Exhibition Extras – Shieldfield Art Works

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26th April 2017 By Matthew Hearn

In Present : Past Dave Tweedy has developed an increasingly pictorial language within his paintings. Drawing — literally painting — from personal and common memory, Tweedy interweaves and overlays historical and contemporary signifiers to create new-found (dis-)orderings of reality. At these intersections of people and paint, abstract and figurative languages conflate; familiar imagery is altered, […]

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HOST: Experiments in Art, Food and Shared Life

21st October 2016 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

HOST is an experimental art programme of shared meals, discussion and communal activities designed to test out notions of hospitality. The aim is to open up shared spaces where we can think critically and creatively together about the role that hospitality might play in communal life. Co-produced and activated by the community at The Holy […]

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en_counter: Mapping Our City

26th May 2016 By Sarah Davies

en_counter: Mapping Our City A response by Sarah Davies, Holy Biscuit Intern Image above: en_counter opening night at The Late Shows What are maps and what is their purpose? Generally they are used for recording physical features of the land such as rivers, mountains and roads. A map of a city is usually a tool for […]

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“Your Deeds Don’t Define You” | Urbanite Adrift

29th March 2016 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Responses to “Your Deeds Don’t Define You”, No. 4: Urbanite Adrift Olya Bowers Image above: Olya Bowers, ‘Urbanite Adrift’ I hopped on the 192 bus to go the three miles down Stockport Road to lovely Longsight—“a far-out place,” I tell people. The bus was crowded, but a young woman moved her packages off a seat to […]

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“Your Deeds Don’t Define You” | “We don’t know. Seriously, we have no idea.”

24th March 2016 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Responses to “Your Deeds Don’t Define You”, No. 3: “We don’t know. Seriously, we have no idea.” Alex Ross Image above: ‘Tick Tock’, created in a Junction42 workshop by ‘H’ 10 years of my life I can’t get back. How do you deal with that legacy, those memories, the way it shapes your future, the […]

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“Your Deeds Don’t Define You” | Do your deeds forever define you? Imagining an alternative

22nd March 2016 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Responses to “Your Deeds Don’t Define You”, No. 2: Do your deeds forever define you? Imagining an alternative Michael Holland Image above: Lou Davis, ‘The Slow Unfolding of Grace’ The story begins with the creation of all things, the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon, the seas and the land, the fish, the birds, the […]

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“Your Deeds Don’t Define You” | To-Do: Anxiety, Hope and Self-Measurement

16th March 2016 By Lorna Bryan

As part of the exhibition “Your Deeds Don’t Define You” we have produced a short publication that features written pieces submitted to the exhibition alongside further texts relating to the themes and works included in the show. In the first of a series of blogposts taken from this publication, Lorna Bryan reflects on David Lisser’s […]

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Student Open Call 2016: Highly Commended

24th February 2016 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Student Open Call: Highly Commended As part of our programme to encourage and help develop the work of emerging artists, we invited undergraduate art students from Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland University to submit exhibition proposals to showcase their work at The Holy Biscuit. We were inundated with high quality entries from students working in a […]