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| The New Art Gallery Walsall | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Walsall |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°35′8.40″N 1°59′9.27″W / 52.5856667°N 1.9859083°W |
| Construction started | 1995 |
| Completed | 2000 |
| Cost | £21 million |
| Client | Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Caruso St John |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
The New Art Gallery Walsall is a modern and contemporary art gallery sited in the centre of the West Midlands town of Walsall, England. It was built with £21 million of public funding, including £15.75 million from the UK National Lottery and additional money from the European Regional Development Fund and City Challenge.[1]
Architecture
Designed by the architects Caruso St John after winning an international design competition, it opened in January 2000, replacing the town's old gallery and an arts centre that had been closed by the Council almost a decade earlier.[2] The New Art Gallery's stark building won several architectural awards and attracted over 237,000 visitors in its opening year.[3] In 2000 the gallery was shortlisted for the prestigious Sterling Architecture Prize. The five storey building is clad in pale terracotta and has a floor area of 5,000 square metres (53,820 sq ft). The public square surrounding the building was designed by Richard Wentworth and Catherine Yass.[1]
In 2006, Floor 4 of the gallery was transformed from a restaurant area into a new gallery space.[4]
In 2012 artist Sarah Staton was commissioned to design an new sculpture terrace for the Gallery, opening to the public later that same year the space converted a previously underused area of patio on floor 4.[5]
The building is an inspirational structure which provides Walsall with an iconic landmark that forms a new feature on an industrial skyline.
Collection
The Gallery houses the fixed Garman Ryan collection of sculptures and paintings by modern masters including a large selection of work by Jacob Epstein and many significant works by European artists including Van Gogh, Monet, Turner, Corot, Renoir and Constable represented in prints, sketches, drawings, paintings and sculptures.[6] The collection was donated by Epstein's late wife Kathleen Garman (Lady Epstein) and her friend Sally Ryan.
In 2006 the gallery acquired the prestigious Epstein Archive, a collection of photographs, manuscripts, sketches and correspondence. In 2009, Bob and Roberta Smith and The Epstein Archive was launched, revealing the Epstein Archive in new and exciting ways.[7] In 2012 the Gallery launched the Epstein Mysteries app.[8]
Through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection scheme, the New Art Gallery Walsall has been able to add to its collections key works by Gavin Turk, Hew Locke, Mike Nelson, Yoshihiro Suda, Dorothy Cross, Laura Ford, Darren Lago, Estelle Thompson, Richard Woods, Yinka Shonibare and Rose Finn-Kelcey. The works that comprise this collection transfer ownership to Walsall Council from the Contemporary Art Society in 2014.[9]
In 2007 the New Art Gallery was awarded £1million through the Art Fund International to collect international contemporary art on the theme of the metropolis. This has included works by Jochem Hendricks, Barry McGee and Nicolas Provost. [10]
Its first Director was Peter Jenkinson. After he stepped down, no further Director was appointed by the Council for over two years. In May 2005, former BALTIC director Stephen Snoddy was appointed as Director.
Exhibitions
The temporary exhibition galleries on the third and fourth floor are dedicated to exhibiting the best of contemporary and historic art. The Gallery has showcased major solo exhibitions by artists including Mark Titchner[11], Toby Ziegler, Hew Locke, Joana Vasconcelos, Christopher Le Brun[12], Gordon Cheung, Adam Dant[13] and Jonathan Yeo.
The Gallery has showcased the first year long display of works by artist Damien Hirst as part of the ARTIST ROOMS on Tour in partnership with Tate.[14]
The New Art Gallery also has a history of exhibiting exciting and challenging group shows, beginning with the inaugural exhibition Blue featuring works by artists such as Anish Kapoor, Glen Brown, Barbara Hepworth and Bridget Riley. This tradition has continued throughout the temporary exhibition programme.
The 2009 exhibition Re-Imagining Asia explored the meaning and relevance of the term “contemporary Asian art” in the 21st century and within a wider context of globalisation, migration and an increasingly international art world. It featured artists such as Song Dong, exhibiting here in the UK for the first time. [15]
In 2010 the New Art Gallery celebrated it's tenth birthday with the exhibition Party!.[16][17]
In 2011 the Gallery hosted the exhibition The Life of The Mind: Love, Sorrow and Obsession, curated by artist Bob and Roberta Smith.[18] This included key works by Sarah Lucas, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama [19]
Artist residencies
The gallery has continually supported emerging and established artists from throughout the UK through their regular residency programs. Artists in residence include: a.a.s, Simon and Tom Bloor,[20] Sean Burn,[21] Faye Claridge, Lucienne Cole, Harminder Judge, Juneau Projects,[22] Karin Kihlberg and Reuben Henry,[23] Feng-Ru Lee, Bob and Roberta Smith, Ivan Smith, Yoke and Zoom.[24]
Other activities
The Gallery is family friendly and hosts a range of free activities for children and young people in school holidays and throughout the year. Free community events at the gallery include Diwali Celebrations, Islamic Arts Festival, late night events and a singles night.
Admission is free to the Gallery and it is open from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday - Saturday and 12noon to 4pm on Sunday (closed on Bank Holidays).
The New Art Gallery has free public WiFi throughout the building.
The Gallery has it's own specialist Art Library open to the public, the only one of its kind in the West Midlands.
Costa Coffee opened a franchise in partnership with the New Art gallery; in a deal brokered by Walsall Council's Economic Regeneration team, the ground floor café in The New Art Gallery Walsall was transformed into a Costa Coffee store and opened for business on 8 August 2007.
The foyer shop sells a range of gifts, exhibition catalogues and books. It is the largest art book shop in the local area.
References
- ^ a b Jodidio, Philip (2006). "Chapter 3: Caruso St John". In Kobler, Florian (ed.). Architecture in the United Kingdom. Court, Christiane; Bosser, Jacques. Cologne: Taschen. pp. 44–47. ISBN 3-8228-3972-8.
- ^ http://www.hughpearman.com/articles/walsall2.html
- ^ Ward, David (27 October 2003). "New attractions for a new millennium". The Guardian. London.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/blackcountry/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8504000/8504579.stm
- ^ http://www.sarahstaton.com/work/tag:commissions
- ^ http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/collections-and-library
- ^ http://newwaysofcurating.org/category/news/
- ^ http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/collections-and-library/the-epstein-mysteries-app
- ^ http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/collections-and-library
- ^ http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/museums-and-galleries/the-new-art-gallery-walsall
- ^ https://www.walsall.gov.uk/News/Story/2012/4/4/New_Art_Gallery_injects_£1million_into_economy
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/christopher-le-brun-new-art-gallery-walsall-791238.html
- ^ http://www.halesgallery.com/news/_75/
- ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/other-venues/display/damien-hirst-new-art-gallery-walsall
- ^ http://www.spaghettigazetti.com/2009/01/re-imagining-asia-exhibition-at-new-art.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/blackcountry/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8504000/8504579.stm
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/party-new-art-gallery-walsall-1922949.html
- ^ http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=681
- ^ http://www.halesgallery.com/news/_93/
- ^ Simonandtombloor.co.uk
- ^ Sean Burn's Blog
- ^ Juneauprojects.co.uk
- ^ karinkihlberg-reubenhenry.org
- ^ Yokeandzoom.com