Play Ground
5th February – 8th May 2011
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery (in partnership with The City Gallery)
PLEASE NOTE: This exhibition has now closed
An exhibition where play is as important as the ideas it may stimulate.
Cory Arcangel, Angela Bulloch, Marcel Duchamp, Hassan Hajjaj, Chris Marker, Takashi Murata, Bob and Roberta Smith, Annika Strom, Mungo Thomson *, Erwin Wurm.
At an art gallery we usually have to follow a series of rules. Don’t touch the work, don’t run, don’t shout, don’t play. Don’t, in short, have fun. We thought it would be good to try something else – this exhibition shows contemporary artists that treat the gallery like a fairground rather than a quiet space.
The exhibition features Hassan Hajjaj’s Le Salon, a Moroccan influenced café, American artist Mungo Thomson’s production of a large inflatable as an artwork. Angela Bulloch’s light installations that respond to the audience chanting football songs and Erwin Wurm’s prints giving instructions on how to turn yourself into a sculpture for one minute.
So welcome to Play Ground, where we can touch the art (at least most of it), where we can shout and sing and where you should have fun. In this exhibition the play is as important as the ideas it may stimulate.
Sky Space Bounce House:
* Please note Mungo Thomson's Sky Space Bounce House (as pictured) is available for use on Saturdays and Sundays (and every day during the Easter holidays) only.
This can be booked (with seven days notice) by groups or individuals during weekdays at £10.00 per one hour slot, to book or make enquiries please contact 0116 223 2060.
Play Ground: Roles & Rules, Workshops for Families (Suitable for 5 yrs +)
Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st, Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th April
1.30pm – 2.30pm & 3.00pm – 4.00pm
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
We let the Ministry of Rules take over in the museum during February Half Term by questioning the rules in the museum and making up new ones to follow. Now for the Easter break we will having fun by following some of those rules you suggested and more!
So if you are looking for free creative fun this Easter, book yourself onto a Roles & Rules City Gallery workshop. Come and join us to explore games and play through creative making.
These workshops are free but places are limited so if you want to join in the fun please book in advance by calling The City Gallery shop on 0116 223 2060.
