Curator-led Tour - Magic Show
20 February 2010 14:00 — 15:30
Grundy Art Gallery Queen Street, Blackpool FY1 1PX
Join curator Jonathan Allen for an exclusive tour of Magic Show, a group exhibition featuring artists who adopt the perception-shifting ploys of the theatrical magician within their work.
Magic Show also includes a major new commission by Berlin-based artist Sinta Werner who makes site-specific, perception-bending installations that work directly with the architecture of a space. Magic Show coincides with Showzam, a festival of circus, magic and new variety taking place in Blackpool.
Following the tour, members are invited to stay for ‘Heat the Streets’ (16.00 — 20.00), one of the highlights in the Showzam programme. Production company Walk the Plank, are planning a stunning parade through the streets of the town.
This is a North West Members event. For further details of this event and Contemporary Art Society North West Membership please contact Mark Doyle, Head of Collector Development, North West - mark@contemporaryartsociety.org
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Jonathan Allen Kalanag Double 2009
Zoe Beloff A Modern Case of Possession 2007
Ian Saville Karl Marx ventriloquist prop (second version), c.1980
Jackie & Denise Chapwoman When Art Critics Go Bad (Arachnokitty) 2001
Brian Griffiths Daylight Ned 2007
Susan Hiller Homage to Yves Klein, 2008 (detail) 2009
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