The Bubble: Empty Shop Open Review

Nick — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:52 +0000

Our friends at The Bubble came along to the opening of the 4th annual Open and produced a really well written piece in response to the show. It’s a bit of a mixed bag in terms of what they thought of the work but their interpretation of the show as a whole and Empty Shop in general are pretty faithful to our intentions, so give it a read and make up your own mind.

http://w ww.thebubble.org.uk/art-photography/reviewed-4th-annual-empty-shop-open#!page=1

*Correction, The Bubble article refers to Neil Armstrong’s piece as “The Wasp Room” whereas it’s actually titled “Today I’d like to lie down and become a wasp’s nest”

Exhibition: 4th annual Empty Shop Open

Carlo — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:29:30 +0000

Established in 2009 The Empty Shop Open is a new tradition for the North East art scene and our flagship event.
Opening on Friday 27th January and running until the following weekend the show provides an opportunity for all artists based in the area to present work of any media in a totally independent, high profile exhibition in Durham city.

We’re also presenting a number of other exhibitions across the building:

1) Artist Neil Armstrong has been invited to produce a site specific installation using found and reclaimed materials in The Pink Room.

2) Taking place at the Open we have a second opportunity for people to see Julia Tryon’s “The Scaled House” the latest installation in our Stairwell Gallery.

3) Open Studios over the 2nd Floor of Empty Shop HQ

4) And finally we’re delighted to welcome back firm favourite and Empty Shop stalwart, The Cloud Commission, who is creating an original wall mural. Very, very exciting!

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All welcome and it’s free to attend
Preview: Friday 27th January | 6pm – 10pm
Open daily: Saturday 28th – Sunday 5th | 12pm – 4pm

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