Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
For this major new exhibition at MAC, SHU Professor of Sculpture Keith Wilson further develops his longstanding investigation into the cultural status of sculpture, considering how ideas develop in the private sphere of the artist’s studio and transform into a public presentation of work in a gallery. Calendar Upper Gallery, MAC Belfast 12 August – 16 October 2016 Preview on […]
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Professor Keith Wilson has made it to the final of 5 artists shortlisted for the Birmingham Big Art Project, which will commission a new £2 million artwork for Birmingham. The Birmingham Big Art Project was established by Birmingham Civic Society to mark its centenary celebrations to create a lasting piece of permanent public art for the city. The objective of […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 3 of 3: The Global Institution Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 2 of 3: University Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion very much […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 1 of 3: House Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion very much […]
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Title: The Work and the World Speaker: Prof Keith Wilson Keith Wilson completed a major new commission Steles ready for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, works that remain as a key part of the new Queen Elizabeth Park. His most recent curatorial project (with Penelope Curtis) was Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy in 2011, and as part of […]
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After leaving the Slade in the late 1980s, Keith Wilson worked for a year with deaf-blind adults as art instructor. Drawing two spaced fingertips in a wave motion across the forehead of a student, a tactile ‘brainwave’ sign announced the arrival of the artist, the subject of art, and the imminent activity of making art. This modification of the British […]
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