Salon des Refusés
August 13th to August 27th 2011
13 August to 27 August 2011, 11.00am-5.00pm, Mon-Saturday (closed Bank Holiday).
To complement Nottingham Castle’s new Long Gallery Salon style display of the permanent collection, and to support the increasing alternative art scene in the City, Salon des Refusés aims, without a selection committee or jury, to showcase Street Art related practices in the Midlands today.
Translated from the 1863 French term for “exhibition of rejects”, often attributed to applicants who have not been accepted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (a comparable British case, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition), Salon des Refusés is an ironic title hinting at the common disregard for the Street Art genre amongst some conservative audiences and critics; often perceived as low art refuse, or vandal activity that litters our streets. The ‘rejects’ here are the artists who often use the street or urban hotspots as their showcase and playground, whose work is not widely seen, nor necessarily fits, within a traditional Fine Art institution.
Targeting the practices of Street Art, Outsider Art, Illustration, Drawing, Graphic Art, Digital Art, Paste-Ups and Print Making, this exhibition embodies a busy and varied range of disciplines, specific to this thriving alternative, and influential, tributary of the Visual Arts. By an Open Submission policy, without any Selection or Jury, all work entered has been displayed in a true Salon display style, densely packed from floor to ceiling.
Events
Gallery Talk and Tour
Tuesday 23 August, Surface Gallery, 1.30-2.00pm, and Nottingham Castle, 2.30-3.00pm
Surface Gallery volunteers will give their insights on the Salon de Refusés exhibition, and after a short walk to the Castle, they will be joined by Tristram Aver to discuss the connections with the Long Gallery display.
All talks are free, but booking is recommended for guarantee entry to the Castle. Please call 0115 915 3700 to book your place.
As part of this exhibition, artists have the opportunity to be awarded special exhibition prizes and opportunities to showcase their talent, or to place their work into new environments and exhibition spaces;
Solo Show Winner
12 to 16 September 2011, 10.00am-4.30pm, Mon-Fri (closed weekends).
Lace Market Gallery, New College Nottingham
Selected by George MacDonald, Editor of VNA Magazine, this winner will be invited to either exhibit a series of work, or use the Lace Market Gallery as a project space for one week, in the penultimate week of the Castle’s Street Art exhibition programme.
Long Gallery Intervention
23 August to 25 September 2011.
Long Gallery, Nottingham Castle.
A selection of artists will be invited to exhibit their work amongst the current Salon display in the Long Gallery. Focusing on the unused, in-between spaces of the gallery, their work will fill gaps between the paintings, sculptures, or even the gallery floor.
This exhibition has been organised by Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery to accompany the touring exhibition Street Art: Contemporary Prints from the V&A which runs from July 2 to 25 September 2011. Nottingham Castle is hosting a series of events, talks, workshops and satellite exhibitions exploring contemporary Street Art printing themes and styles, as well as showcasing and supporting local talent.
For more information, pick up a leaflet or visit http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/streetart.
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