Tuesday, 24 August 2010

ex



Vernon Street

16 September - 8 October


ex is an annual show profiling a selection of artists who have recently graduated and are at the beginning of their careers. All the artists taking part completed their foundation course at Leeds College of Art and the exhibition highlights the quality and range of work being produced on some of Britain's leading fine art degree courses.

This year the exhibiting artists are Alice Brooks (above), Ruth Campbell, Tom Cookson, Lucy Crouch & Katherine Payne, Eleanor Hutchinson, Tim Pulleyn, Eleanor Purseglove, Arron Sands, Rachel Westerman and Josh Whitaker.

Friday, 20 August 2010

JASON MUNN - The Small Stakes






Blenheim Walk


3 September -
25 February







California based graphic designer Jason Munn started The Small Stakes in 2003 and it has since become a successful independent design studio, producing nationally and internationally commissioned work in a range of print materials, including book covers, album packaging, t-shirt designs, screen printed posters and illustrations.

Jason's work has appeared in magazines such as Print, Communication Arts and Creative Review as well as being in the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This small display of Jason's posters demonstrates his unique and instantly recognisable style.

Friday, 25 June 2010

E3 4RR




Blenheim Walk

30 July - 24 September





E3 4RR is an exhibition of work by artists represented by Matt's Gallery in East London including Jo Bruton, Fiona Crisp, Willie Docherty, Jimmie Durham, Susan Hiller, Melanie Jackson, Nathaniel Mellors, Mike Nelson, Avis Newman, Hayley Newman, David Osbaldeston, John Riddy, Matthew Ticle, Suzanne Treister and Alison Turnbull.

Friday, 21 May 2010

Kevin Cummins - Joy Division





Blenheim Walk


28 May - 17 June








Kevin Cummins studied photography in Salford, embarking on a career that began with documenting the burgeoning punk scene in Manchester. He later became Chief Photographer for the NME where his award winning photographs were a major contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester scene. This exhibition concentrates on the iconic photographs that Kevin took of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.

The Duvet Brothers - Blue Monday

Blenheim Walk 28 May - 17 June

The Duvet Brothers have been making videos since the early 1980's, their work being a mix of recycled documentary, music and editing effects, pioneering an art form which became known as scratch video. Blue Monday is perhaps their best known work, set to the music of New Order and created during a period of social and political change, the decline of Communism and the rise of Thatcherism.

Adam Stone - View from a plinth

Blenheim Walk 28 May - 17 June

An exhibition by Adam Stone who spent one hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the Antony Gormley project "Oneandother". During that time he captured 10 large format pin hole images.

Adam Stone studied at the Royal Academy schools and Leeds College of Art where he currently lectures in art and design.

Books & Artists

Blenheim Walk

28 May - 17 June

Books & Artists is a series of occasional short exhibitions on the first floor at blenheim Walk showing exampples taken from the College collection of artists' books. The often surprising work on display, by both local and international artists, from Black Dogs to Sophie Calle, allows a glimpse into this large collection of work.