Saturday Supplement | March
| Dates: | 2 March 2013 |
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| Times: | 11:00 - 11:00 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | The Whitworth |
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| How much: | FREE |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Current University students, General public, Post 16, University staff |
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Saturday Supplement | March
Saturday 2 March?
11am – 4pm, Free?, no booking necessary.
VENUE: Whitworth Art Gallery.
A chance to see the new exhibitions, meet some of the exhibiting artists and hear a musical response to John Piper: The Mountains of Wales.
1pm American artist Beryl Korot introduces her installation Text and Commentary (1976-7), inspired by the relationship between the Jacquard loom and Charles Babbage, the originator of the idea of the programmable computer. Beryl Korot was an active player in New York's emergent video art scene in the 1970s and Is a pioneer of multichannel installations.
2.30pm Callum Innes discusses his exhibition of recent oil paintings and new watercolours made especially for the Whitworth. Callum Innes is one of Britain's best-known abstract painters. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995 and his work is held in public collections worldwide including the Guggenheim, New York; National Gallery of Australia; Tate, London; and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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