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Written by Carrie Sackett
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Monday, 18 January 2010 02:00 |
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LONDON.- 21 British museums and galleries from
Llandudno to Fort William will be able to show masterpieces of contemporary art
in 2010 thanks to "ARTIST ROOMS", Anthony d’Offay’s gift to the nation made in
2008. The "ARTIST ROOMS 2010 Tour" has been made possible by
The Art Fund and is supported by the Scottish Government. Held jointly by
National Galleries of Scotland and Tate, "ARTIST ROOMS" is the largest
public gift of art to museums in UK history. The collection has now been
enhanced by artists and collectors who have made significant donations to the
scheme including: Ed Ruscha, "The Music from the Balconies", 1984, donated by
the artist; Ian Hamilton Finlay, "Idylls End in Thunderstorms", 1986; and "A
Last Word Rudder", 1999 donated by the Estate of the artist.
"ARTIST
ROOMS" on Tour with The Art Fund supported by The Scottish Government has been
devised to enable this collection held by Tate and the National Galleries of
Scotland to reach and inspire new audiences across the country, particularly
young people.
The "ARTIST ROOMS" tour in 2009 reached around 8 million
people nationally, over 700,000 people outside of London and Edinburgh in towns
and cities as far afield as Stromness in Orkney, Cardiff in Wales, Middlesbrough
in Teesside and Bexhill in East Sussex. A total of 372 works went on tour. The
"ARTIST ROOMS 2010 Tour" will see works from this outstanding contemporary
collection reach a further 16 towns and cities across the UK including
Stornoway, Perth, Nottingham, Thurso, Llandudno, Eastbourne and Belfast.
The "ARTIST ROOMS 2010 Partial Tour" venues are:
- Manchester
Art Gallery (showing Ron Mueck – February 4 to April 11, 2010)
- Talbot
Rice Gallery in Edinburgh (showing Jenny Holzer – March 27 to May 21, 2010)
- Hunterian Museum in Glasgow (showing Joseph Beuys – 1 April to 2 June
2010)
- Perth Museum & Art Gallery (showing Andy Warhol – April 17
to October 23, 2010)
- Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge (showing Agnes Martin
– May 15 to July 11, 2010)
- Nottingham Contemporary (showing Diane
Arbus – July 24 to September 26, 2010)
- An Lanntair in Stornoway
(showing Ian Hamilton Finlay – 30 August to 30 November 2010)
- The
Ulster Museum in Belfast (showing Richard Long - September 2010 to February
2011)
- Towner in Eastbourne (showing Robert Mapplethorpe – September 25
to November 21, 2010)
- Highland Touring Circuit: Swanson Gallery
Thurso; The Lime Tree, Fort William;
- Timespan, Helmsdale; Inverness
Museum and Art Gallery (showing Ed Ruscha – October 2010 to March 2011)
- BALTIC in Gateshead (showing Anselm Kiefer – October 1, 2010 to
January 18, 2011)
- New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester (showing
Gerhard Richter – dates to be confirmed)
- Tate Modern in London
(displays include Agnes Martin, Jenny Holzer and Andy Warhol – Summer 2010 to
Spring 2011).
More than 3,000 young people took
part in education projects related to exhibitions within the 2009 tour through
the museums’ tailor-made outreach programmes funded by The Art Fund and Scottish
Government. Highlights included:
- Warhol-inspired fashion show and
music night in Wolverhampton, which has resulted in an ongoing relationship
between the young people and museum. University students in the city transformed
a disused shop in the Mander Shopping Center into a Warhol ‘Factory’running
daily workshops with artists for the public. Staff at a local department store
set up a special window display inspired by the 'Warhol ARTIST ROOM' featuring
high street clothes and accessories.
- The production of a special
newspaper in Middlesbrough called 'The Modern Times', which took Gerhard
Richter’s work as its starting point, and included articles on fashion, music
reviews, and curator interviews, devised and created by 14-21 year olds. The
finished publication was distributed to 48,000 households in Middlesbrough and
the young people said taking part had had a profound impact on their
understanding of art, and that it had influenced their personal career goals.
- Young people from local communities worked with the Tramway in
Glasgow, making neon signs in the spirit of Bruce Nauman, whose work from the
"ARTIST ROOMS" collection was exhibited there. The neon signs were then
displayed in the surrounding area, including in shop windows.
The Art
Fund and Scottish Government are funding further outreach projects in 2010. To
build on the successes of the projects, a new post – that of Education
Co-ordinator – has been created for the 2010 Tour supported by the Scottish
Government’s grant.
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