
COUPLES
1 October - 2 November 2008
A series of talking couples in conversation
BALTIC presents a unique and innovative experience this autumn with Couples - A series of talking couples in conversation.
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DAVID SHRIGLEY
10 September - 9 November 2008
BALTIC presents a David Shrigley exhibition injected with his typical dead-pan humour and intuitive wit. Shrigley's nonsensical and anarchic voice is ever present in work that he describes as in a sense ‘about everything and nothing’.
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STEVE MCQUEEN
10 September - 23 November 2008
Steve McQueen will present two recent works that will transform BALTIC’s level 3 gallery into an immersive and disorienting experience for the viewer. Together the two works will combine architecture and film to create a visual and aural kaleidoscope.
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BEAT STREULI
10 September - 26 October 2008
Elite Runners,
South Shields 07
BALTIC presents the work of photographer and film-maker Beat Streuli, as part of the Great North Run Cultural Programme. His work documents the mundane, transient, pedestrian activity of urban life through photography and film. Beat visited the 2007 BUPA Great North Run weekend to create portraits of runners and spectators at the event. Capturing people in their natural state, often unawares, he used a long lens camera to create uncontrived images, free from artifice.
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IAIN FORSYTH & JANE POLLARD
10 September - 26 October 2008
Run for Me
BALTIC presents a new work by artist duo Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, as part of the Great North Run Cultural Programme. The filmed portrait of the Great North Run, Run for Me, embodies the spirit of the event by looking at the emotions and stories that surround it. They have created a portrait of the real people and emotions that make up the event.
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YOSHITOMO NARA + GRAF
12 June - 26 October 2008
A-Z Project
Early summer sees BALTIC present a magical new exhibition by internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, in collaboration with design unit graf. The exhibition will feature a village brought to life with Nara’s iconic characters, turning ordinary life into art.
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