Changing Exhibitions

water-shed

New work by Edmund de Waal

22 January - 11 April 2010

Edmund de Waal is one of Britain's leading artists working with ceramics. His work is represented in many international collections and has been exhibited widely at art galleries and museums including Tate Britain, MIMA (Middlesbrough), Kettle's Yard (Cambridge), and Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. Recent commissions have included his ambitious Signs and Wonders installation which opened at the V&A Museum in September 2009.

In this exhibition de Waal will explore the use of vessels in medical treatments, drawing inspiration from the collection at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. As well as examples of the artist's earlier work, the exhibition will feature a new artwork titled water-shed, which reimagines a medical cabinet filled with vessels glazed in aquatic blues and greys.

For further information about the artist visit www.edmunddewaal.com

Sarah Brown, Curatorial Officer at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum introduces the water-shed exhibition. She discusses the artists processes and inspirations and the newly commissioned piece, water-shed which was created especially for this exhibition.

Full transcript (37kb, PDF)

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Ananta

Digital Art by Sumit Sarkar

22 January - 11 April 2010

Ananta is a touring exhibition from Lanternhouse International that showcases the work of digital artist, Sumit Sarkar. Using state of the art digital technology, this dazzling exhibition brings together the artist's deep personal knowledge of the Hindu pantheon, reinterpreting it for the modern age.

Sarkar explores Hindu iconography through complex 3D images that are then converted to sculpture using high-end manufacturing techniques. His inspiration comes from sources as diverse as ancient Hindu imagery, Manga cartoons and transforming robots.


Shiva Nataraja © Sumit Sarkar

This exhibition is accompanied by a series of texts by writer Harriet Sharkey and will include a newly commissioned digital 3D animation.


Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Past Exhibitions Archive

• The Amazing Chang: 17 October 2009 - 10 January 2010 (162kb, PDF)
• Watch a short video about The Amazing Chang's Willow Pattern Plate illusion on You Tube (link to external website) 
• The story of the Willow Pattern Plate TRANSCRIPT (11KB, PDF)
• The story of the Willow Pattern Plate TRANSCRIPT (11.6KB, DOC)
• Read Lynsey's Cleavers blog about the Amazing Chang project
• Sixties Summer 13 August - 4 October 2009 (116kb, PDF)
• OPEN 2009: People's Choice Award (82kb, PDF)
• OPEN 2009: Open Award Winner(121kb, PDF)
• OPEN 2009: 5 June - 2 August (82kb, PDF)
• The Singh Twins 27 March - 24 May 2009 (86.56kb, PDF)
• Geometry Of Fear - January 2009 (125kb, PDF)
• Distillations: New Work by Mary Riley - November 2008 (99kb, PDF)
• Mary Riley: Distillations - the artist's perspective (485kb, DOC)
• Now Showing: new film and video from the Arts Council collection - September 2008 (131kb, PDF)
• Clocking On - June 2008 (97kb, PDF)
• Phillip Warnell - April 2008 (106kb, PDF)
• Open 2007 - November 2007 (96kb, PDF)
• Maker Unknown - September 2007 (96kb, PDF)
• Made In The Middle - July2007 (117kb, PDF)
• Jo Roberts: Finding A Way Through - March 2007 (100kb, PDF)
• Jo Roberts: Finding A Way Through - the artist's perspective (126kb, PDF)
• Playtime - December 2006 (110kb, PDF)
• 100 Faces - October 2006 (159kb, PDF)
• Richard Dadd - August 2006 (77kb, PDF)
• Making Words - April 2006 (50kb, PDF)
• Jerwood Photography Awards 2005 Winners - December 2005 (71kb, PDF)
• Philip Sutton RA: Woodcuts 1962-1976 - November 2005 (83kb, PDF)

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