Celebrating a major exhibition of new paintings by Birmingham-born artist John Walker, who studied at the Moseley School of Art and the Birmingham College of Art. He was the first artist to exhibit at Ikon Gallery when it relocated in 1972, showcasing large chalk drawings on blackboards. That same year, he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, won the John Moores Painting Prize in 1976, and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. The exhibition highlights Walker at the peak of his artistic journey, featuring anti-scenic paintings inspired by the coastal landscapes of Maine, where he currently resides. His work embodies a freedom and edgy beauty, creating a refreshing experience of color and graphic rhythms. Walker's focus on the natural world and his connection to it captures light, space, and tidal movement, transforming paint into representations of land, sea, and sky along a coastline resonating with the Atlantic Ocean's sound. Although he left Birmingham over 50 years ago to explore new landscapes, this exhibition marks his long-awaited homecoming. Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (04.12.2019-23.02.2020)
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Catalogo della mostra tenutasi presso la Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 18 giugno - 30 agosto 2021. Testi di Elizabeth Macgregor e Jonathan Watkins. Illustrazioni a colori (opere di Tania Kovats, Antoni Miralda, Permindar Kaur, Graham Gussin, Gordon Bennet et al.) Biografie degli artisti esposti (Nancy Spero, Edward Allington, Juan Davila, Ellen Gallagher, Victor Grippo, Lisa Milroy, Lucia Nogueira, Adrian Piper, Martha Rosler, Maxine Walker, John Yeadon, et al.) . 8vo (cm 26x22) pp. 192 Brossura (wrappers) Perfetto (Mint) The fourth in a series of surveys of Ikon's artistic programme, the exhibition was a review of the 1990s, comprising work by 40 artists who featured in exhibitions at Ikon in John Bright Street, Birmingham, during 1990-1997, and at Ikon's current premises in Brindleyplace until 1999. Quarta di una serie di indagini sul programma artistico di Ikon, la mostra è stata una rassegna degli anni Novanta, comprendente le opere di 40 artisti esposte all'Ikon con sede a John Bright Street a Birmingham nel periodo 1990-1997 e nell'attuale sede di Ikon in Brindleyplace fino al 1999.
Modern architecture is often associated with the horror genre. In fiction and film, high-rise towers and concrete buildings form the backdrop to terrifying stories of dystopia.0The exhibition takes Birmingham as its starting point, a city renowned for its brutalist architecture.0It considers how the exhibiting artists unpack the troubled histories and legacies of modernist buildings through the lens of horror by linking its tropes (suspense, darkness, fear) with qualities of modernist design.0Configured in dialogue with the architecture of Ikon?s galleries, it will take viewers on a journey that highlights how the design and features of a building can shape not only our movement and perception, but also our deepest fears.00Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (25.11.2022 - 01.05.2023)
This publication accompanies the eponymous exhibition.0It features full-colour documentation alongside a foreword by Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins and a conversation between Betsy Bradley and Ikon Curator Melanie Pocock. Designed by multidisciplinary practice Burgess & Beech, whose previous partners include Turner. Works, the Zabludowicz Collection, and Jerwood Makers Open. Supported by Emmerson Press.00Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (03.12.2021 - 13.02.2022)
This publication accompanies Ikon's exhibition 'Abdulrazaq Awofeso: Out of Frame', (10 June - 29 August 2022), a solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso recently arrived in Birmingham from Lagos. '...this solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso features all new work. It includes a multitude of figurative sculptures made from discarded wooden pallets - utilised to transport goods around the world, this widely used material forms a metaphor of human migration. Awofeso, recently arrived in Birmingham from Lagos, has individually crafted and painted each figure which represent an array of real and imagined characters, and embody the modern city, where people from all walks of life come together.' The exhibition is part of Ikon's Arrivals programme for Summer 2022, concerned with the international movement of people and ideas and organised to coincide with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.