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During the summer of 2008, ten disabled actors from Teesside University were asked to explore their own day-to-day movements: dancing, cycling, cleaning, walking, running and eating.  The resulting work, Motion Disabled, uses motion capture and 3D animation to create a kinetic connection with the human form – beautiful everyday, virtual movements highlighting all the intricacies and uniqueness of each person’s physicality.

Nottingham Trent University is proud to present this exciting installation by Simon McKeown, which enables the viewer to engage and explore ideas of normality and difference.

www.motiondisabled.com

15 Years of Philip Watts Design – A retrospective presents of one of the UK’s leading creative design companies. NTU graduate Philip has designed an extensive and diverse range of award-winning products since the conception of Philip Watts Design, and this exhibition will show some of the most memorable: candle holders, mooing cow salt and pepper pots, giant melting staircases, radiators, door handles, lights and urinals.

Philip Watts Design has exhibited in over 20 countries, spanning four continents, and this will be the first time all this work will be seen together as a complete history of creative output.

www.philipwattsdesign.com

A staircase which looks like the vertebrate in the human spine. It is curving around to the left of the image. The steps themselves are coming off every second vertebrate and they are a pale wood sonf oval shaped.
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a stool which is made out of silver. The seat has holes in in, and the main stem bulbs out in the middle before coming down in the the base which looks to have a footrest, before going back into a wide flat base.
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Three silver, and one gold shapes hang on a dark wood board. the bottom two are crescent shaped, and the top are more like a treble clef.
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Three white spoon urinals standing in a row. The head of the spoon is the top, and the handle is resting its point on the floor.
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Three small model rows, one red, one yellow, and one white, are in a triangle.
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A staircase which looks like the vertebrate in the human spine. It is curving around to the left of the image. The steps themselves are coming off every second vertebrate and they are a pale wood sonf oval shaped.
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a stool which is made out of silver. The seat has holes in in, and the main stem bulbs out in the middle before coming down in the the base which looks to have a footrest, before going back into a wide flat base.
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Three silver, and one gold shapes hang on a dark wood board. the bottom two are crescent shaped, and the top are more like a treble clef.
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Three white spoon urinals standing in a row. The head of the spoon is the top, and the handle is resting its point on the floor.
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Three small model rows, one red, one yellow, and one white, are in a triangle.
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Ruth Fainlight sitting at her kitchen table.

Emily Andersen
Somewhere Else Entirely
25 March – 13 May 2023
Exhibition preview: Friday 24 March, 6-8 pm

“When I’m not writing poetry everything is okay, life’s fine, but it is not entire. Something is missing.” – Ruth Fainlight

This spring Bonington Gallery presents Somewhere Else Entirely a new three-screen video installation by the acclaimed photographer Emily Andersen featuring the American-born poet and writer Ruth Fainlight, who has become one of Britain’s most distinguished poets.

Ruth Fainlight was born in New York City in 1931 and moved to England when she was 15. During a lifetime dedicated to writing she has produced numerous collections of poetry, short stories, and translations. In 1959 she married the writer, Alan Sillitoe, and her many literary friendships included Sylvia Plath, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Robert Graves.

Andersen’s work is an intimate portrait of Fainlight, now aged 91, presenting fragments of the poet’s life. Taking inspiration from Renaissance triptychs and their depiction of different elements of the same subject across three panels, Somewhere Else Entirely captures Fainlight at her home in London, making notes, on her walks, and in the seaside town of Brighton where she spent her teenage years. Each image is carefully framed with a photographer’s eye for composition and detail – Fainlight walking along the corridor, her green cardigan against green foliage, the booklined walls – and intentionally moves at a gentle pace, sometimes almost appearing to be a series of still images.

In Somewhere Else Entirely Fainlight talks off-screen, revealing fascinating insights into her life, her creative process, and how she is ‘in the hands of the poem’. Her intensely visual poetry and fiction touch on themes of time, memory, and loss – and in her voiceover, she movingly recites her poem ‘Somewhere Else Entirely’ composed after the death of her husband.

Andersen has been a photographer for four decades. Her work includes interiors, architecture, and landscape but she is best known for her award-winning portraiture, capturing well-known faces including Nico, Peter Blake, and Helen Mirren. Somewhere Else Entirely is Andersen’s first completed video portrait and is inspired by her decade-long friendship with Fainlight. The exhibition also shares its title with Fainlight’s 2018 poetry collection which features Andersen’s photographs on the cover.

The 11 minute long, three-channel video, will be shown on a 10.5m wide curved screen within the gallery space. To accompany the exhibition there will be an in-conversation with Emily Andersen and Ruth Fainlight, and an evening of performative readings, using the work to reflect on the reciprocity of words and images, and the process of biography.

The launch of Somewhere Else Entirely in Nottingham is significant, as Fainlight’s husband Alan Sillitoe was famously from the city, and the couple met in a local bookshop. Andersen is Senior Lecturer in Critical and Visual Practice of Photography at Nottingham Trent University.

Emily Andersen
Somewhere Else Entirely (2023)
Funded by Bonington Gallery and Nottingham Trent University

Bonington Gallery is part of Curated & Created, NTU’s extra-curricular and public arts programme.

Peter Matthews completed his studies in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University and as a practicing artist was invited, as part of the Artists Access to Art Colleges scheme, to accept a residency within the School of Art and Design during 2008/09.

This exhibition presents work that Matthews developed during his residency. Issues such as war, politics, and the environment collectively fuse into sculptures that are poised to stimulate questions and speculation about the world and environment we live in.

A black rouge show, with colourful pink and purple netting on the side, On the front, wires are held on with clay. Inside the show there is a red plastic container where the wires are hooked up from the front
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a brown brogue shoe, with batteries, dynamite, and wired coming out of the top.
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A black rouge show, with colourful pink and purple netting on the side, On the front, wires are held on with clay. Inside the show there is a red plastic container where the wires are hooked up from the front
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a brown brogue shoe, with batteries, dynamite, and wired coming out of the top.
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About Peter Matthews

Peter Matthews completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University and as a practicing artist was invited, as part of the Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) scheme, to accept a residency within the School of Art and Design during 2008/09.

Sculptures from the Media Stream presents work that Matthews has developed during his residency; questioning and exploring the ever-changing condition and identity of contemporary society. Issues such as war, politics, and the environment collectively fuse into sculptures that are provocatively poised to stimulate questions and speculation about the world and environment we live in.

This exciting and directional exhibition showcases a collection of innovative textile designs by Professor Junichi Arai and Dr Kinor Jiang from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  A series of striking combinations of colour and texture, their work captures the essence of oriental style with a contemporary direction.

Bonington Gallery is proud to present Metallic Sound as part of an exhibition exchange between The Hong Kong Polytechnic and Nottingham Trent University, reflecting the strong educational links between both universities through established fashion and textiles research.

Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three Mannequins wearing different outfits, stand back to back in front of Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
A central tapestry hangs from the ceiling, it is predominately a purply brown with lighter golden lines which intersect it horizontally
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, All three show different geometric arrangements which are gold, white and black, which are divided with heavy black lines.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is purple, yellow and bronze, the middle is white with a raised pattern running through the centre, and the right is black with gold lines.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three Mannequins stand back to back, with two medium sized back and gold tapestries hanging behind them.The central mannequin is wearing a purple ruffled ball gown.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three mannequins stand back to back with a large black and gold tapestry in the background. Each mannequin wearing a different outfit.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
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Dr Kinor Jiang is introduced by Helen Priest.
Metallic Sound
Several groups of people stand in front of Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound
Groups of people examine tapestries on the walls and clothes that are placed on mannequins.
Metallic Sound
Groups of people stand in front of tapestries that are hanging from the ceiling.
Metallic Sound
Large groups of people looking at the large hanging tapestries, chatting and enjoying themselves.
Metallic Sound
Artist Dr Kinor Jiang talks with exhibition curator Kathrine Townsend infant of his large red tapestry.
Metallic Sound
People examining the different mannequins
Metallic Sound
Dr. Kinor Jiang pointing to one of his works with another figure behind him.
Metallic Sound
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three Mannequins wearing different outfits, stand back to back in front of Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
A central tapestry hangs from the ceiling, it is predominately a purply brown with lighter golden lines which intersect it horizontally
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, All three show different geometric arrangements which are gold, white and black, which are divided with heavy black lines.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is purple, yellow and bronze, the middle is white with a raised pattern running through the centre, and the right is black with gold lines.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three Mannequins stand back to back, with two medium sized back and gold tapestries hanging behind them.The central mannequin is wearing a purple ruffled ball gown.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
Three mannequins stand back to back with a large black and gold tapestry in the background. Each mannequin wearing a different outfit.
Metallic Sound Exhibit
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Dr Kinor Jiang is introduced by Helen Priest.
Metallic Sound
Several groups of people stand in front of Three large tapestries hang from the ceiling, the far left is white with silver circles on it, the middle is metallic golden with white circles, and the right is red with Black large circles.
Metallic Sound
Groups of people examine tapestries on the walls and clothes that are placed on mannequins.
Metallic Sound
Groups of people stand in front of tapestries that are hanging from the ceiling.
Metallic Sound
Large groups of people looking at the large hanging tapestries, chatting and enjoying themselves.
Metallic Sound
Artist Dr Kinor Jiang talks with exhibition curator Kathrine Townsend infant of his large red tapestry.
Metallic Sound
People examining the different mannequins
Metallic Sound
Dr. Kinor Jiang pointing to one of his works with another figure behind him.
Metallic Sound

The leading speciality paper merchant GFSmith celebrates 111 years of redefining how we view paper promotion with this fantastic heritage exhibition.

Having grown from a small family business in the late 1890’s, to a thriving company with over 150 members of staff and a global sales network, the business has adequate reason to celebrate the impact design has played on its success.

This exhibition will showcase material which encompasses both European and American promotions, featuring work from contributors such as Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Bill McKay and SEA Design.

Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
11 vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
11 vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington
Vitrines in rows in the Bonington atrium.
GF Smith exhibition Atrium Bonington

Bonington Gallery presents this exciting exhibition by the award-winning British photographer Simon Roberts.  Motherland, Homeland explores notions of identity, attachment to home and land, and the relationship between people and place, comprising of two different collections of Roberts’ work; Motherland and We English.

Simon Roberts’ work has been published and exhibited widely and his photographs are represented in major public and private collections.  In recognition for his work, Roberts has received several accolades, including the Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society and a grant from the John Kobal Foundation. 

Click this link to visit Simon’s Website

Image by Simon Roberts

A large sandy patch with three paths that disappear into the distance. Pairs of people are walking the path. In the foreground there are a group who appear to be playing cricket.
Holkham National Nature Reserve, Norfolk, 18th February 2008
A group of people are bend over a mudbank in the middle of a river. In the distance, there is a small village, and in the foreground on the right, a large boat can be seen called "thistle"
Mad Maldon Mud Race, River Blackwater, Maldon, Essex, 30th December 2007
Three male figures in black uniforms face the camera, there is a city scape in the background.
Port officials, Vladivostok. Far East Russia, October 2004
A square too, on the back wall there is a large print showing the bend in a river which has mountains either side of it. In the last of the room are three blue arm chairs, on the right there is a CRT TV on a wooden square stand.
The lounge of a former sanitorium, Sludyanka. Eastern Siberia, November 2004
A go cart track is on the left, with 4 people in the middle of a race. To the right there is a football match taking place on a patch of grass.
Westward Ho! Devon, 24th May 2008
Two children stand next to each other. The left is female, wearing heavy blue eye make up, a ruffled blue satin dress, and blue Full length gloves. The child on the right is male and wears black high wasted trousers and a black turtle neck with white vertical broken stripes.
Ballroom dancers, Nikita and Rufina, Omsk. Western Siberia, May 2005
A female figure stands behind a large counter with several large cuts of meat. Behind here there are lots of other figures looking at different produce on different stands.
Meat market, Pyatigorsk. Northern Caucasus. April 2005
A male is lying with his legs over a bundle of large branches. Behind him, another male figure stands over a cauldron on an open fire. Behind therm there is a small wooded patch, and mountains in the distance.
Camping with Sasha and Paval, Kamchatka Peninsula. Far East Russia, October 2004
Image shows people at a beech. The sand is fine and yellow, and the sea has a green tinge to it. THe sky is mostly cloudy with sunshine breaking through. In the distance there are some low mountains.
Camel Estuary, Padstow, Cornwall, 27th September 2007
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A large sandy patch with three paths that disappear into the distance. Pairs of people are walking the path. In the foreground there are a group who appear to be playing cricket.
Holkham National Nature Reserve, Norfolk, 18th February 2008
A group of people are bend over a mudbank in the middle of a river. In the distance, there is a small village, and in the foreground on the right, a large boat can be seen called "thistle"
Mad Maldon Mud Race, River Blackwater, Maldon, Essex, 30th December 2007
Three male figures in black uniforms face the camera, there is a city scape in the background.
Port officials, Vladivostok. Far East Russia, October 2004
A square too, on the back wall there is a large print showing the bend in a river which has mountains either side of it. In the last of the room are three blue arm chairs, on the right there is a CRT TV on a wooden square stand.
The lounge of a former sanitorium, Sludyanka. Eastern Siberia, November 2004
A go cart track is on the left, with 4 people in the middle of a race. To the right there is a football match taking place on a patch of grass.
Westward Ho! Devon, 24th May 2008
Two children stand next to each other. The left is female, wearing heavy blue eye make up, a ruffled blue satin dress, and blue Full length gloves. The child on the right is male and wears black high wasted trousers and a black turtle neck with white vertical broken stripes.
Ballroom dancers, Nikita and Rufina, Omsk. Western Siberia, May 2005
A female figure stands behind a large counter with several large cuts of meat. Behind here there are lots of other figures looking at different produce on different stands.
Meat market, Pyatigorsk. Northern Caucasus. April 2005
A male is lying with his legs over a bundle of large branches. Behind him, another male figure stands over a cauldron on an open fire. Behind therm there is a small wooded patch, and mountains in the distance.
Camping with Sasha and Paval, Kamchatka Peninsula. Far East Russia, October 2004
Image shows people at a beech. The sand is fine and yellow, and the sea has a green tinge to it. THe sky is mostly cloudy with sunshine breaking through. In the distance there are some low mountains.
Camel Estuary, Padstow, Cornwall, 27th September 2007
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‘Perception’ is intricate. The removal of accumulated layers of meaning attached to material culture challenges frequently held perceptions. This exhibition confronts commonly held notions relating to the built environment in the Ajegunle community in Lagos, Nigeria and national identity in the Republic of Ireland. Both of these areas of research relate to physical architecture. However, they move beyond the tangible to explore ‘human’ architecture and identity.

Image of a slum in Lagos, there are figures walking along a path which is lined with rubbish. To the left there is a built up section of makeshift tents, to the right there are prefabricated huts.
A slum in Lagos
A house which is made out of different lengths of wood. There is a front deck, and railing which has multicoloured textiles hanging from it. There is a sign by the entrance which has written in white spray paint, "room to let"
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A child balances a large whicker basket on their head. The basket has a variety of different tomatoes one it. The child has a stick in their mouth, and is wearing a lime green dress. Behind them is a wall of a wooden shack which has blue plastic attached to the side
Image of a slum in Lagos
A single Story House with a tin roof. There are three columns which join archways, in the central one is a red iron gate with two figures standing behind it.
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A run down stone house in Ireland. The roof is missing many tiles, so much so you can see through to the sky on the other side. One of the windows is boarded up with corrugated metal, and the door is missing.
Image of a house in rural Ireland
A heavily rusted TV antenna on the side of a building.
Detail of an antenna in Ireland
A detail of stone work at the bottom of an arch. This is a ball with a scroll relief
Detail of stonework in Ireland
A green pillar box stands centrally, on the backdrop of a grey lard stone building.
Close up of a post box outside a museum.
Image of a slum in Lagos, there are figures walking along a path which is lined with rubbish. To the left there is a built up section of makeshift tents, to the right there are prefabricated huts.
A slum in Lagos
A house which is made out of different lengths of wood. There is a front deck, and railing which has multicoloured textiles hanging from it. There is a sign by the entrance which has written in white spray paint, "room to let"
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A child balances a large whicker basket on their head. The basket has a variety of different tomatoes one it. The child has a stick in their mouth, and is wearing a lime green dress. Behind them is a wall of a wooden shack which has blue plastic attached to the side
Image of a slum in Lagos
A single Story House with a tin roof. There are three columns which join archways, in the central one is a red iron gate with two figures standing behind it.
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A run down stone house in Ireland. The roof is missing many tiles, so much so you can see through to the sky on the other side. One of the windows is boarded up with corrugated metal, and the door is missing.
Image of a house in rural Ireland
A heavily rusted TV antenna on the side of a building.
Detail of an antenna in Ireland
A detail of stone work at the bottom of an arch. This is a ball with a scroll relief
Detail of stonework in Ireland
A green pillar box stands centrally, on the backdrop of a grey lard stone building.
Close up of a post box outside a museum.

Bonington Gallery is thrilled to present this spectacular exhibition from Japanese natural textile artist Akihiko Izukura.

LIFE in COLOURS documents Izukura’s practice; his philosophies of ‘Compassion for Life – Zero Waste’, generating minimal waste during the process of dyeing, spinning and weaving, and ‘Sun and Water Circulation’, using the natural power of the sun and water to save energy. 

His innovative and sustainable approach to fabric production includes natural dyeing, weaving, netting, braiding and entwining to create striking textile objects and fashion garments which will be on display as part of this exciting exhibition.

Two people are examining some of the art work. Most of the exhibition can be seen in the background.
Akihiko Izukura private view
Artist Akihiko Izukura stands in front of a presentation image which shows weaving on a loom
Akihiko Izukura private view
Artist, Akihiko Izukura sits behind a table, where he has a selection of colourful ceramic pots.
Akihiko Izukura private view
Four female figures sit in a line, with different colours ceramic bowls in front of them.
Akihiko Izukura private view
A large group of people stand in Bonington Atrium, with large fabric tubular hangings around them
Akihiko Izukura private view
7 hanging balls, made from yarn suspended between thick white webbed fabric. A male figure stands with his back facing the camera, and a female figure stands face on looking away from the camera.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Paper cache balls are suspended of varying colours. They have thick years around them. There is a long textured dress which hangs to the right of the balls.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Artist Akihiko Izukura walks between two rows of his dresses.
Akihiko Izukura private view
A series of meshy wool dresses hang in the circles.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
A grey short dress is hung on a mannequin suspended from the ceiling. Around the edge of the image there is a white webbing. There are more dresses hanging in the background.
Akihiko Izukura Installation view
A collection of dresses hanging on suspended mannequins, of varying colours, materials and lengths.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Large woven hangings are suspended from the ceiling. These are different brightly colours.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
A purple and green wooly scraf are on a plinth next to a standing mirror with a metal frame.
Akihiko Izukura
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Several coloured hangings in a line.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
White webbed material hangs from the ceiling, which is broken up with dresses and other tapestry hangings.
Akihiko Akihiko Izukura installation view
a large group of hanging dresses are in the centre, while in the background you can see white webbed material forming a partition.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
On the floorgoung to the left, there is a white floor covering, which has various different garments on it. There are dresses hanging in the background
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Several dresses hanging in a cluster, of varying lengths, colours and styles.
Akihiko Izukura
Two people are examining some of the art work. Most of the exhibition can be seen in the background.
Akihiko Izukura private view
Artist Akihiko Izukura stands in front of a presentation image which shows weaving on a loom
Akihiko Izukura private view
Artist, Akihiko Izukura sits behind a table, where he has a selection of colourful ceramic pots.
Akihiko Izukura private view
Four female figures sit in a line, with different colours ceramic bowls in front of them.
Akihiko Izukura private view
A large group of people stand in Bonington Atrium, with large fabric tubular hangings around them
Akihiko Izukura private view
7 hanging balls, made from yarn suspended between thick white webbed fabric. A male figure stands with his back facing the camera, and a female figure stands face on looking away from the camera.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Paper cache balls are suspended of varying colours. They have thick years around them. There is a long textured dress which hangs to the right of the balls.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Artist Akihiko Izukura walks between two rows of his dresses.
Akihiko Izukura private view
A series of meshy wool dresses hang in the circles.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
A grey short dress is hung on a mannequin suspended from the ceiling. Around the edge of the image there is a white webbing. There are more dresses hanging in the background.
Akihiko Izukura Installation view
A collection of dresses hanging on suspended mannequins, of varying colours, materials and lengths.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Large woven hangings are suspended from the ceiling. These are different brightly colours.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
A purple and green wooly scraf are on a plinth next to a standing mirror with a metal frame.
Akihiko Izukura
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Several coloured hangings in a line.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
White webbed material hangs from the ceiling, which is broken up with dresses and other tapestry hangings.
Akihiko Akihiko Izukura installation view
a large group of hanging dresses are in the centre, while in the background you can see white webbed material forming a partition.
Akihiko Izukura installation view
On the floorgoung to the left, there is a white floor covering, which has various different garments on it. There are dresses hanging in the background
Akihiko Izukura installation view
Several dresses hanging in a cluster, of varying lengths, colours and styles.
Akihiko Izukura

Featuring Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry, this exciting exhibition is an artistic collaboration between visual artists and a skilled digital embroidery technician who has translated and transformed a series of original artworks into a collection of digitally embroidered artefacts.  Exploring the relationship between the artist and the technician, Closely Held Secrets reveals the nature of the hidden dialogue between the originator of an idea and the agent of interpretation, pushing the boundaries and applications for digital embroidery.

Artists:

Tony Taylor (embroidery), Grayson Perry, Simon Beck Mather, Craig Fisher, Charlotte Hodes, Geoff Diego Litherland, Danica Maier, Derek Sprawson, Katherine Townsend and Stella Whalley.

This exhibition is taking place in affiliation with Sideshow 2010.

Print of two figures with a tree in-between them. To the left, a male figure holds and apple, wearing bright orange trousers, a black coat and a red hat. To the right a female figure wearing a yellow and red vertical striped dress. Around them there are animals and flowers.
Grayson Perry Recipe for Humanity, 2005.
blue and white thread on a white background. The green thread occupies the upper, patches in the middle, and the bottom left, of a shape which resembles a oval with a whole missing from the middle, going to the bottom edge of the shape. There are darker blue threads which randomly intersect this shape,
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The outline of a pair of eyes, with black outlines, and solid Green irises, are positioned above a randomly cut out image of a small child who is wearing a flat cap.
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Close up of one of the embroidery sewing machines working on one of the art works.
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Silver iridescent threads make a pattern which resembles tree branches with fruit and leaves protruding off them.
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On a brown and black background, this embrodery shows different coloured squares which form together to make the shape of space invaders from the vintage video game of the same name.
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Many brightly coloured embedded stars presented on a black background. Some have Silver lines between them. The stars themselves are a mixture if colours, some with 5 pinots, and some with 6.
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Nine brightly coloured squares placed in a grid. These have purple circles, green rectangles, blue and yellow blocks surrounded by a silver frame. the same image is repeated 9 times.
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Silver thread shows the pattern resembling branches, leaves and fruit. To the left of the image, there are green shapes that resemble palm trees.
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A white lace colar in a U shape is black upon a marbles white and black background.
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Close up detail on embrodery, which has long lose thin white thread in a rectangle on a black background. There is a circular shape which is left black in the centre of this rectangle of thread.
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Close up image or an embrded piece of cloth, showing loose thin white itches over a black background
Close up of work by Kath Townsend
Print of two figures with a tree in-between them. To the left, a male figure holds and apple, wearing bright orange trousers, a black coat and a red hat. To the right a female figure wearing a yellow and red vertical striped dress. Around them there are animals and flowers.
Grayson Perry Recipe for Humanity, 2005.
blue and white thread on a white background. The green thread occupies the upper, patches in the middle, and the bottom left, of a shape which resembles a oval with a whole missing from the middle, going to the bottom edge of the shape. There are darker blue threads which randomly intersect this shape,
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The outline of a pair of eyes, with black outlines, and solid Green irises, are positioned above a randomly cut out image of a small child who is wearing a flat cap.
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Close up of one of the embroidery sewing machines working on one of the art works.
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Silver iridescent threads make a pattern which resembles tree branches with fruit and leaves protruding off them.
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On a brown and black background, this embrodery shows different coloured squares which form together to make the shape of space invaders from the vintage video game of the same name.
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Many brightly coloured embedded stars presented on a black background. Some have Silver lines between them. The stars themselves are a mixture if colours, some with 5 pinots, and some with 6.
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Nine brightly coloured squares placed in a grid. These have purple circles, green rectangles, blue and yellow blocks surrounded by a silver frame. the same image is repeated 9 times.
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Silver thread shows the pattern resembling branches, leaves and fruit. To the left of the image, there are green shapes that resemble palm trees.
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A white lace colar in a U shape is black upon a marbles white and black background.
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Close up detail on embrodery, which has long lose thin white thread in a rectangle on a black background. There is a circular shape which is left black in the centre of this rectangle of thread.
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Close up image or an embrded piece of cloth, showing loose thin white itches over a black background
Close up of work by Kath Townsend