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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
George Shaw: I woz ere
18 November – 11 March 2012
FREE
For the past 15 years, recent Turner Prize nominee George Shaw has been making paintings of the Tile Hill housing estate where he grew up. Using Humbrol enamels, Shaw began making the works in a fit of nostalgia after he had left home and moved away. Over time, the paintings became a kind of ‘I woz ere’ written in retrospect.
For the first time, this collection of paintings is shown in the place they represent. Many viewers will recognise the specific pubs, street corners, rows of garages, trees and shops, but less familiar is the unsettling resonance that Shaw brings to the work. Displayed alongside these landscapes is a new series of watercolours of previously painted places as they exist here and now.
Accompanying the exhibition, Shaw also presents the works of art he made as a child in the early 1970s to the summer before he went to art school in 1985.
TNAGW is an Arts Award Welcome venue offering a series of opportunities and services to young people. Click here to find out more.
Workshops specifically for young people are held monthly.
Art Cart: Valentine’s Day Special
Tuesday 14 February
10:30 – 4:00
It’s Valentine’s Day so join us for some special themed makes to decorate with love hearts and flowers! Who will get your Valentine this year?
FREE drop in, suitable for all ages
Staffordshire on Film
Saturday 3 March
11:00 - 12:00 or 1:00 – 2:00
Take a guided tour through the architecture of Staffordshire’s past as Ray Johnson MBE presents footage from the Staffordshire Film Archive. Ray will be on hand to explain the work of the Film Archive and to answer any questions about the Staffordshire Collection.
FREE drop in, suitable for all ages
Saturday Solo
Saturday 31 March
12:00 – 2:00
We are delighted to welcome back Sarah Whittingham, Stafford’s Musician in Residence and Manchester Camerata’s violinist, who will once again give informal recitals during the day.
FREE drop in, suitable for all ages
Artforum meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between 4.30 - 6.30pm at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. If you're aged between 14 and 25 and want to take part in a range of art-based sessions, see behind the scenes and get involved in events and activities then why not come along and find out more? Click here for further information.
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