BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead / Free Admission
BALTIC 39
Newcastle upon Tyne / Free Admission
FABRICE HYBER
Until 2 June 2013 / Using those already in popular circulation as starting points - found photographs, movies, posters, newspaper illustrations - his paintings naturally inherit the social and political implications of their source material.
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NOW OPEN: MATT CALDERWOOD
For his solo exhibition at BALTIC 39, the first in a UK public gallery, Matt Calderwood has created a series of ambitious new sculptures, works on paper and video. Now open Wed-Sun.
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GRAYSON PERRY / RELIQUARY PENDANT
Own your very own piece of art history with this Reliquary Pendant by Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry. A unique and original relic of his work.
Exhibitions
Carsten Höller
B.OPEN: BALTIC Phi Wall
13 July 2002 - 26 August 2002
Belgian artist Carsten Höller’s installations on Level 2 take the form of two new light sculptures: a new commission BALTIC Phi Wall (2002) and Neon Circle (2001).
Additional Information
Neon circle is made up of 186 cold-cathode tubes arranged in a circular cage-like structure, that the viewer can step into. Each tub gives off a bright white light that rapidly turns on and off, giving the impression of a spinning wheel.
BALTIC Phi Wall consists of a semi-circular structure of large lights positioned close together that flash in a rapid sequence. The work explores the phenomenon that occurs when two dots are projected next to one another at rapid intervals, causing observers to see ‘imaginary’ balls jumping in between the individual lights.
These two sculptures both use light to create a physically disorientating, hypnotic effect in the viewer, altering his/her perception of the space in which he or she stands.
Carsten Höller’s work explores ideas of interactivity, irrationality and pleasure, often inviting the participation of the audience in order to provide relief from what he calls ‘the burden of straightforwardness’.
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