Plymouth
Art Weekender is an ambitious three-day celebration taking place across the
city from September 25 to 27.
Organised
as a pilot project by Visual Arts Plymouth, a group representing Plymouth's
galleries and artists, the Weekender will promote Plymouth as a contemporary
art destination.
The event
will include a staggering 86 events and feature over 400 local, national and
international artists.
Confirmed
artist's exhibitions include the renowned Gerhard Richter; Tim Etchells' For
Now; conceptual artist Gillian Wearing; graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff;
Grayson Perry; Keith Harrison, Claire Twomey; and Bill Woodrow.
Empty
spaces across the city will be filled to bursting with public art, talks,
music, film, workshops, performance and following an open call for ideas.
Eloise
Malone, director of Effervescent, Radiant Gallery and Rumpus Cosy is
collaborating with Dawn Frogson, owner of Curio Junction, to put on an
exhibition at Radiant called Paper Crowns.
The
installation will examine materialism in society through the device of paper
crowns, based on Robert Lenkiewicz's painting Mary, which will be worn by
visitors to the event. They will then be able to play at being royalty while having
their photo taken by Dom Moore Photography.
The
drawings are made from an electrical corona discharge creating images drawn
with light on paper charged with 150,000 volts of electricity.
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