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Pre-paid 2011 @ Cornerstone Gallery

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Arena Artists Carol Ramsay, Niamh Crimson, Josie Jenkins, Sarah Jane Richards, Peter Dover, Tony Smith, Ruth Piper, Mo Peacock, Anna Ketskemety and Iain Yell are all taking part in ‘Pre-Paid’, a charity exhibition/auction at the Cornerstone Gallery. The art is displayed anonymously and all proceeds go to the Artist’s Benevolent Institution & Global Hope.

Other Artists with work up for auction include Martin Greenland, Anne Desmet RA and Tracey Emin RA

Work shall be displayed online until 4pm on Wednesday 7th December. Please follow the link to view the work.

www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone-gallery/postcards2011.html

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Ben Youdan: Nobody Leaves a Scar

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

2nd – 10th July 2011

Opening times : Thursday to Sunday 11am – 4pm

Private view : Friday 1st July 6pm – 9pm

Arena Studios & Gallery are proud to present an exhibition by Liverpool Artist Ben Youdan. Ben’s work explores the conflicts inherent in the themes of death, morality, glamour, sex and belief expressed through the iconography of popular culture and the ephemera of human existence.

Ben has been a practising artist in Liverpool for many years after studying Fine Art and Architecture in the city. He has exhibited extensively throughout the country including two of the Independent Liverpool biennials, collaborating with artists such as Holly Johnson, his work is also part of a number of private and public collections. Most recently, Ben has started collaborating with other artists on film projects as part of the Alt Queer event at FACT.

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Process

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

 

 

Beverly Bennett

7th October to 24th October 2010

PV 7th October 6-8pm

The exhibition Actions at The Bluecoat in January of this year introduced London-based artist Beverley Bennett to Liverpool. Her work incorporates principles of erasure, memorability and gesture in delicate pieces constructed from torn paper and pins, and equally in gestural yet diagrammatic drawings that have been said to recall Constructivism. In fact, these drawings are simply born of a desire to fully explore what drawing is and what it can be, which is why although she is by no means a performance artist, Bennett describes her work as more than just an end result on paper. She sees her creative process as a series of “acts of play that evolve into ritualistic, performative, labour intensive actions, generating a greater understanding of the processes of making, allowing the ‘visual’ to become secondary.”

In response to this, Process presents Bennett’s creative ritual as more than mere preparation. It introduces the process as a truly engaging element of her body of work and re-establishes its place at the forefront of her practice. To do this, another creative process is used. The show’s centrepiece is a newly commissioned film by documentary filmmaker Timothy Knights. A slow and labour-intensive artistic representation of Bennett’s studio ritual, the film gives as much insight into Knights’ creative process as Bennett’s. As the viewer engages with the film, the awkward angle at which they are forced to watch leaves a physical memento of the exhibition; a strain that empathises with the exertion of Bennett’s process as they engage with her new and existing work.

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The Long Night

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

For The Long Night this Thursday, Arena Studios will be opening our doors for the very first open studio event since our relocation to the Elevator Building last year.

Housing twenty-four artists and displaying the work of Arena Associate members on studio walls, the studios will be open from 3pm until 10pm on the Long Night. Come down and meet the artists, see their latest work and have a cup of tea.

As well as this, Arena Gallery is pleased to announce emerging multi disciplinary artist Angeline Smith will be performing in the gallery. Smith employs materials whilst responding to the environment she performs in, creating pieces that intensely focus upon the perceived roles of viewer and artist during these exchanges.

Performance times are at 5, 6 & 7pm.
Arena welcomes all.

Enter through Leaf Tea Shop & Bar, pressing the buzzer on the back wall to call the studios.

There will also be events happening in Leaf Tea Shop & Bar & Hub artists in the Elevator Building, as well as the A-Foundation’s TAXED event nearby later in the evening.

www.thelongnight.org.uk

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Folkloristics

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Baltic is a coalition between two Liverpool based artists, Anna Benson and Roisin Hyland. Folkloristics is the culmination of new collaborative work by Benson and Hyland.

This showcase also marks the launch of Arena Gallery Projects, shorter events that compliement our exhibition programme.

For more information visit: www.balticartists.co.uk

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Trip Through My Window

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Trip Through My Window: Private view tonight 6-8pm

The PV of our latest exhibition Trip Through My Window, works by Anna Ketskemety, will be held at Arena Gallery tonight.

Enter through Leaf Tea Shop and use the lift to access the first floor.

All are welcome and we hope to see you there.

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Arena Gallery Second Exhibition

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Arena Gallery is pleased to annouce our second exhibition in our new venue. Trip Through My Window is a solo exhibition by Arena artist Anna Ketskemety. Anna will be presenting a body of new work in the exhibition.

Private Viewing Thursday 9 July 6-8pm at Arena Gallery.

Exhibition runs 10 – 25 July. Open Thursday – Satuday 11am – 5pm.

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Arena Gallery re-launches with Coller Elective

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Arena Gallery re-launched on Thursday 30 April with the Private Viewing of Coller Elective. The exhibition which featured a selection of collage work by Katriona Beales, Fiona Curran, Tracey Eastham and Ben Washington, heralds the start of our new gallery programme.

Coller Elective

The exhibition ends this Saturday evening so head down and see it before its too late. Opening hours 11am-5pm, enter through Leaf Tea Shop & Bar.

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