Art
On-Site
Seven postgraduate MA Curating students celebrate the artistic history of UWE’s Bower Ashton campus with this multi-site exhibition.
On-Site is composed of two exhibitions, Reflections and Volume 20.5, which explore the rich and varied history of exhibitions and artwork by UWE’s creative students and staff. Spanning from the 1970s until the present day, both exhibitions will offer unique opportunity to delve into the political, social and artistic output of students and staff over a period of more than 35 years.
Reflecting on what it means to produce artwork and exhibit as a UWE student, the groups have collaborated with students, staff and alumni to curate three diverse displays across the Bower Ashton Campus.
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Reflections is a new exhibition in Bower Ashton’s F Block Gallery and Reel Cases, which will show documents held in the Bower Ashton Archive, together with a selection of works by former and current UWE art students. The displays will explore and celebrate student life then and now within the unique and creative learning environment of Bower Ashton Campus and is curated by Isaac Blease, Fridy Duterloo-Morgan, Salli-Louise Johnson, Freddie Langdon-Daly and Louise Milsom.
Volume 20.5, curated by Susannah Canning and Josie Spencer, will showcase the photographs, books and ephemera of long-standing UWE librarian and photographer Steve Norton. Steve has been photographing exhibitions and events across UWE and Bristol since the 1990s and has amassed over a staggering 80,000 photographs. A selection of these photographs and related ephemera will be shown in the Reel Cases throughout B block and C Block. In addition, Steve’s books will be displayed together for the first time in the Bower Ashton Library alongside, audio interviews and recollections from Steve, staff and students.
On-Site opens with a public preview at the F Block Gallery and the Library on Friday, March 31, 4-8pm. Reflections runs March 31-April 7, Volume 20.5 March 31-April 12.
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