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Exhibition view of Eloise Lawson, Ruins in a Landscape, 2017. 果冻影院 Art Museum. 漏 Natalia Janula
Detail from David Blackmore,听Undated Fragments on Unofficial Paper, 2016听漏David Blackmore
Detail of Cyrus Shroff,听Another More Extended Sleight-of-hand, 2015. Installation. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Matt Clayton
Katja Larsson, Cat漏 Compact, 2015. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Matt Clayton
Exhibition view of Milou van der Maaden, Sacred Life, 2015. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Matt Clayton
Installation view of Anja Olofg枚rs Slade Degree Show 2015, Social Constructs, 2015听漏 Anja Olofg枚rs.听William Coldstream Prize 2015
Exhibition view of Jonathan Kipps, Columns, 2014. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Matt Clayton
Exhibition view of听Ian Giles, Leap of Faith, 2012. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Matt Clayton
Nicholas Feldmeyer, Untitled (Woven Portico), 2012, 3D rendering/photomontage, LDUCS-9891. 果冻影院 Art Museum. Photo 漏 Nicholas Feldmeyer
Detail of Nelly Dimitranova, Forty-one Drawings after Flaxman, 2012, LDUCS-9997. 果冻影院 Art Museum.
10 years |150 artists听respond听to 500 years of art in 果冻影院's collections.听
Exploring听the contemporary relevance of the art collections at 果冻影院 and the key narratives听they impart听has听been at the core of 果冻影院 Art Museum's activity over the past decade.听鈥�The fact that works in the Museum鈥檚 Collections were either explicitly collected听for the purpose of instruction or were the product of a process of learning and听experimentation听by artists early on in their career, makes the Collections particularly suited for this undertaking. In their efforts to create something new and original, artists at any given time were considering the significance and relevance of the work by those who听preceded them.听
果冻影院 Art Museum is home to a core collection of work by emerging artists spanning 150 years. Since its foundational years in the late 19th century, the Slade School of Fine Art collected the prize-winning works that are now in trust with 果冻影院 Art Museum. With new works听added to its collections annually through the prize-system a unique and dynamic听collection of emerging artists was formed, a long time before this became common currency in the art world. These prize-winning works听sit alongside听historic collections, international in scope and spanning 500 years, that were donated by philanthropists who believed in the educational use of their art collections. This history and context makes 果冻影院 Art Museum's collections the perfect setting for the emergence of new ideas.
Only a small percentage of 果冻影院 Art Collections are actually on display in the museum. As a result, that which is visible is in constant dialogue with the hidden and vice versa, bringing to the fore the tensions between access to art and the regulation of its visibility, a theme often explored in the museum's collaborations.
In 2019 果冻影院 Culture launched 果冻影院 Public Art听with new commissions by听Rachel Whiteread听and听Thompson & Craighead听for 果冻影院's Student Centre. 果冻影院 Public Art continues a tradition that began in 1851 with the 果冻影院 Flaxman Gallery and the first public art commission in 1865 Marmor Homericum听from one of the most sought after contemporary artists of the time Henri Triqueti.听 Together with听果冻影院 Peformance Lab,听launched with the reopening of 果冻影院's newly refurbished Bloomsbury Theatre, 果冻影院 Culture cements the role of artists at the interesection of research and audiences, amplifies听the legacy of a decade of artist and curatorial collaborations and 果冻影院's founding principles.
Two activity strands underpin investigations of contemporary relevance of the collections: The annual 果冻影院 Art Museum/Slade Collaboration, Artist Commissions, Residencies &听Curatorial Collaborations. The two听strands frequently intertwine.
- The annual 果冻影院 Art Museum / Slade Collaboration
The annual 果冻影院 Art Museum/Slade Collaboration听began in 2008 with an听online exhibition, progressed to a weekend-pop-up, an听annual exhibition and finally to听funded artists residencies. All the projects began with an invitation to the Slade artists to make new work in response to the Collections. Throughout this past decade 150 artists have produced outstanding new work which is the outcome of their indpendent research. Some artists were at the begining of their educational journey, others more advanced. For some this opportunity was the first encounter with collections-based research. Many of the participating artists have since gone on to win major national and international awards and for many engagement with collections and interdisciplinary research continues to shape and inform a听multi-faceted practice.听
This pioneering听initiative听went on to influence how the museum听works with artists to interrogate its collections. 果冻影院 Culture at large embraced collaboration with artists as part of its core activity.听This model has also encouraged other disciplines to engage with the Collections and has contributed to the institutional turn to interdidisciplinary research and integrated research and education. As such, this annual collaboration听has prepared numerous emerging artists to embrace collaboration, develop their work beyond the studio, hone their public engagement skills and gain valuable experiences that serves them well on their chosen professional path. For each exhibition, the artists worked with the Museum team on all aspects of the exhibitions. A signficant component was also the development of the听public programme,听by creating events in which the artists听engaged researchers from other disicplines and a wide range of audiences.
This programme was led by artists Jon Thompson and Kate Bright from the Slade and Andrea Frederiscken and Nina Pearlman from听果冻影院 Art Museum.
Further information about this collaboration is available in , the catalogue听accompanying the 2015 exhibition that includes听a conversation about the collaboration between Dr Andrea Fredericksen, Curator 果冻影院 Art Collections, with Professor Susan Collins, former Director of the Slade. A video capturing the experience of participating artists in the 4th Annual Collaboration听Vincula听is available .
Exhibition list:
Sequel听(2009), Transfer听(2010),听Moreover听(2011),听Vincula听(2012),听Duet听(2013),听Second person looking out听(2014),听RE-LAUNCH听(2015),听Vault听(2016), The composition has been reversed听(2017),听REDRESS听(2018)
- Residencies and commissions
Since 2008 果冻影院 Art Museum has initiated collaborative projects with contemporary artists and other partners through commissions, residencies and curatorial collaboration,听linking current research at 果冻影院 across the disciplines with the collections听and a wide range of audiences. Collaboration outputs range from performances,听installations, exhibitions, talks and screenings. Projects听include:
Naomi Salaman, Looking back at the life room听(2010), Nelly Dimitranova听听(2012),听, 听(2012), Marcia Farquhar,听Flaxman Exchange听(2013), Edward Allington & Jo Volley,听Plasterd听(2013),听,听Girl at the Door听(2015),听Edward Allington, Neil Jefferies & Gary Woodley, 听Roderick Tye: The Human Presence听(2015), Helena Hunter & Mark Peter Wright, 听(2016), Eloise Lawson, Ruins in a Landscape听(2016),听(2016, 2017) Liz Rideal听Splicing Time听(2017), Lisa Gornick, Lisa Gornick Regrets听(2017), Tai Shani,听听Spirit of Slade Ladies Past (2018),听 (2019)
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