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Celebrating a major exhibition of new paintings by Birmingham-born artist John Walker (b. 1939), who studied at the Moseley School of Art, and later the Birmingham College of Art. He was the first artist to show at Ikon Gallery when it moved in 1972 to new premises in the Birmingham Shopping Centre above New Street Station. Here he presented large chalk drawings on blackboards made in situ. In the same year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, then subsequently won the John Moores Painting Prize (1976), and was nominated for the coveted Turner Prize (1985). The exhibition reveals an artist at the height of his powers, featuring anti-scenic paintings inspired by the coastal landscapes of Maine (United States) where Walker now lives. The freedom with which he is working, and the edgy beauty he achieves as a result, give rise to a refreshing artistic experience of colour and graphic rhythms. Walker's preoccupation with the natural world, and his place in it, is engaging in its essentialism capturing light, space and tidal movement. He is turning paint into land, sea and sky on a coastline that beats to the sound of the Atlantic Ocean, a far cry from the industrial city where he was born and brought up. The artist left Birmingham more than 50 years ago to explore new landscapes, literally and artistically, yet this exhibition represents his long-awaited homecoming. Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (04.12.2019-23.02.2020)

Catalogo della mostra tenutasi presso la Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 18 giugno - 30 agosto 2021. Testi di Elizabeth Macgregor e Jonathan Watkins. Illustrazioni a colori (opere di Tania Kovats, Antoni Miralda, Permindar Kaur, Graham Gussin, Gordon Bennet et al.) Biografie degli artisti esposti (Nancy Spero, Edward Allington, Juan Davila, Ellen Gallagher, Victor Grippo, Lisa Milroy, Lucia Nogueira, Adrian Piper, Martha Rosler, Maxine Walker, John Yeadon, et al.) . 8vo (cm 26x22) pp. 192 Brossura (wrappers) Perfetto (Mint) The fourth in a series of surveys of Ikon's artistic programme, the exhibition was a review of the 1990s, comprising work by 40 artists who featured in exhibitions at Ikon in John Bright Street, Birmingham, during 1990-1997, and at Ikon's current premises in Brindleyplace until 1999. Quarta di una serie di indagini sul programma artistico di Ikon, la mostra è stata una rassegna degli anni Novanta, comprendente le opere di 40 artisti esposte all'Ikon con sede a John Bright Street a Birmingham nel periodo 1990-1997 e nell'attuale sede di Ikon in Brindleyplace fino al 1999.

Modern architecture is often associated with the horror genre. In fiction and film, high-rise towers and concrete buildings form the backdrop to terrifying stories of dystopia.0The exhibition takes Birmingham as its starting point, a city renowned for its brutalist architecture.0It considers how the exhibiting artists unpack the troubled histories and legacies of modernist buildings through the lens of horror by linking its tropes (suspense, darkness, fear) with qualities of modernist design.0Configured in dialogue with the architecture of Ikon?s galleries, it will take viewers on a journey that highlights how the design and features of a building can shape not only our movement and perception, but also our deepest fears.00Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (25.11.2022 - 01.05.2023)

This publication accompanies the eponymous exhibition.0It features full-colour documentation alongside a foreword by Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins and a conversation between Betsy Bradley and Ikon Curator Melanie Pocock. Designed by multidisciplinary practice Burgess & Beech, whose previous partners include Turner. Works, the Zabludowicz Collection, and Jerwood Makers Open. Supported by Emmerson Press.00Exhibition: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (03.12.2021 - 13.02.2022)

This publication accompanies Ikon's exhibition 'Abdulrazaq Awofeso: Out of Frame', (10 June - 29 August 2022), a solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso recently arrived in Birmingham from Lagos. '...this solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso features all new work. It includes a multitude of figurative sculptures made from discarded wooden pallets - utilised to transport goods around the world, this widely used material forms a metaphor of human migration. Awofeso, recently arrived in Birmingham from Lagos, has individually crafted and painted each figure which represent an array of real and imagined characters, and embody the modern city, where people from all walks of life come together.' The exhibition is part of Ikon's Arrivals programme for Summer 2022, concerned with the international movement of people and ideas and organised to coincide with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.