This is an artwork commissioned by Middlesbrough Art Gallery in 1987. It was painted by London born artist Anthony Lowe. Anthony didn’t get great grades in art as a student but went on to study in Liverpool, Bristol and the Royal College of Art in London before embarking on a life full of practice, passionContinue reading “Transporter Bridge, Anthony Lowe, 1987”
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High Force, William Tillyer, 1974
My parents used to take me to High Force waterfall in Teesdale quite regularly during my childhood. I remember it always being absolutely spectacular but freezing. I recall a giddy rush of school age knowingness when watching a repeat of the Michael Palin and Terry Jones comedy series Ripping Yarns and in one of theContinue reading “High Force, William Tillyer, 1974”
The Bottle of Notes by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje von Bruggen
This is a drawing by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje von Bruggen from 1988 of their sculpture the Bottle of Notes, which was eventually completed in 1992 and installed in the centre of Middlesbrough a year later. The drawing was used as a cover image for the prominent art magazine Artforum. The sculpture itself now standsContinue reading “The Bottle of Notes by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje von Bruggen”
Masterplan for Middlehaven by Will Alsop
Here we have another interpretation of the area that Lowry painted in the 1950s and Margaret Harrison in the early 2000s. However, instead of attempting to draw and paint the scene as it is, this project looks to an imagined exciting future. The scale model of the plan (which mima has on display) illustrates oneContinue reading “Masterplan for Middlehaven by Will Alsop”
The Old Town Hall by Margaret Harrison
Margaret Harrison’s practice addresses political concerns, particularly feminist ideals and histories. This painting is part of a series where she looked at the dominant visions of landscape and the built up environment by prominent male artists in museum collections (in this case the previously discussed Lowry in the Middlesbrough Collection) and reinterpreted them via herContinue reading “The Old Town Hall by Margaret Harrison”
What is art and why?
What is art? Does anyone really know? Does anyone really care? I think art means different things to different people. That’s an easy stock answer but I think it’s right – and it’s an answer I go back to all the time when talking to visitors in my role as a Gallery Assistant at MiddlesbroughContinue reading “What is art and why?”
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