Artist Giorgio Sadotti made a visit to the gallery today to meet the team and start to discuss ideas for his solo exhibition in 2017. Giorgio studied on the Art Foundation and Fine Art programmes at NTU from 1977, so this will be a major anniversary of sorts… We asked Giorgio to text us an image from his journey back to London, this is what he sent (somewhat reminiscent of the work he showed/performed in Speaking Parts at Raven Row earlier this year):
Bonington Gallery has been a significant part of the cultural landscape of Nottingham for half a century. Its diverse and ambitious artistic programme has consistently presented the forefront of creative practice and through this has gained a national reputation.
The gallery has showcased the very best in visual and performing arts from across the world – so join us, as we plan to make the next 50 years just as memorable.
Last week, Notts TV’s Charlotte Swindells popped down to the gallery to check out our latest exhibition, catching up with curator Tom Godfrey to find out more about the project.
Watch the video at the link below (segment starts at 27:40):
https://nottstv.com/programme/ey-up-notts-tuesday-19th-march/
This April we’re excited to be presenting a two person exhibition between artist, musician and designer Chloé Maratta and artist & musician Joanne Robertson. The exhibition will also involve artefacts from NTU’s School of Art & Design’s high-street fashion archive, FashionMap. Chloé features in a recent ARTnews article that profiles several of the ‘leading lights’ within LA’s art/fashion/music crossover scene:
