Exhibitions - 16/5/08

May 16 2008 by Michael Green, Flintshire Chronicle

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: April 19-June 22 – Treasures in Your Garden – an exhibition of art and artefacts exploring gardens and what can be found in them at the Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: April 7-May 29 – Chester’s Parks and Gardens featuring Human Spaces in Open Places by David Heke – a joint photographic exhibition celebrating local parks and gardens, featuring images from Chester History & Heritage’s collections, displayed alongside work by Chester photographer David Heke, at Chester History & Heritage, St Michael’s Church.

CHESTER: April 5-June 15 - Cheshire Parks & Gardens: Interpretation & Inspiration – a chance to see watercolours, drawings and prints of Cheshire parks and gardens from the museum’s collection, alongside items from the costume and accessories collection, in Exhibition Gallery Two at Grosvenor Museum. Ring 01244 402008.

CHESTER: March 1-August 3 – Fashioning Flowers & Foliage: Clothes Inspired by Gardens – an exhibition that brings together an array of clothing that transforms glorious gardens into glamorous gowns, at the Grosvenor Museum’s Costume Gallery. Ring 01244 402008.

FRODSHAM: Until June 7 – Calm and Chaos – A Fusion - Paul Brotherton’s abstract and semi-abstract paintings, Galleries 1 & 3; Paintings and decoupage by local artist June Grinney, Gallery 2; showing at the Castle Park Arts Centre. Ring 01928 735832.

LIVERPOOL: April 26-May 31 - West Meets West - exchange exhibition sending UK jewellers and metalworkers to the USA and bringing USA artists to Liverpool’s Bluecoat Dosplay Centre in College Lane. Ring 0151 709 5297.

LIVERPOOL: September 29-Spring 2009 - The Twentieth Century: How It Looked and How It Felt – masterpieces from the Tate Collection including Rodin’s The Kiss, Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Picasso’s Weeping Woman and Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych at the Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock. Ring 0151 702 7400 or visit www.tate.org.uk/liverpool.

LLANDUDNO: May 15-28 – Explore - a chance to focus on disabled and deaf people as audiences, participants and artists in an exhibition of work produced during artist led workshops, at Oriel Mostyn, Heol Vaughan. Ring 01492 879201.

MANCHESTER: May 20-July 20 – Inspired By... Competition Winners - see the winning works from the recent competition at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: May 2-29 – Rhapsody in Red Brick - Manchester based Michael Gutteridge whose paintings in this exhibition feature the predominantly lobster-red coloured buildings which make up the city of Manchester, at the Portico Library & Gallery, Mosley Street. Ring 0161 236 6785.

MANCHESTER: April 26-July 20 – Artists in Schools – a celebration of children’s creativity - five artists have held residences in schools in a pilot project for the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: April 12-September – Anne Desmet: Urban Evolution – one of the leading printmakers of our time combines technical skill and architectural vision with great inventiveness at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MANCHESTER: April 5-September 21 – Choe U-ram uses the latest precision engineering technologies to create robotic sculptures inspired by plant and sea life which can be seen in two pieces at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: April 5-September 21 - Gwon Osang selected a number of Manchester people to be models for his extraordinary sculptures, one of which is now presented at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: February 23-June 1 – Exhibition of internationally acclaimed underwater films by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: October 27-October 2008 – Flights of Fancy: select decorative scheme of the 1920s and 30s at the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester in Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MOLD: May 3-June 8 – Paul Peter Peich 1920-1996 – Piech provided strong visual imagery for good causes ranging from Amnesty International to Save Small Schools and this collection offers an insight into 50 years of humanitarian issues, at the Oriel Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NESS: February 1-October 1 –Something Beautiful - Five Cheshire gardens will reveal commissioned sculptures by local artists at Ness Gardens. Hundreds of Cheshire residents will also be encouraged to design and build beautiful objects in their own gardens. Ring 0151 3530123 for details.

WIRRAL: April 26-June 1 – Wirral Spring Exhibition of Art and Photography at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum in Slatey Road. Ring 0151 652 4177.

WREXHAM: April 26-June 7 – Retellings – Chris Oakley’s recent video and digital print works themed around the ideas of mediated experience at Wrexham Arts Centre in Rhossdu Road. Ring 01928 292093.