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Spacex is a publicly funded contemporary art space and registered educational charity. It encourages public engagement with current developments in contemporary art through commissioned projects, exhibitions, events and activities for all ages.
Opening event including John Court in conversation with André Stitt Saturday 29 September 2012, 3–5pm This is a quiet exhibition. There is stillness, silence, there are calm objects … and then I become aware of Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
29 September - 24 November 2012
Reviewed by: Mark Leahy »
It could have been a bank heist, a kidnap or an urban chase. Instead it was a phone call to a melancholy woman who wanted to talk quietly about the thoughts and memories wrapped up in objects. At first, I was a little disappointed.I’d come to Read on…
Spacex & Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
10 December 2011 - 18 February 2012
Reviewed by: Gabrielle Hoad »
The Recipe Exchange, Helen Pritchard The first thing about this exhibition that attracts me is the title: The Recipe Exchange. The word ‘recipe’ immediately makes me think of food. However, being housed in an Read on…
Spacex Gallery, Exeter
14 May - 9 July 2011
Reviewed by: Patricia Chu »
»GET Social Practice Art’s Identity Crisis - Abigail Satinsky [ABI]»GET ACORN profile for EX5 [ACO]»GET Farringdon Village website [FAR]»GET Notes for a response to The Recipe Exchange – Gabrielle Hoad Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
14 May - 9 July 2011
Reviewed by: Gabrielle Hoad »
The Recipe Exchange and Making is Connecting at Spacex Gallery, Exeter A Review by Dr Stephen Riley, June 2011 For those unfamiliar, Spacex Gallery is the leading contemporary art space in Exeter. The Recipe Exchange is an Read on…
Spacex Gallery, Exeter
14 May - 19 July 2011
Reviewed by: Stephen Riley »
The works in Tim Ellis' solo show 'The Tourist' at Spacex, Exeter prompt narrative responses. Ellis distributes these newly made works across three spaces, each with a character of its own. The pieces are funny, with elements of beauty; they are Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
12 March - 30 April
Reviewed by: Mark Leahy »
The new work presented in Tim Ellis’s solo show The Touristat Spacex, Exeter prompts narrative responses from the visitor. Ellis distributes the work across three spaces each of which has a different character. Room 1 is a display space, while Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
12 March - 30 April 2011
Reviewed by: Mark Leahy »
Part social drama, part lifestyle commentary, Emily Wardill's disturbing seventy-six minute film reminds me more than anything of American Psycho. Though it doesn't hit the horrific depths of Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 novel, it draws similar Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
12 December - 20 February
Reviewed by: Gabrielle Hoad »
Green plastic bags pulled through the leg holes of white pants effect and denote a sector where curiosity and familiarity intercede. A zone in which we perceive human shoulders and a neck: bones and skin organized into a discernible structure. Yet, Read on…
Space X Gallery, Exeter
11 - 12 September 2008
Reviewed by: Mark Greenwood »
On 28 July, Jordan McKenzie performed At Arms Length in Exeter, prior to the opening of his exhibition Vitruvian: Drawing Works at Spacex. On a hot Friday afternoon, Jordan McKenzie manhandles a white wooden cube through the Read on…
Exeter, Spacex
7 July 2006 to 9 September 2006
Reviewed by: Gabrielle Hoad »