New
Exhibition
NEW
EXHIBITION CELEBRATES THE BIZARRE AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE COLLECTOR
9
February - 20 March 2005
Wed - Sun, 11am - 4pm
The
Collectors
New Work by George Morris & Andrew Livingston
Arthur
Negus once said that there's a collector in all of us, whether we are
aware of it or not. For some people collecting becomes an obsession, for
others it's just a hobby.
Artists
Andrew Livingston and George Morris take a sideways look at this obsessive
world in their new exhibition, The Collectors, which opens at the
ArtsMill Gallery in Hebden Bridge on Wednesday 9 February and runs until
Sunday 20 March.
However, their collectors are a little more bizarre than usual - from
acid flashbacks to noxious gases, from little green men to fantastic creatures.
"Humour is very important to us in our work," said Andrew and George,
"and we thought it would be fun to invent collectors and collections -
this also gave us the freedom to do whatever we wanted. This work isn't
about stamp or butterfly collecting but about collections of the imagination
- surreal, bizarre and, we hope, humorous."
The
exhibition features 19 works including paintings and sculpture. All the
work is for sale.
Although
Andrew and George have been working collaboratively since 2001 this is
the first time they have worked jointly on work since 'Couch Potatoes'
produced for the 2003 Sculpture Trail at Hebden Bridge.
This
exhibition follows the success of their last exhibition in 2003 - 'Paintings
Inspired by the Music of Frank Zappa' .
ArtsMill
Gallery is open Wednesdays to Sundays, 11am to 4pm and admission is free.
For
further information and directions contact
ArtsMill
Gallery
Linden Mill
Linden Rd
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 7DN
01422
845654
Media
Contact
For
further information, to arrange interviews and for images of the work
contact:
Alison
Darnbrough
Tel: 07879 438916
Email: alison.darnbrough@btopenworld.com
Notes
To Editors
Images of the work
Electronic images are available of the work in the exhibition in Jpeg
or Tiff formats.
Preview
and photo opportunities
The
exhibition preview will be held on Sunday 6 February, 2 - 4pm. Press are
welcome to attend.
The
exhibition will be put up from Monday 31 January and it will be possible
to preview the work and take photos during this week.
ArtsMill
Gallery
Established in 2003, ArtsMill at Linden Mill is a not-for-profit arts
space which encourages participation in the arts through the provision
of high quality activities including workshops, lectures, studio spaces,
talks, poetry readings, exhibitions and music events.
It aims to bring the work of prominent artists to the region as well as
promoting the work of new and emerging artists. Exhibitions in its first
year have included Paula Rego, Frank Auerbach and Bridget Riley, Robin
Bownass and Tom Sisson. Forthcoming exhibitions include Goya's The
Disparates (28 April - 30 May 2005) and Quentin Bell (22 June
- 24 July 2005).
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