Video Progetto
Grand Union are doing a thing until 16 May. Nicky went to the launch.
Visual Arts
hobbypopMUSEUM at Eastside Projects
I’m not usually one to pander to titles with an obscure mix of upper- and lower-case letters in them, but for this I’ll make an exception. hobbypopMUSEUM is a new solo exhibition at Eastside Projects by the Düsseldorf- and London-based artist group of the same name formed by Sophie von Hellermann, Christian Jendreiko, Matthias Lahme, … [Read more…]
Frilly
They are Frilly and they do community arts across the West Midlands. Adrienne and Kirsty established Frilly in order to continue to develop and deliver participatory arts programmes that are driven by participants and where the process of making, experiencing and change is as much a part of the art as whatever is produced They’re … [Read more…]
TROVE’s Show of Science
TROVE’s next exhibition Show of Science presents four artists, including a.a.s., Victoria Jenkins, Lee Stowers and Luke Williams, exhibiting in the Jewellery Quarter’s old science museum. Here’s what TROVE have said about it: All pieces hint at the historic, at first glance there is nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary, though with closer inspection there … [Read more…]
Nidhi Gupta’s Undiscovered Waste
Nidhi Gupta left BIAD last year with an MA in Surface Design. Her ‘Undiscovered Waste’ collection is on show in the window of the Created in Birmingham shop until 3 May: Undiscovered waste is a unique idea based on reusing waste. An Innovative collection where waste meets Indian traditional craft, fused together in such a … [Read more…]
Works of Ours at The Public
The Public art gallery in West Bromwich has joined forces with ITV Fixers to present an exhibition of works, including painting, sculpture, photography and short film, by young and up-and-coming artists. Here’s the background: Fixer Todd Wooton (22) is a young artist. Throughout school and university he has found it almost impossible to get his … [Read more…]
In Our Backyard
Erdington, Perry Barr, Hodge Hill and Ladywood are among the areas that don’t get enough of a look-in on this blog so it was nice to pick up some blurb about a project called In Our Backyard which put artists in those areas over a year. The work produced will be at The Community gallery … [Read more…]
New Art Now
It’s been a while since I heard anything about the mooted Birmingham Museum of Contemporary Art, but then I spotted this: With a £1million grant from the Art Fund, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and partners New Art Gallery Walsall and Ikon Gallery have been creating a major collection of international contemporary art. Which is … [Read more…]