South Square Gallery | Past
Dictionary Of Ornaments | Emi Avora | 07 - 29 August 2010
Conjuring large cinematic scenes, Emi Avora depicts a surreal world that overflows with abundance and defies obvious explanation.
Ten Yards Lane | Rupert Clamp | 03 July - 01 August 2010
The unique setting of Thornton village becomes the focus a socially engaged commission that explore a maze of snickets, bricked-up windows and secret places.
Plato, Meet Buckminster | Dominic Hopkinson | 05 - 27 June 2010
One of Yorkshire's most accomplished and captivating sculptors brings together stone carving, plaster casts and a new durational installation that explores the nature of form and philosophy.
Blitz and Pieces | Alan Gummerson | 08 - 30 May 2010
A nostalgic show that provides a new insight into the fertile imagination of artist Alan Gummerson, who since 1945, has devoted his life to art and the pursuit of ideas.
Mavis Paused | Bradford School of Art and Media | 06 March - 25 April 2010
MA students of Bradford School of Art and Media, in collaboration with South Square Gallery, pause to take stock of their work in progress. Demonstrating the rich diversity of their cultural sources and imaginative interpretation of ideas on display is experimental video, collaborative painting, digital print, textile and sculptural ceramics.
Fr- Agile | Sabine J Bieli | 06 - 28 February 2010
Produced during an artist's residency at Spurn Point [Humber Estuary], Sabine J Bieli exhibits three-dimensional video sculptures that subtly recall centuries of slowly shifting sands and reflect the fragility of this historic coastline.
A Room of Words | Group show | 05 December 2009 - 24 January 2010
Curated by Deborah Britton
Here we play with words. A Room of Words is an exhibition of work by fifteen Yorkshire based visual artists all of whom advocate playful and experimental use of text within their work.
On the Beach | Christian Mieves | 07 - 30 November 2009
Through painting, artist Christian Mieves explores the geographical and cultural location of the beach landscape. Geographically the beach represents a transgression between the land and the sea, while culturally it may stand for a similar infringement of social boundaries.
Diversions in the Agate Mine | Hania Stella-Sawicka | 03 - 25 October 2009
During a week-long residency staying at a cottage in the shadows of Thornton Viaduct, a short walk from South Square Gallery, artist Hania Stella-Sawicka develops a new site-responsive installation inspired by the surrounding landscape of disused quarries and golf courses.
New Work | Lisa V Robinson | 05 - 27 September 2009
Joan Day Bursary recipient Lisa V Robinson explores the possibilities of paint as a medium whilst attempting to find a special balance between abstraction and figuration.
Flatworks | Nick Cass | 08 - 30 August 2009
Flat sculptures and drawings that explore a visual paradox where surface materiality conflicts with the illusions of perspective.
The Quiet House | Giulia Resteghini | 04 - 26 July 2009
Resteghini's printmaking explores the flux of her own thought process, privileging unconscious dreaming as a way of interpreting her conscious rationale.
Missing and Not Known | Loren Lockwood and Robert Costello | 6 - 28 June 2009
Artist Pat Harvey culminates months of research and investigation to form a retrospective exhibition of work by two very different and intriguing artists. On display are paintings painted over paintings, sketch book extracts, quirky personal objects, and revealing newspaper cuttings that, collectively, attempt to present some understanding of these artists' lives. Yet important questions remain open.
Bottom Drawer | Paula Chambers | 2 - 31 May 2009
A provocative exhibition that relates and responds to current perspectives on motherhood and its role in contemporary society. These unnerving sculptures and installations contain multiple layers of meaning; the outcome is subtle and surprising, disturbing and amusing.
MA MA | MA Students from Bradford School of Art and Media | 4 - 26 April 2009
MA students of the Bradford School of Art and Media assemble to reflect and comment upon current work in progress. In a world which is increasingly saturated by visual imagery the focus of artistic interpretation is questioned and forms an exciting arena for analysis and learning.
Quietly | Rona Smith | 7 - 29 March 2009
Arbitrary and accidental incidents act as a starting point for a series of installations and sculptures that explore themes of process and transformation.
Wandering Garden | Clare Carter | 7 February - 1 March 2009
Following three years of travelling and painting throughout Europe, from Cyprus to Greenland this exhibition presents works that have been threaded together by journeys and ideas that explore the exotic and unfamiliar
Collaborate | West Yorkshire Print Workshop | 10 January - 1 February 2009
Artists from the West Yorkshire Print Workshop pair together to create a dynamic range of collaborative artworks, some exploring difference whilst other stress commonality.
Interloper | Dawn Woolley | 6 December 08 - 4 January 09
An exhibition showcasing recent works that explore the tensions between the photographic image and its subject. Photographic sculptures depicting the artist are placed in the real world enticing the viewer's intimate gaze.
Printlink | Group Exhibition | 8 - 30 November 2008
An exhibition of new directions that explore and inform the printed image through a range of media.
Declining Images | Ignaz Cassar | 4 - 26 October 2008
An exhibition of photographic works exploring the 're-presenting' mechanisms of the black-and-white photograph.
Still Life and Wierdos | Lucy Hird | 6 - 28 September 2008
Joan Day Painting Bursary recipient Lucy Hird explores the interaction between people and situations with the distraction of general nothingness.
South Square | Exhibition Archive
Please follow the link below to access the South Square Gallery [Main Gallery] Exhibition Archive
South Square, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3LD
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