Surface Gallery

Open Show 2011

July 12th to July 30th 2011

Evening Reception - 15th July 6 - 8pm
Heading into its 9th successful year Surface Gallery’s annual international open submissions exhibition aims to investigate diverse contemporary art practice, providing a platform for today’s emerging and established artists. Exploring threads between this year’s selected artworks, the Surface Gallery curators examine both the obvious dialogues between the pieces, whilst playing with the unexpected and challenging contrasts that occur.

Evening Reception - 15th July 6 - 8pm:
We invite you to our evening reception on 15th July for an opportunity to meet the exhibiting artists, and open show curators, whilst viewing the artworks over food and drinks. Join us for the announcement of the 2011 winner at 7pm, before we head over to the Jean Genet Private View at Nottingham Contemporary.

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Heading into its 9th successful year Surface Gallery’s annual international open submissions exhibition aims to investigate diverse contemporary art practice, providing a platform for today’s emerging and established artists. Exploring threads between this year’s selected artworks, the Surface Gallery curators examine both the obvious dialogues between the pieces, whilst playing with the unexpected and challenging contrasts that occur.

This year’s exhibiting artists are:
Andrew Carson
Ting-Tong Chang
James Clarkson
Joseph Cutts
Richard Devereux
Alicja Dobrucka
Laura Green
Tim Haynes
Jonathan Kipps
Simone Koch
Leo Koivistoinen
Anneliese Krueger
Alice Myers
Irene Pérez Hernández
Daniel Peter
Dermot Punnett
Lyndsey Redford
Lee Sullivan
Emma Sywyj
Joshua Uvieghara
David Watkins

One artist will be selected by a panel of established East Midlands based art professionals as the 2011 Open Show winner, who will be invited back for a solo exhibition in 2012.

Open Show 2011 is part of the Independent Arts Festival NOTLOST www.notlostfestival.co.uk
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