Curator Paul Hedge. Paul is the Managing DIrector of Hales Gallery, who represent Hew Locke. Paul will discuss his many years of work with Hew Locke, as well as his curatorial ideas and work in the commercial gallery sector. FREE: Booking Essential
To book a place on any of the above events please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (ext.6) or email:jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
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