BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead / Free Admission
BALTIC 39
Newcastle upon Tyne / Free Admission
FABRICE HYBER
Until 30 June 2013
This exhibition invites visitors to interact with the works directly by opening the ‘wind house’ to bring the exterior elements inside and physically infiltrating an inverted countryside scene in the work Trans-parent.
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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.
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
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
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Erwin Wurm The artist who swallowed the world And The artist who swallowed the world when it was still a disc BALTIC 2006 Photo: Colin Davison
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Erwin Wurm The dog that swallowed a post box, 2006 BALTIC 2006 Photo: Colin Davison
© Colin Davison
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Erwin Wurm Fat House BALTIC 2006 Photo: Colin Davison
© Colin Davison
Erwin Wurm
New Sculpture
5 July 2006 - 10 October 2006
Erwin Wurm, one of Austrias premier contemporary artists, continues his exploration of sculpture through differing media, in an exhibition presented both inside and outside of BALTIC. Two new works will be exhibited alongside Fat House (2003) and Truck (2005) - both previously unseen in the UK
Additional Information
Fat House takes the form of a life-size fantasy, cartoon house and is part of the Fat series first started in 2003. The series questions what minimum characteristics an object requires to be considered sculpture. On the other hand, Truck (2005), takes the form of a vehicle curved up and fixed to the wall of the gallery space.
Both works transform everyday objects into sculpture with humorous investigation. Wurm, who lives and works in New York and Vienna, liberates objects from their familiar context and gives them new meaning. Objects acquire illogical shapes and appearances which raise fundamental questions about art, culture and the truth we take for granted.
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