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.
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
Martin Puryear
27 September 2003 - 30 January 2003
In the first large-scale presentation of this American Artist’s work in the UK, this exhibition presents nine major sculptural works alongside a selection of prints and smaller sculptures.
Martin Puryear works primarily in wood, which is often painted or combined with man-made material such as wire or steel to create organic and semi-abstract sculptures. Using simple and reductive forms, he creates works with a strong and direct physical presence, placing emphasis on process and material, at the same time as alluding to recognizable objects.
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His sculptural forms often embody contradictions: appearing simultaneously solid and hollow, monumental and lightweight, representative and abstract.
An extensive knowledge of nature, wildlife, history and geography as well as an interest in Native American, African, Scandinavian, Japanese and Arctic crafts and cultures have all influences and informed Puryear’s visual language.
Puryear’s work is especially recognized for its meticulous craftsmanship, in an era when such traditional skills are less commonly practiced by contemporary artists.
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