Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage
From the Arts Council Collection
18. January — 25. March,
Main Gallery
Free Entry, Donations Welcome
Transmitter/Receiver explores the uses of collage in British Art, bringing together over 50 works drawn from the Arts Council Collection, featuring traditional works using collage on paper, to more experimental applications in sculpture and film, from artists including Grayson Perry, Ben Nicholson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton, Patrick Caulfield and Chris Ofili.
Images from left to right: Linder, Untitled, 1981, collage, 31 x 18.8cm, Grayson Perry, Spirit Jar, 1994, earthenware, 45.7 x 20.3 x 20.3cm and John Stezaker, Mask LXIV, 2007, all works © the artist and images courtesy the Arts Council Collection.
Collage as a medium has existed and been used for centuries, from the assembly of materials to make artworks, to the gathering of memorabilia or objects to form a scrapbook. This exhibition will explore the lure of collage to artists, examining its popularity as a medium and how it is now commonplace for artists to mix and match different materials.
The exhibition title Transmitter/Receiver comes from the words of French critic Nicolas Bourriaud, ‘we are no longer either passive receivers or authoritative cultural transmitters, but potentially both simultaneously’.
Exhibition Partners:
Arts Council, England
Hayward Touring, Southbank Centre
Audio guides for the exhibition and some of the works are available to download, please click here to find out more.
Future Exhibitions | Sat 17 March - Collage workshop | Audio guides for Transmitter Receiver | Thurs 15 March - Tour of Transmitter Receiver |