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South Hill Park Arts Centre
South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7PA
As Berkshire's gateway to the arts, South Hill Park has been a centre for innovation in the arts since 1973. In a grade 2 listed 18th century mansion and gardens, people of all ages and tastes find something to enjoy. South Hill Park is proud of its tradition of nurturing talents, among the big names.
Reviews
At Play 2012 [11 May 2012]
At Play 2012 South Hill Park, Bracknell. You wouldn’t automatically think of Bracknell as a hub for contemporary art in the South East, however it must be said that South Hill Park is a diamond in the rough. At Play exhibition, now Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
21 April - 17 June 2012
Reviewed by: Laura James »
Beautiful Life: Memory and Nostalgia [16 November 2011]
Beautiful Life: Memory and Nostalgia is an exhibition that spans many of the exhibition spaces of South Hill Park Arts Centre. A multi form arts centre and historic house, South Hill Park is an interesting setting for an exhibition that explores Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
9 September - 13 November 2011
Reviewed by: Gemma Cumming »
a throne is only a bench covered in velvet [28 October 2011]
Adam Marsh A throne is only a bench covered in velvet As I walk into the stalls of the Wild Theatre attached to the grand house of South Hill Park Bracknell, I am disappointed: it looks completely empty. However, this teasing ploy serves Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
13 - 16 October 2011
Reviewed by: Philip Lee »
A throne is only a bench covered in velvet [27 October 2011]
Adam Marsh: A throne is only a bench covered in velvet Our class-obsessed society categorises people by income, education, taste and even choice of food and drink, as reflected in the different seats available in a theatre. The very Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
13 - 16 October 2011
Reviewed by: Cally Trench »
At Play 3 [19 June 2011]
At Play 3 is the third in a series of four yearly exhibitions held across the gallery and mansion spaces of South Hill Park. The exhibition aims to explore the notion of play; through both adult and child perspectives and encourages the Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
16 April - 19 June 2011
Reviewed by: Emma Albery »
At Play 3 [19 June 2011]
It is the third year of the At Play exhibitions at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell. The At Play series of exhibitions looks at the actions and concepts of play but more importantly looks at the way adults play or by trying to engage adults Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
16 April - 19 June 2011
Reviewed by: Gemma Cumming »
FLAW: The New Work by Derek Hill [23 December 2010]
The relationship between science and art has always been a precarious one but there are artists to whom a process is more significant than the final outcome. Just such a position is where we would find Derek Hill for his latest exhibition of his Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
27 November 2010 - 23 January 2011
Reviewed by: Adam Kelly »
Flaw - the new work by Derek Hill [21 December 2010]
Derek Hill’s paintings appear to emerge from some kind of physical process. Some of his work has been compared to vast geographical processes. They could be interpreted as having the appearance of a satellite image of earth or a view of the Read on…
Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell
27 November 2010 - 23 January 2011
Reviewed by: Jane Glennie »
Memento: Ed Pien [5 November 2010]
Ed Pien’s work Memento considers the way in which we act and react to the forces that shape us, and reflects on the ideas of the displaced, forgotten and unseen. The key issue of Memento has been developed out Pien’s research into Read on…
Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
11 September - 7 November 2010
Reviewed by: Rachel Hudson »
at play 2 [3 June 2010]
powerful and engaging. revealing inhibitions in groups and across generations. I used the exhibition to open students minds to creative interpretiation, emotive content and the use of symbolism in imagery. In particular Emily Bailey's "Re::play", Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
17 April - 20 June 2010
Reviewed by: j ogden »
At Play 2 [28 April 2010]
‘Drape’ by Freyer Gabie creates an immediate impact in the Mirror Gallery and forms part of an exhibition devoted to the widest interpretations of ‘play’ and the second in a series of the ‘At Play’ Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
17 April - 20 June 2010
Reviewed by: Jacqueline Berridge »
Cirpiano Martinez: Serial Reconstructions [25 March 2010]
The environment that we inhabit is in a constant stage of development which continues to disrupt the organised structures of the urban space. The arrangement of architectural structures that shapes our visual relationship to our surroundings remains Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
6 February - 4 April 2010
Reviewed by: Nancy Milner »
Testing Grounds [19 February 2010]
Strange noises resonated through the historic building of South Hill Park, Bracknell on the 31st of October. These noises came, not from Halloween revellers, but from artists experimenting with performance and sound. Testing Grounds, a live art Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
31 October 2009
Reviewed by: Alice Brooke-Smith »
Virtually Sculpture [22 September 2009]
The Virtually Sculpture exhibition explores the opportunities of computer aided design on the creation of sculpture and the potential for animation to heighten the reality of two dimensional forms, manifested in PVC, resin, wax and nylon. Virtually Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
4 July - 31 August 2009
Reviewed by: April Bateman »
At Play 1 [11 June 2009]
At Play 1The Bracknell Gallery has been transformed into an area where the Child meets the Adult and vice versa. At Play 1 encompasses the elements, that we as children have all experienced and as adults we forget. The ideas about play: making magic Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
18 April - 21 June 2009
Reviewed by: areej abdi »
At Play I [3 June 2009]
PLAY-to take part in enjoyable activity for the sake of amusement, to do something for fun, not in earnest, activities bringing amusement or enjoyment, especially the spontaneous activity of young children As children, we are, in turn, Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire
18 April - 21 June 2009
Reviewed by: Tracey Jerome »
Jam: Cultural Congestions in Contemporary Asian Art [31 March 2009]
With ever-expanding global mass communication, travel, work and immigration blurring traditional concepts and definitions of culture and personal identity, the world is becoming an ever-shrinking place. Depending on one’s espoused political or Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire
7 February - 5 April 2009
Reviewed by: Tracey Jerome »
Jam: Cultural Congestions in Contemporary Asian Art [31 March 2009]
Jam: Cultural Congestions in Contemporary Asian Art at South Hill Park poses a question to the audience: does the viewer feel overwhelmed by the Jam; as there is so much art, so many exhibitions and so many events? Or does the congestion enable Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
7 February - 5 April 2009
Reviewed by: April Bateman »
Sound Space Symposium [13 November 2008]
The development of sonic art is not often recognised within the visually oriented art world, whether due to that history being tied to the evolution of a technological world that many people are still struggling to come to terms with, or, as Max Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
1 November 2008
Reviewed by: Edward Sands »
Army of Women by Trisha Crocker [22 October 2008]
As I walk into the Mirror Gallery at South Hill Park, I am struck by the imposing sight of these alien-like ceramic creatures called an Army of Women. They stand on different levels, conversing with each other, commanding over the room, Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
20 September - 9 November 2008
Reviewed by: Penelope Davis »
Goodbye, Vile Earth! [4 April 2008]
As we pass the threshold of the 21st century, equipped with evolving technologies dictating the nature of how we live and the direction of our futures, how often is there the debate on what dictates the nature of technology? Our Read on…
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
2 February - 16 March 2008
Reviewed by: Ben Mallac »
Greg Daville [7 January 2008]
Review - Greg Daville South Hill Park1 December 2007 - 20 January 2008 Daville's work consists of manipulated photos that are exhibited in the Atrium Bar and as part of the ‘Surveillance' exhibition at South Hill Park. Daville Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire
1 December 2007 - 20 January 2008
Reviewed by: Joanne Seaton »
Surveillance [3 January 2008]
South Hill Park's semi-regular screenings of video work in it's Atrium bar space continues with this curated submission show, taking the currently hot topic of surveillance as it's central theme. The show pulls no punches for Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
30 November 2007 - 20 January 2008
Reviewed by: Edward Sands »
Dis/Connected: Myth and Modern-day Man in Contemporary Fine Art Photography from Nordic Countries [15 October 2007]
The latest artistic offering from South Hill Park, the busy Berkshire based arts centre, is a photographic infusion of artists from Nordic countries. Dis/Connected sets out to explore whether myth and legend are subjects that have long been Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
15 September - 11 November 2007
Reviewed by: Hannah Wise »
Flicks Art Exhibition [15 October 2007]
This moving image and video art exhibition focuses on Asian and Black artists who practise in digital moving image, photography, animation, video and installation. It is a part of the Flicks International Film Festival that runs between the 14 Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
15 September - 11 November 2007
Reviewed by: Joanne Seaton »
Fresh [1 February 2007]
Fresh festival’s one day take-over of South Hill Park Arts Centre was a true occupation of the building, as every nook and cranny was utilised for performance. It was a well organised but naturally chaotic mixture of performers that saw the Read on…
South Hill Park, Bracknell
27 January
Reviewed by: Ruth Beale »
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