Held every five years to showcase the work of British artists who have made a significant contribution to international contemporary art, the ninth British Art Show (BAS9) is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and includes work by over 40 artists. In The Levinsky Gallery are exhibited works by Cooking Sections, Sean Edwards, GAIKA, Maeve Brennan, Grace Ndiritu, Katie Schwab and Abigail Reynolds.
British Art Show 9 explores three overarching themes – healing, care and reparative history; tactics for togetherness; and imagining new futures, through four exhibitions.
Many of the artists in BAS9 investigate identity from an intersectional perspective, taking account of multiple identities that coexist such as class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In Wolverhampton the exhibition explores these ideas in a critical dialogue with Wolverhampton’s cultural history which has been shaped by the diverse populations that came to work in its manufacturing industries during the post-war period.
BAS9 is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and includes work by over 40 artists.
The British Art Show is a landmark touring exhibition that celebrates the vitality of recent art made in Britain. British Art Show 9 was developed at a precarious moment in Britain’s history that has brought politics of identity and nation, concerns of social, racial and environmental justice, and questions of agency to the centre of public consciousness. The artists presented in the exhibition respond in critical ways to this complex context; imagining more hopeful futures and exploring new modes of resistance.
BAS9 is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and includes work by over 40 artists.
In the Peaceful Dome is themed around transformation and continuity, time and time travel, and the intersection of the past and the future. The show will attempt to trace within this accumulation of history a continuum across time as culture shifts and the building itself undergoes profound change. It raises questions about how the past informs the future and how art and arts venues might adopt a more civic role.
Including works by Roderick Bisson, Sean Borodale, Fanny Calder, Edward Carter Preston, Julia Carter Preston, Dan Coopey, Philip Courtenay & Yellow House, John Davies, Jacob Epstein, Edgar Grosvenor, The Grantchester Pottery, Janet Hodgson, Nathan Jones & Scott Spencer, Juniper Press, Sumuyya Khader, Donald Lynch, Joanne Masding, Syd Merrills, Grace Ndiritu, Uriel Orlow, William C. Penn, Jo Stockham, and Edmund Tan.
Group show with Nir Alon, Shqipe Ajeti, Antigona Selmani+Loreta Ukshini+Malsore Bejita, Gazmend Avdiu, Becky Beasley, Vanessa Billy, Tobias Collier, Radu Comsa, Bashkin Geci, Helidon Gjergji, Jeton Gusia, Fitore Isufi-Koja, Ismet Jonuzi, Venera Kastrati, Gani Llalloshi, Luljeta Leci, Alessandra Mancini, Lala Meredith-Vula, Jeton Muja, Grace Ndiritu, Uriel Orlow, Aghim Salihu, Driton Selmani, Artan Shabani, Valdeta Veliu-Vuciterna.
Curated by Michele Robecchi and Gazmend Ejupi.
