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Press Release: Twenty Twenty Collection at New Art Gallery Walsall
The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection press release. Featuring my Lock Down Hair, Who Cares? Triptych, 2020
23/03/2021
The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection
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PRESS RELEASE
23 March 2021
The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection
Following an open call, which received 220 submissions, The New Art Gallery Walsall has acquired 33 works by 31 West Midlands-based artists, to create the new Twenty Twenty Collection. This closed, capsule collection represents the significant events of the past 12 months, and commemorates this important historical moment which has impacted on everyone’s lives. The works, spanning a variety of media from collage and photography to drawings and paintings, respond to world events over the last tumultuous year; from the Covid19 pandemic and Lockdown, to the Black Lives Matter movement and Brexit.
The chosen artists' work will be profiled on the Gallery’s website and social media channels during this year, and be exhibited at the Gallery in a dedicated exhibition in our Community Gallery in early 2022. This will coincide with a solo exhibition by Keith Piper (whose work Surveillance: Tagging the Other, was also acquired with funding from Contemporary Art Society, in response to the events of last year) and the British Art Show taking place in Wolverhampton, bringing significant attention to the region, and further increasing the profile of West Midlands artists.
In addition, over the last year the Gallery has supported 5 artists through remote residencies. A work produced from each of the 2020 ‘Stay At Home’ residencies is being acquired, including a sufra (or prayer mat) made by Birmingham-based artist Farwa Moledina. We are currently working with national charity Outside In, which supports artists who face significant barriers in participating in the arts, through disability or social circumstance, on providing two residencies to artists they support. The Gallery remains committed to continuing to support West Midlands’ artists, creatives and freelancers during this difficult period.
Director, Stephen Snoddy said, ‘It is important for The New Art Gallery Walsall to acquire this collection to leave a legacy for future generations to document the events of the past year and also at the same time support artists in the West Midlands during this very difficult time.’
The Twenty Twenty Collection Artists:
Adele Mary Reed, Alex Billingham, Andrew Roberts, Bailey Nock, Charlotte Moore,
Corinne, Cristina Celestini, Crow Dillon-Parkin, Edgington, Helen Grundy,
Jessica Ladkin, Joanne Masding, Laura Onions, Lindsay Pritchard,
Lucy Fiona Morrison, Mark Murphy, Matt Greenhill, Michele Harris, Neil McNaught
Paul Newman, Rachel Magdeburg, Rachel Magdeburg, Rupi Dhillon, Ruth Spencer,
Ryan Christopher, Sally Butcher, Sally Claire Payen, Sherrie Edgar, Sinéad Patching,
Sophia Moffa, Vincent Louis Stokes, Yasmin Agilah-Hood
For further information and press images, please contact Chris Wilkinson on 07846 692 667 or email: Chris.wilkinson@walsall.gov.uk
The New Art Gallery Walsall is funded by revenue support from Walsall Council and
Arts Council England. For more information visit: thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Press release: The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection
Link to full text article with images:https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/contact/press/
Link to full text article with images:https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/contact/press/
Lockdown 1: Be Careful, part of “Lockdown Hair, Who Cares?” triptych, Photography 2020
PRESS RELEASE
23 March 2021
The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection
Following an open call, which received 220 submissions, The New Art Gallery Walsall has acquired 33 works by 31 West Midlands-based artists, to create the new Twenty Twenty Collection. This closed, capsule collection represents the significant events of the past 12 months, and commemorates this important historical moment which has impacted on everyone’s lives. The works, spanning a variety of media from collage and photography to drawings and paintings, respond to world events over the last tumultuous year; from the Covid19 pandemic and Lockdown, to the Black Lives Matter movement and Brexit.
The chosen artists' work will be profiled on the Gallery’s website and social media channels during this year, and be exhibited at the Gallery in a dedicated exhibition in our Community Gallery in early 2022. This will coincide with a solo exhibition by Keith Piper (whose work Surveillance: Tagging the Other, was also acquired with funding from Contemporary Art Society, in response to the events of last year) and the British Art Show taking place in Wolverhampton, bringing significant attention to the region, and further increasing the profile of West Midlands artists.
In addition, over the last year the Gallery has supported 5 artists through remote residencies. A work produced from each of the 2020 ‘Stay At Home’ residencies is being acquired, including a sufra (or prayer mat) made by Birmingham-based artist Farwa Moledina. We are currently working with national charity Outside In, which supports artists who face significant barriers in participating in the arts, through disability or social circumstance, on providing two residencies to artists they support. The Gallery remains committed to continuing to support West Midlands’ artists, creatives and freelancers during this difficult period.
Director, Stephen Snoddy said, ‘It is important for The New Art Gallery Walsall to acquire this collection to leave a legacy for future generations to document the events of the past year and also at the same time support artists in the West Midlands during this very difficult time.’
The Twenty Twenty Collection Artists:
Adele Mary Reed, Alex Billingham, Andrew Roberts, Bailey Nock, Charlotte Moore,
Corinne, Cristina Celestini, Crow Dillon-Parkin, Edgington, Helen Grundy,
Jessica Ladkin, Joanne Masding, Laura Onions, Lindsay Pritchard,
Lucy Fiona Morrison, Mark Murphy, Matt Greenhill, Michele Harris, Neil McNaught
Paul Newman, Rachel Magdeburg, Rachel Magdeburg, Rupi Dhillon, Ruth Spencer,
Ryan Christopher, Sally Butcher, Sally Claire Payen, Sherrie Edgar, Sinéad Patching,
Sophia Moffa, Vincent Louis Stokes, Yasmin Agilah-Hood
For further information and press images, please contact Chris Wilkinson on 07846 692 667 or email: Chris.wilkinson@walsall.gov.uk
The New Art Gallery Walsall is funded by revenue support from Walsall Council and
Arts Council England. For more information visit: thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Press release: The New Art Gallery Walsall acquires works by West Midlands’ artists for Twenty Twenty Collection
Link to full text article with images:https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/contact/press/
