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What’s OnApril — June 2009Exhibitions- Re-Imagining Asia- ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol Early Drawings- Pot Luck: Food and Art- Jacob Epstein: Illustrations to the Old Testament - Blooming Marvellous- Fresh Out of the Box- Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover- Causation: Walsall College

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Re-Imagining Asia is supported by: The gallery is accredited by:

Pot Luck: Food and Art is supported by:

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ARTIST ROOMS is funded by:

Sima Gonsai16 February — 10 May 2009

This spring, Birmingham-based film maker and ‘cyclist explorer’ Sima Gonsai will be exploring all corners of the Walsall borough on her bike. By following the routes and directions suggested by the local residents she meets along the way, Sima will create an alternative map of the town based on personal stories, collective memories and local folklore.

As Sima sets out on each journey from the gallery, where would you suggest she cycles to next? Get in touch by dropping into the Artists’ Studio, visiting www.myspace.com/cycledialogues or waving to Sima as she cycles down your street!

Open studio event:Thursday 30 April, 2pm - 4pmFree, everyone welcome.

Ania Bas25 May — 30 August 2009

Ania Bas blurs the edges of what art is and what it can be. Her work centres on ideas of collaboration and the outcome of her projects vary; from texting via mobile phones and setting up market stalls, to simply just sitting and talking.

Ania will continue the art of conversation in Walsall by sharing stories with visitors and staff over tea and cake. As part of her residency, she will create unique gallery tours which bypass the exhibits and the architecture to highlight the long-standing memories which resonate throughout the building.

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Re-Imagining AsiaJaishri Abichandani, Shezad Dawood, Parastou Forouhar,Subodh Gupta, Andreas Gursky, Michael Joo, Johannes Kahrs,Kim Jongku, Kimsooja, Sun K Kwak, Miao Xiaochun,Ujino Muneteru, Rashid Rana, Takako Saito, Sandra Schäfer,Shen Shaomin, Shi Jinsong, Song Dong and Zhao Xiangyuan,Rirkrit Tiravanija and Zhang Dali.

13 February – 4 May 2009

This major international exhibition brings together paintings, sculpture, photography, film and installations by some of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists. The exhibition explores the meaning and relevance of the term “contemporary Asian art” in the 21st century and within a wider context of globalisation, migration and an increasingly international art world.

Curated by Shaheen Merali and Wu Hung for Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlinin collaboration with The New Art Gallery Walsall.

A publication accompanies this exhibition, priced £19.99. Edited by Shaheen Merali, it includes contributions by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Rustom Bharucha, Ming Tiampo, Ranjit Hoskote, Stanley Abe, Russell Hiang-Khng Heng, Philip Cheah, Carol Yinghua Lu, Gayatri Sinha and Dayanita Singh as well as the curators, Shaheen Merali and Wu Hung.

Exhibition TourDeborah Robinson, Senior Exhibitions CuratorSaturday 18 April 2009, 2pm

Please reserve your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400

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ARTIST ROOMSAndy Warhol: Early Drawings

15 May — 5 July 2009

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. This unique collection of early illustrative works dating from the 1950’s to 1962 demonstrates Warhol’s move between the worlds of commercial advertising and the New York Pop art scene, whilst revealing an alternative side of his colourful character.

Throughout 2009, museums and galleries across the UK will be showing over 30 ARTIST ROOMS; a new national collection created by the dealer and collector Anthony d’Offay, jointly owned by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. This is the first time a national collection has been shared and shown simultaneously across the UK, and has only been made possible through the exceptional generosity of independent charity The Art Fund. Anthony d’Offay’s guiding principle for the creation of ARTIST ROOMS was the concept of individual rooms devoted to particular artists.

In ConversationJean WainwrightSaturday 30 May 2009, 2pm

Andy Warhol scholar Jean Wainwright will be offering an insight into Warhol’s early works; from his experimental approach to mark making to his lifelong love affair with fashion.

Please reserve your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400

For other Warhol exhibitions visit Wolverhampton Art Gallery www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk

Andy Warhol, Ice Cream Dessert, 1959Ink and dye on paper, 737 x 356mm

ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay

Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The Art Fund 2008. © The Andy

Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2009.

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Lia Anna Hennig, Lust for Life 1, 2007.Video still. Courtesy of the artist.

Pot LuckFood and Art

Bobby Baker, Han Bing,Helen Chadwick, Gayle Chong Kwan, Lia Anna Hennig, Anya Gallaccio, Antony Gormley, Subodh Gupta, Aaron Head, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, Anthony Key, Lucy + Jorge Orta, Manuel Saiz, Jana Sterbak and Karen Tam

22 May — 26 July 2009

From antiquity to today, food has been a recurring subject matter in the history of art; from early depictions in mythological and religious scenes of all cultures, to more symbolic and formal concerns. Food is desire, pleasure, life and death – yet also a symbol of decay, excess and greed.

Pot Luck brings together works by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists who show us how the use of food in art continues to be on the menu. With each artist bringing a ‘dish’ to the table, the exhibition combines personal tastes with the current flavour of our social and political climate.

Curated by Cynthia Morrison-Belland Anthony Key

Produced by Art Circuit Touring Exhibitions

In Conversation

Cynthia Morrison-Belland Anthony KeySaturday 13 June 2009, 2pm

Join Pot Luck curators Cynthia Morrison-Bell and Anthony Key for a tour of the exhibition.

Gayle Chong KwanSaturday 20 June 2009, 2pm

Exhibiting artist Gayle Chong Kwan will be talking about her work and opening the doors to her Manipulated MemoryTasting Booth.

Please reserve your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.

Manuel Saiz, Paradises, Ecuador, 2007 (video still)Courtesy of the artist

PreviewThursday 21 May 2009 6pm-8pmFree. Friends, family &colleagues welcome.

Garman Ryan Exhibitions

Jacob EpsteinIllustrations to the Old Testamentuntil 31 May 2009

Epstein’s dramatic and striking watercolours and drawings engage with his unusual visionary interpretation of the Old Testament. He became completely absorbed in the ‘whole new world passing before him’ and exhibited fifty four illustrations at the Redfern Gallery, London in 1932.

See a selection of these unique interpretations of the Old Testament alongside other Epstein paintings, drawings and sculptures in the Garman Ryan Collection.

In ConversationSaturday 9 May, 2pm

Join Curator, Jo Digger for a talk about Epstein’s Illustrations to the Old Testament.

Please reserve your free place in advance by calling 01922 654400.

If you like watercolours, try our free adult taster session between 12pm and 2pm.

Blooming Marvellous6 June – 14 October 2009

Flowers and plants have always been a popular choice for artists and visitors alike. Walsall’s collections contain examples of contemporary artists using the subject matter to give a more political twist to what is perceived as a traditional subject.

This carefully selected bunch of artists has been preoccupied with gardening and the relationship that humanity has with nature and our ‘taming’ of it, from the virtuoso Victorian painting of Primulas by Edith Elliot to the quiet understated stillness of Doc Proctors Spring Flowers; the exuberant rioting of Jacob Epstein’s Freesia’s and the sparse spiky observations of Lucian Freud’s King Cups.

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Fresh Out of the Box

until 14 October 2009

See new art works acquired by The New Art Gallery for the permanent collection displayed within the themed rooms of the Garman Ryan Collection. The contemporary works give a new twist to the collection and present surprising connections between past and current artistic interests.

Exhibiting artists include:Artists Anonymous, Gillian Ayres, Peter Callesen, Gordon Cheung, Martin Creed, Ceal Floyer, Richard Hamilton, Günther Herbst, Andrew Jackson, Christopher Le Brun, Hew Locke, Sarah Lucas, Tim Maguire, Matt & Ross, Cildo Meireles, Eduardo Paolozzi, Marc Quinn, George Shaw, Gavin Turk, David Ward, Wood & Harrison, Richard Wentworth, Catherine Yass.

The Garman Ryan Collection

On display all year round

The Garman Ryan Collection is a personal collection of art and artefacts given to Walsall by Sir Jacob Epstein’s widow, Kathleen Garman and her close friend, sculptor, Sally Ryan. This intimate display includes works by many famous artists including Van Gogh, Lucian Freud, Monet, Constable and Picasso. For more information about the gallery collections and Jacob Epstein visit thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk and epstein.org.uk

Matt and Ross, Cloud Study, 2007Giclee print

John Wood and Paul Harrison, Boat 2, 2000DVD

Don’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover Who are they? The people behind the portraits…

15 May — 5 July 2009

This new exhibition invites us to look at the people who were painted and sculpted by both famous and unknown artists. The portraits, both historic and contemporary are taken from Walsall’s expanding art collections. They include the striking Pre-Raphaelite muse, Elizabeth Siddal by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the young and contemplative Margueritte, sister of the artist Edgar Degas, the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore sculpted by Jacob Epstein and Chila Kumari Burman whose self portrait ‘Don’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover’ proclaims loudly how wrong we are to look at people through a superficial assessment often based on a social stereotype. The stories behind the faces are as extraordinary and fascinating as the artworks themselves.

CAUSATIONMonday 29 June – Sunday 5 July 2009

Final major art works by Walsall College HND Fine Art students presenting systems of cause and effect. This exhibition invites responses from the viewer on the purpose and function of art.

Edgar Degas, Portrait of Marguerite, the Artist’s Sister (Portrait de Marguerite, Soeur de l’Artiste), c.1856.

Oil on canvas. Garman Ryan Collection,The New Art Gallery Walsall

Family EventsFree, no need to book, just drop in

Vaisakhi 2009Saturday 18 April, 11am – 4pm

A ground shaking, feet tapping, family friendly Vaisakhi day, packed with live music and dance performances, such as Bhangra and Gidha, Gatka (Sikh martial arts), family workshops, storytelling, mendhi hand patterns, yoga demonstrations, and traditional Indian food. Free, everyone welcome.

National Breastfeeding Awareness Day 2009Wednesday 13 May, 11am - 4pm

Come and relax with your baby in the multi-sensory Baby Palace, learn about the benefits of breastfeeding, watch the new ‘Best Beginnings’ DVD, join in with a Pilates taster session, meet your nearest Breastfeeding Peer Support Group members and have a tour of specially selected artworks from the Garman Ryan Collection.Pregnant women, moms and families are all welcome. The gallery is a breastfeeding friendly venue.

MarchAlien MakingSaturday 14 and 21 March12pm - 2pm each dayAlien making for 2-4 year olds on Saturdays. Come and create a strange creature with us.

AprilCollage CrownsTuesday 7 – Thursday 9 April 1pm-4pmCrown yourself with acollaged crown made from the oddest things.

Flower GardenWednesday 15 – Friday 17 April1pm-4pmIt‘s spring time at the gallery so make a garden of flowers that you would like.

MayFood SculptureWednesday 27 – Thurs 28 May1pm - 4pmTry your luck at some food sculpture inspired by our new exhibition.

Thursday Affairs:

Giggles, guffawsand gags!Thursday 2 April, 6pm–9pm

Join renowned comedians Justin Moorhouse, Paul Sinha and Andy Robinson for a free evening that will make everyone laugh in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere! Food and drink will also be available.

7inch, Capsuleand Cake!Thursday 7 May, 6pm – 9pm

A free night event that will bring together the fascinating worlds of music and film with live music performances, film screenings, refreshments and many more surprisesIn partnership with 7inch Cinema and Capsule.

Food Glorious Food!Thursday 4 June, 6pm-9pm

If you love food and art, then you cannot miss this free event!Performance artists will be ‘playing’ with food and will be inviting you to participate, taste and experience glorious food throughout the gallery. It will also be an opportunity to meet and chat to some of the Pot Luck exhibiting artists. Live music and refreshments will also be available.

Free, no need to book, just turn up on the night.

Secret Recipe by Feng-Ru Lee Commissioned by VIVID as part of FLUX-FEST, 2008

Free Adult Eventsand WorkshopsTry a new art skill in a relaxed and friendly environment. All abilities are welcome with all materials provided. Book your free place by calling reception on 01922 654400

Watercolour techniques made easySaturday 9 May 12pm-2pm

Your chance to try out creating your own watercolour. All abilities welcome. If you want to find our more about artists using watercolours on the same day, book for the free talk on Jacob Epstein at 2pm.

Drawing like Warhol Saturday 16 May 12pm-4pm

See a professional artist demonstrating their drawing skills and encouraging everyone to have a go.

Sensory caterpillarsSaturday 20 June 12pm-2pm

Learn about the different therapeutic properties of herbs and spices and make a lovely smelly caterpillar to take home for your baby. Why not try our Baby Palace session, see ‘regular events’ for details.

Art Speaking TalksAudio described events

Tiepolo’s Page BoySaturday 30 May, 1pm-1.30pm

Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Karen Turton for an audio description of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s painting, Page Boy, one of the jewels of the Garman Ryan Collection.

Carvalho’s RhodroponicumSunday 21 June, 1pm – 1.30pm

Join curator Jo Digger for a talk and Keiko Higashi for an audio description of Melanie Carvalho’s art work, Rhodroponicum, a collage that brings together ideas of the environment and the modern world and society.

Melanie Carvalho, Rhodroponicum, 2005Collage on paper, ink and watercolour

The New Art Gallery Walsall Collection

Art Library & Archive

Artist of the Month displayApril —Horace BrodzkyMay — Helen ChadwickJune — Bobby Baker

Find and SeekFrom Wednesday 18 March

Find and Seek is an off-site art project by Contemporary Curatorial Practice MA students from Birmingham City University, taking place in The New Art Gallery Walsall, BIAD Margaret Street Library and Birmingham Central Library. The project aims to explore the use of hidden spaces within libraries as an alternative means of exhibiting art in the public realm. Text based work by artist Rachel Marsden will be dispersed between the pages of library books for visitors to happen across, or actively search for. Look out for displays from the archives and collections in the Library display cases.

Storytelling & ScribblesAnyone can pop into the library for a family story time on Saturdays at 12.15pm for a little quiet time together exploring the magical world of books.

Free Regular Events

Baby PalaceFri 24 Apr, 22 May, 26 June, 27 July 10.30-11.30am, 12-1pm, 2-3pmDiscover what all the mums and dads are talking about! Spend some relaxed time with your baby in a multi sensory session for under 2’s and their carers. Book your free place by calling 01922 654400.Why not try our Sensory Caterpillars session, see ‘adult workshops’ for details.

Passport to Arts& HeritageWhat’s new at the gallery and the museums in Walsall? Take the passport to find out. Its ideal for under 11 year olds to keep in touch with activities in Walsall. Get yours at the reception desk.

Frisky BagsThese are rucksacks stuffed full of activities to help you explore the gallery and its collections. Ask to borrow one from reception and explore as a family. Great for family groups with 6-12 year olds.

Art CartThe Art Cart comes out every weekend to help you explore our collections. It has different activities and moves somewhere new in the gallery every month.

ExhibitionsComing Soon

Jonathan Shaw10 July — 6 September 2009

Neal Rock14 August — 1 November 2009

Gordon Cheung14 August — 1 November 2009

The House of Fairytales30 October — 16 October 2010

Disclaimer: every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this edition of What’s On, which was correct at the time of publication. Walsall Council cannot be held responsible for any changes.

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School Holiday Family WorkshopsPick up a families guide for more informationJuly — August 2009

Gordon Cheung, The Guardians, 2008. Stock listings, acrylic gel and spray on Sail Cloth, 77 x 111cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Opening timesMonday – Saturday & Bank Holidays10am-5pm / Sunday 11am-4pm

ShopFind the perfect gift for you or a friend in our specialist art shop; exhibition catalogues, art books, postcards, notebooks, jewellery and much more.

CostaOpen 8.30am-5.30pm Monday – Saturday and 11am-4pm on Sundays.

Mailing ListSign up to our free e-bulletin and receive regular preview invitations, monthly newsletters and events information.

Facilities HireThe gallery is available for corporate events and meetings, email us oninfo@artatwalsall.org.uk to bookyour event.

Talks & ToursBring a group and book for a guided tour of the Garman Ryan Collection or our temporary exhibition, visit our website for more information.

EducationPick up a full schools and colleges guide, visit our website or contact 01922 654400 for more information.

The New Art Gallery WalsallGallery SquareWalsall WS2 8LG

01922 654400Textphone: 0845 1112910

thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk

Access guides and alternative versions of all printed materials are available on request.For more information please contact Ioannis Ioannou on 01922 654404 or email ioannoui@walsall.gov.uk