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1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Optimistic Stories 2009, The work I have chosen to look at is a series or 123 drawings created in sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper displayed in a clinical and regimented manner, this part of the work really interests me because the Read on…
Ikon gallery, birmingham
1 September - 30 November 2011
Reviewed by: rebecca chetter »
A finger hovers over a plastic switch with Japanese script on it. A man, boldly dressed in a red jacket, shrinks into visual nervousness as he contemplates whether this everyday object should be pressed. It is a dilemma that seems to confront Read on…
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
27 July - 11 September 2011
Reviewed by: Anna Falcini »
What are the rules of engagement when exploring art work in a gallery? Generally speaking, galleries are spaces with clear codes of conduct; we don’t touch unless invited, we walk and don’t run, we look in silence or talk in quiet Read on…
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
3 February - 21 March 2010
Reviewed by: Rhiannon Worgan »
In this months review I would like to look at two artists: Ruth Claxton and Laura White both of whom I met in the same day. In the morning I visited Ikon Eastside. Ruth is the first resident and has been working there since December. Eastside, a Read on…
IKON + London, Birmingham
14 April - 23 May 2008
Reviewed by: Nathaniel Pitt »
In Eternal Return, an exhibition by On Kawara at Ikon Gallery, a series of his Date Paintings spill out from the centre of the gallery in a large spiral, beginning with JANUARY 30, 1966 and ending with dual paintings from Read on…
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
7 July 2006 to 9 September 2006
Reviewed by: Emma Cocker »