This bronze sculpture of Sir Jacob Epstien’s 15 year old daughter has inspired the latest exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall, The Life of the Mind: Love, Sorrow and Obsession.

The exhibition opened last Friday, and is open until 20 March, curated by artists Bob and Roberta Smith, featuring an eclectic group of historic, modern and contemporary artists including Vincent van Gogh, Tracey Emin, Louise Bourgeois, Theodore Garman, Chris Ofili and Helen Chadwick.

…The Life of the Mind seeks to expose the myth of the great male artist who has special insight into the minds of his more frail female subjects… Each artist resists easy interpretation and in Bob’s word, “sticks a sharp pair of scissors into the soft underbelly of male hegemony”.

On 26 February at 2pm, Bob and Roberta Smith will also be in conversation, joined by artist Bobby Baker to discuss the ideas explored within the exhibition.

Outside IN is a pioneering project which promotes the visual art work of leading disabled and deaf artists. The New Art Gallery Walsall has been chosen to launch this new venture on Thursday 16 September.

DASH‘s Artistic Director Mike Layward introduces you to this ground-breaking concept, the galleries, the artists and their work. We then hand you over to internationally renowned performance artist Bobby Baker (author of recently published book Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me) as she strikes up an unmissable conversation with The New Art Gallery Walsall’s resident artist, Sean Burn.

The launch will be open to the public from 1-4pm, and if the art isn’t enough to tempt you down, there will also be games of marbles, activities, artist talks, plus nibbles – great!