Monday, December 17, 2018

Reminder - Tuesday 18th Dec : Emily Hesse in conversation Rose Lejeune followed by Festive Drinks

Emily Hesse  ‘Accidental, Dear’ 2018 Ceramic, Scented Clay (Christmas Spice), Wild Boar Tusks 31.5 x 29.5 x 18 cm 12 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 7 1/8 in  Photo: John McKenzie Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Foundation

Emily Hesse ‘Accidental, Dear’ 2018
Ceramic, Scented Clay (Christmas Spice), Wild Boar Tusks
31.5 x 29.5 x 18 cm
Photo: John McKenzie, courtesy of the artist and Workplace Foundation

 

Emily Hesse in conversation with Rose Lejeune


followed by Festive Drinks



Tuesday 18th December 2018
18.30 - 19.30 Artists Talk
19.30 Festive Drinks ALL WELCOME

Workplace FoundationThe Old Post Office
19-21 West Street
Gateshead
NE8 1AD, UK
+44 (0)191 477 2200
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 - 5pm

Join us on Tuesday evening to hear Emily Hesse talk about her solo exhibition The Taste of this History: a Church in my Mouth with Rose Lejeune followed by festive food and drinks at the gallery.

Rose Lejeune is a consultant, curator and researcher working with public institutions and private individuals to explore collecting contemporary art with a specific interest in context-based, social and performative practices.

In addition to regular writing and public speaking on these topics, current and recent projects include; a year-long series of new collection commissions at the Victoria Museum and Gallery, Liverpool; a strategic review for the University of Salford Art collection; study day and report for the Contemporary Art Society, and work with private collectors. Rose is also the Associate Curator for the Delfina Foundation's Collecting as Practice programme.

A research and residency project, the programme has included significant interaction with both global private collectors and public museum collections including the devising of public programmes and artists residencies. Rose Lejeune's current curatorial activities have developed following a decade of extensive experience working with public organisations throughout the UK and in particular working closely with artists to commission for non-gallery situations. This includes as Curator at Art on the Underground, and Education Projects Curator at Serpentine Gallery.

Rose holds a BA in Philosophy and Art History, an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art. She was a Vision Forum Research Member at Linkopings Universitet, Sweden 2014-16. Rose is currently a PhD candidate in Curating at Goldsmith's College, University of London, where her research focuses on curatorial frameworks for performance art in and out of the art market.
 
Workplace Foundation is a new charity based in Gateshead in the North of England founded by Workplace.

Workplace Foundation supports emerging and under-represented artists with a specific commitment to UK art scenes outside of London. Workplace Foundation is part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio.
 

Reminder - Tuesday 18th Dec : Emily Hesse in conversation Rose Lejeune followed by Festive Drinks

Emily Hesse  ‘Accidental, Dear’ 2018 Ceramic, Scented Clay (Christmas Spice), Wild Boar Tusks 31.5 x 29.5 x 18 cm 12 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 7 1/8 in  Photo: John McKenzie Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Foundation

Emily Hesse ‘Accidental, Dear’ 2018
Ceramic, Scented Clay (Christmas Spice), Wild Boar Tusks
31.5 x 29.5 x 18 cm
Photo: John McKenzie, courtesy of the artist and Workplace Foundation

 

Emily Hesse in conversation with Rose Lejeune


followed by Festive Drinks



Tuesday 18th December 2018
18.30 - 19.30 Artists Talk
19.30 Festive Drinks ALL WELCOME

Workplace FoundationThe Old Post Office
19-21 West Street
Gateshead
NE8 1AD, UK
+44 (0)191 477 2200
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 - 5pm

Join us on Tuesday evening to hear Emily Hesse talk about her solo exhibition The Taste of this History: a Church in my Mouth with Rose Lejeune followed by festive food and drinks at the gallery.

Rose Lejeune is a consultant, curator and researcher working with public institutions and private individuals to explore collecting contemporary art with a specific interest in context-based, social and performative practices.

In addition to regular writing and public speaking on these topics, current and recent projects include; a year-long series of new collection commissions at the Victoria Museum and Gallery, Liverpool; a strategic review for the University of Salford Art collection; study day and report for the Contemporary Art Society, and work with private collectors. Rose is also the Associate Curator for the Delfina Foundation's Collecting as Practice programme.

A research and residency project, the programme has included significant interaction with both global private collectors and public museum collections including the devising of public programmes and artists residencies. Rose Lejeune's current curatorial activities have developed following a decade of extensive experience working with public organisations throughout the UK and in particular working closely with artists to commission for non-gallery situations. This includes as Curator at Art on the Underground, and Education Projects Curator at Serpentine Gallery.

Rose holds a BA in Philosophy and Art History, an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art. She was a Vision Forum Research Member at Linkopings Universitet, Sweden 2014-16. Rose is currently a PhD candidate in Curating at Goldsmith's College, University of London, where her research focuses on curatorial frameworks for performance art in and out of the art market.
 
Workplace Foundation is a new charity based in Gateshead in the North of England founded by Workplace.

Workplace Foundation supports emerging and under-represented artists with a specific commitment to UK art scenes outside of London. Workplace Foundation is part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio.
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Matt Stokes wins a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award

Matt Stokes. Photo credit: Emile Holba, Courtesy Paul Hamlyn Foundation
WORKPLACE are delighted to congratulate Matt Stokes on winning a highly respected Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists.

Ten awards of £60,000 each are made annually by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, five to visual artists and five to composers. The recipients of Awards for Artists 2018 were announced last night in London by guest speaker Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE.

Matt Stokes is the third WORKPLACE artist to receive a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists - previous recipients include Marcus Coates (2008), and Eric Bainbridge (1996)
 
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists:

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.

Awards for Artists supports individuals at a timely moment in their careers, giving them the freedom to develop their creative ideas and contributing to their personal and professional growth. The awards are made every year and come with no strings attached – artists are free to use the money in whichever way they decide.

For more information on Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists please click here
 
Matt Stokes:

Newcastle-based artist Matt Stokes (born 1973) explores notions of collectivity and shared purpose through inquiry into the situations and beliefs that shape people’s lives and identities. Music – its history, subcultures and socio-political effects – has long been a central focus in his work.

Employing extensive research processes, his projects often evolve into films, installations and events. These outcomes hold collaboration at the centre of their formation, and by working closely with musicians, composers, and tight-knit communities, Stokes seeks to celebrate the groups involved, alongside challenging assumptions about alternative ways of living.

Most recently, Stokes has devised projects employing live action role play (larp), a type of interactive game where participants physically assume roles and act as a character within a set fiction. For Stokes, larps act as both works in themselves, and as prompts to generate ideas and methods for other works that draw from the bleed and ruptures between role-play and real life.

In 2017 Stokes created a multi-channel film for We The People Are The Work: a citywide project in Plymouth, which explored ideas of power, protest and the public. He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include WORKPLACE London; Matt’s Gallery, London; Site Gallery, Sheffield; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville; De Hallen, Haarlem; Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel; Zabludowicz Collection, London and Arthouse, Austin. Recent group presentations include IMT Gallery, London: an exhibition of activities involving role-playing and M HKA, Antwerp: the first museum exhibition considering the advent and aesthetics of rave alongside its effects on wider culture.

For further information on Matt Stokes please click here
Matt Stokes Dead Sea Deaf Sea, 2017 Wood, rope, steel, hand woven WW2 Royal Navy ratings uniforms each 187 x 274 x 75 cm. Installation view: Matt Stokes Dead Sea Deaf Sea, Workplace London, 2017