- Venue
- Union 105
- Starts
- Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Ends
- Thursday, April 15, 2010
- Address
- 105 Chapeltown Road Leeds LS7 3HY
- Location
- Yorkshire
The Chapeltown Salon takes the French Salon as its formal reference point exhibiting artworks floor-to-ceiling on every available inch of space. In its spirit, however, it is closest to the alternative or unofficial salons of the 20th century, which – as opposed to the official Paris salon – opened these exhibitions to artists from non-academic backgrounds who were working in a range of media, not only painting, which eliminated the Salon’s monopoly on presenting art in a setting that critics and the public would accept as legitimate. During the four weeks, ESA will organise events to also recall the idea of literary/philosophical Salons of the 18th century as ‘theatres of conversation and exchange’, where people could meet and have debates about public matters. Our aim is to create a space for open discussions exploring the challenges of contemporary artistic practice and dissemination.
