ARTIST ROOMS
Vija Celmins
To coincide with Wilderness, we are delighted to present a selection of works by acclaimed Latvian-American artist Vija Celmins (b. 1938) drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection. Celmins’s densely layered drawings and prints engage with the natural world; the surface of the ocean, expanses of desert, a spider’s web or star-filled […]
Wilderness
Boyd & Evans, Ralph Fleck, Noémie Goudal, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Esther Johnson, Richard Long, Boomoon, Ben Rivers, Hiraki Sawa, Emma Stibbon As part of a season of exhibitions exploring the theme of wilderness, The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present paintings, drawings, photographs and film works by a group of artists whose […]
Mike Nelson
Lionheart
Mike Nelson is known for his installations, which often take the form of extended labyrinths; immersive environments that involve the viewer. Lionheart, 1997 consists of found materials painstakingly collected from specific locations by the artist and assembled to create a fictional drifter’s camp, complete with skins, traps, darts, trophies and beer cans. The work […]
Andrew Tift
Immortalise
The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present a major solo exhibition by Walsall artist Andrew Tift. The exhibition brings together brand new works combined with selected works from the artist’s past practice and will comprise paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and for the first time, a series of photographs. Focusing around the genre of […]
Mahtab Hussain
Going back home to where I came from
In September 2016, Mahtab Hussain travelled to Kashmir; to the place where his parents had once called home. He was able to meet members of his family for the first time, including his great grandmother, and to witness the kind of life he may have lived, had history taken a different turn. Born […]
Mahtab Hussain
Mitti Ka Ghar
Mitti Ka Ghar means “house made of earth” in Urdu. The house has been built by artist Mahtab Hussain with the help of local people. It is based on traditional Kashmiri mud houses, still found in parts of the region. The house is made from straw, timber and clay. Mahtab will be in the […]
Leah Carless
Hidden Processes
Leah Carless works with sculpture to explore ideas around making and materiality and the emotional qualities we attach to to physical objects and processes. Her practice involves the investigation of notions of physicality in contemporary society; in particular, what it might mean to have a fleshy body in a consumer culture saturated by visual imagery. […]
Artists in Focus
This display looks at 10 contemporary artists who have a distinct body of work in our Permanent Collection. Work by each artist is positioned in relation to one of our key collection themes and presented as a trail through the Floor 1 and 2 galleries. Included are recent acquisitions by Frank Auerbach, Rachel Goodyear, […]
Cornelia Parker
Thirty Pieces of Silver (Exposed)
In this body of work, recently acquired for our Permanent Collection, Parker has re-appropriated a group of found glass photographic negatives of antique silverware, continuing her interest in objects and their histories, the material of silver, and the medium of photography. Artists in Focus – Celebrating Museums & Wellbeing exhibition guide