Programme July – September 2014 www.ikon-gallery.org Free entry As Exciting As We Can Make It Rasheed Araeen Art & Language Ikon in the 1980s Sue Arrowsmith 2 July – 31 August 2014 Kevin Atherton First and Second Floor Galleries Terry Atkinson Gillian Ayres A survey of Ikon’s programme from the 1980s, Bernard Bazile As Exciting As We Can Make It, is a highlight of our Ian Breakwell 50th anniversary year. A comprehensive exhibition, Vanley Burke 2 including work by 29 artists, it features painting, Eddie Chambers sculpture, installation, film and photography actually Shelagh Cluett The 1980s saw the rise of postmodernism, a fast-moving shown at the gallery during this pivotal decade. Agnes Denes zeitgeist that chimed in with broader cultural shifts in Britain, in particular the politics that evolved under the Max Eastley premiership of Margaret Thatcher. There was a return to figurative painting; a shameless “appropriationism” that Charles Garrad saw artists ‘pick and mix’ from art history, non-western art and popular culture; and an enthusiastic re-embrace of Ron Haselden Dada and challenge to notions of self contained works of art Susan Hiller through an increasing popularity of installation. Ikon had a reputation by the end of the 1980s as a key John Hilliard national venue for installation art. Dennis Oppenheim’s Albert Irvin extraordinary work Vibrating Forest (From the Fireworks Series) (1982), made from welded steel, a candy floss machine and Tamara Krikorian unfired fireworks, returns to Ikon for the exhibition, as does Charles Garrad’s Monsoon (1986) featuring a small building, Pieter Laurens Mol set out as a restaurant somewhere in South East Asia, subjected to theatrical effects of thunder and lightning in an Mali Morris evocative scenario.

John Newling John Stezaker is represented by a series of Five Collages (1978) coupling soft-core pornography and romantic love photo- Hugh O’Donnell stories, whilst Vanley Burke, an artist from concerned especially with black communities and culture Dennis Oppenheim in the UK, shows photographs depicting worship in a local Cornelia Parker church, family weddings and baptisms. Sean Scully 1 Mali Morris Terry Shave Purple Heart (1979) Acrylic on canvas, 167 × 165.5 cm John Stezaker Courtesy the artist 2 , John Bright Street, c.1982 1 Richard Wilson Photograph by David Manley As Exciting As We Can Make It is an opportunity to consider the achievements of Hugh Stoddart and Antonia Payne, Ikon’s directors during the period 1978–1989 who both demonstrated rare ambition in the face of local and national adversity. Indeed the title of this exhibition comes from a letter written in 1978 by Stoddart to American artist Agnes Denes in which he lays out his plans for the future, remaining upbeat whilst realistic about financial constraints, and promising “to put on an exhibition programme as exciting as I can make it.”

So too we celebrate all the artists they worked with, many of whom either were appreciated at the time for their significance, or have since gone on to enjoy deserved recognition.

This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of David Prentice (1936–2014), a founder artist of Ikon.

A major new publication accompanies the exhibition, including an essay by Ikon’s current director, Jonathan Watkins, and contributions from Hugh Stoddart and Antonia Payne. Visit Ikon’s online shop at www.ikon-gallery.org for the full range of Ikon’s catalogues and limited editions.

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3 Dennis Oppenheim Vibrating Forest (From the Fireworks Series) (1982) Steel, perforated angle, aluminium track, cast plaster, lamp, cotton candy machine, vibrating motors and flares 426 × 548 × 1066 cm Collection A. Oppenheim Courtesy MOT International

4 John Stezaker Psychomontage (Kiss) (1976) Collage, 66.2 × 51.1 cm Courtesy The Approach, 7

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In 1988 Ikon commissioned Cornelia Parker to Cornelia Parker make Thirty Pieces of Silver, a major installation now in the collection of Tate. She returns to Ikon to show Thirty Pieces of Silver (exhaled) (2003), a Ikon Icon: 1980s recent work comprising thirty silver-plated items crushed by a 250 tonne industrial press. A kind Exhibition of critical response to monumental floor-based

5 Charles Garrad 2 July – 31 August 2014 sculpture, it also characteristically conflates ideas Monsoon (1986/2014) Tower Room, Second Floor of preciousness and perceived cultural value with Installation, various dimensions Only accessible via a number of steps traces of a traumatic event. Courtesy the artist

6 Hugh O’Donnell Ikon Icons sees the return of five key British artists Bacarole (1978) from an exhibition programme starting in 1965, Oil, canvas and wood 203.4 × 183 cm one artist per decade: John Salt (1960s), Ian Emes Arts Council Collection, (1970s), Cornelia Parker (1980s), Yinka Shonibare Southbank Centre, London (1990s) and Julian Opie (2000s). A presentation 7 Cornelia Parker of work by each takes place consecutively during Thirty Pieces of Silver (1988–1989) Ikon 50, in Ikon’s Tower Room. The series is a major Installation view, Ikon Gallery, John Bright Street component of Ikon 50, the programme of exhibition Courtesy the artist and events celebrating Ikon’s 50th anniversary. Marko Mäetamm Ikon Shop Love

Exhibition 2 July – 9 September 2014 Fletchers Walk, Birmingham B3 3HJ

To celebrate the new exhibition, Ikon Shop launches an irresistible new range of 80s gifts by Birmingham Associated event jewellers Working Clasp and remembers the decade with a range of associated book and catalogues. Plastic Fantastic This really will be as exciting as we can make it! Saturday 26 July 11.30am–12.30pm, 2–3pm or 4–5pm Ikon Shop is open Tuesday – Sunday, 10.30am–6pm £15 per person* or you can shop online at www.ikon-gallery.org Join us for an hour-long 80s-inspired jewellery All profits from Ikon Shop support Ikon Gallery’s workshop, led by Working Clasp. Choose from charitable artistic and educational programme. a range of bright block, fluorescent and semi- transparent laser cut shapes to make your own As Exciting As We Can Make It: Ikon in the 1980s ‘Ikonic’ design template for a key ring, earring, Exhibition catalogue bracelet or necklace. *Cost includes all materials. Special Exhibition Price: £12.95 (RRP £14.95) Booking essential, visit www.ikon-gallery.org to The third in our series of retrospective catalogues, book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Ikon shows a short video by acclaimed Estonian published to coincide with the exhibition celebrating artist Marko Mäetamm in a disused shop unit in Ikon’s programme in the 1980s. Also available in a Fletchers Walk, central Birmingham, a space the set of three catalogues celebrating Ikon in the 1960s, gallery has occupied since December 2013 to present 70s and 80s (£30). silent film works. Working Clasp Love (2010) is characteristically inspired by Mäetamm’s Ikon launches an exclusive new range of family life. Set in the kitchen of his apartment, we see 80s-inspired jewellery and gifts by Working Clasp. him professing undying love to his wife while she is Think bold and colourful styles reminiscent of the clearly rushing to finish preparations for a meal. Her decade, inspired by some of the best loved video attempts to undertake a mundane chore are foiled games and animation of the time including Pac- 8 Marko Mäetamm by his intense romanticism. Occasional appearances Man, Tetris, Rubik’s Cubes, Roobarb and Custard Love (2010) Courtesy Temnikova & Kasela Gallery of their children, unwitting extras in this down-home and ThunderCats. Prices from £5–£40. and the artist drama, only serve to enhance the absurd humour. www.workingclasp.com Those Were The Decades

A series of special events focusing on the five decades of Ikon’s history and the social, political and cultural context, including talks, debates and film screenings.

1980s: Anything Goes Saturday 12 July

Heritage Learning Space Level 4, Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street Birmingham B1 2ND

11am–12pm – illustrated talk 4–5pm – screening 7.30–9.30pm – screening Vanley Burke Motorcity Music Years Part 3: Rude Boys and Wild Boys Sans Soleil Booking information Since his arrival in the UK in 1965 Vanley Burke has Dir. Jonnie Turpie, produced by Roger Shannon Dir. Chris Marker, France, 1983, 100mins, cert 15. taken photographs to document the experiences and Chris Phipps, 1992, 30 mins Meeting Room 104, Conference Suite Day Passes (includes evening film screening) of African-Caribbean communities in a ‘post- Motorcity Music Years Part 3: Rude Boys and Wild Level 1, Library of Birmingham £15 / £12 concessions Windrush Britain’. Here he shares remarkable Boys looks at how Reggae, the emergence of Two A landmark film from the 80s, Sans Soleil is a docu- Evening film screening only (Sans Soleil) images from Birmingham and Handsworth in the Tone, and the phenomenon of the New Romantics fiction that combines travelogue, documentary and £7.50 / £5.50 concessions 1980s that challenge cultural assumptions of our dominated the music scene in Birmingham in the film essay in a poetic journey across the globe. It is a national identity. 1980s, most notably with bands such as UB40, vision of a transforming landscape during a time of Book online at www.ikon-gallery.org or call Ikon Shop , The Selecter, Steel Pulse and The exponential change, intercutting contemporary film on 0121 248 0711 (please provide full name, telephone 12.15–1.30pm – panel discussion Beat. Followed by a Q&A with John Mostyn, former footage with imagery and reflections drawn from number and email address at time of booking). Also Ikon in the 1980s manager of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals. the past. Hugely influential, Marker paved the way available on the door (cash only). Chaired by Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins, for documentary essayists such as Patrick Keiller with artists Cornelia Parker and John Newling, 6–7pm – in conversation and Adam Curtis, and Sans Soleil continues to be Future events: and former Ikon Director Antonia Payne. Jonathan Coe and Roger Shannon an important film for both fiction, and non-fiction Saturday 11 October Meeting Room 104, Conference Suite filmmakers all over the world. This event includes an 1990s: The March of Globalisation 2.30–3.30pm – archive session Level 1, Library of Birmingham introductory talk by Dr Jon Kear, University of Kent. Saturday 29 November Exploring the Archives with Dr. Chris Upton A special opportunity to hear Birmingham-born 2000s: The Age of Turbulence Join Library Archive Manager Rachel Macgregor and author Jonathan Coe discuss his novels with Roger local historian Dr Chris Upton, Newman University, Shannon, Edge Hill University, Liverpool. Coe’s Organised in collaboration with Flatpack Film as they explore rarely seen material from the 1980s. work includes The Rotters’ Club (2001), set in 1970s Festival, The Library of Birmingham, and What a Carve Up! (1994), set in Birmingham and Writing West Midlands. Thatcher’s Britain of the 1980s. “After more than a decade of Thatcherism in the UK, I thought it was a good moment to write a book about some of the 9 Vanley Burke changes imposed upon the country in that time.” Young men on a see-saw in Handsworth Park (1984) – Jonathan Coe Courtesy Vanley Burke Ikon Traces walking tours Creative workshops Public Events Sunday 27 July, 2–4pm Family Events Sunday 3 August, 3–5pm £5 per person, payable in advance Activities aimed at specific age groups Ikon Traces is a series of guided walks inspired by Talks and tours Ikon’s venues, artists and off-site activities through Free drop-in activities Parent and toddler morning at DanceXchange the decades. With photographer Pete Ashton, Tuesday 15 July, 10–11am Spotlight Tours local music promoter Dave Travis and organised For all ages £4 per child, payable in advance Every Friday, 1pm and Sunday, 3pm – FREE in association with Ben Waddington as part of No need to book, stay for as long as you like DanceXchange, Level 5, Join a member of our staff team for a 15 minute Birmingham’s Still Walking Festival 2014. Places are Thorp Street, Birmingham B5 4TB spotlight tour looking at a key work in the limited, please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book Family Saturdays This session, led by dance artist Marie-Louise exhibition. No need to book, meet in Ikon foyer. online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Saturday 5 July, 1–4pm – FREE Crawley, explores movement and is aimed at Explore the current exhibition of artwork from parents with children aged 0–3 years. Places are Understanding Art Part V: Women and Art Audio Described Introductory Tour the 1980s limited, please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book Thursday 26 June, 2–3pm Thursday 21 August, 2–3pm – FREE Saturday 2 August, 1–4pm – FREE online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Wolverhampton Art Gallery Join us for an informal audio described introduction Sculpture workshop inspired by Cornelia Parker’s Thursday 3 July, 2–3pm to our current exhibitions with a focus on two key exhibition Ikon Gallery works. Suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors Open to all ages (adults very welcome), these Thursday 10 July, 2–3pm and their friends and family. Places are free but afternoons of creative activities engage, challenge The New Art Gallery Walsall should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org and delight. Join us as we explore the current Thursday 17 July, 2–3pm to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. exhibitions and make original artwork. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts £20 for all four sessions Art Explorer Fridays £16 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+ Friday 1 August, Friday 8 August, Friday 15 August, This four-part course explores complex relationships Friday 22 August, Friday 29 August between women and art. At Wolverhampton Workshop 1–4pm – FREE Art Gallery discover how contemporary female Throughout August Fridays are family-friendly photographer Justyna Ptak reveals the beauty in our Painting Workshop with Juneau Projects Art Explorer Days: drop in, collect a bag and take surroundings. Study works by artists including Cornelia Thursday 7 August, 2–4.30pm – £4 per person* a special trail around the exhibitions with Ikon’s Events for Parker as part of a retrospective look at Ikon, and art, Meet at Ikon Gallery, Learning team. in the 1980s. At The New Art Gallery Walsall return A practical painting session led by Midlands based to contemporary photography with Noémie Goudal‘s artists Juneau Projects, inspired by Ikon’s Black Country Story Time Tuesdays young people images, inspired by isolated places. Lastly, explore Voyages project 2014. This hands-on workshop, Tuesday 5 August, Tuesday 12 August, the complex roles of women as models, muses and devised especially for adults, takes place on board Tuesday 19 August, Tuesday 26 August makers in art history, illustrated in the Barber Institute Ikon’s canal boat, with limited spaces and access. 11–11.30am – FREE Known as IYP, the Ikon Youth Programme is a group collection. Booking essential. Call Ikon Shop on Booking essential, visit www.ikon-gallery.org to This special series of story-telling sessions takes of young people, aged 15-19, who share an interest 0121 248 0711 or visit www.ikon-gallery.org book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. *Cost place in the galleries and is inspired by the current in visual art. Meeting regularly at Ikon Gallery since includes refreshments and materials. exhibition. 2009, participants are encouraged to devise creative BSL Exhibition Tour projects, establish links with other youth groups and Thursday 10 July, 1–3pm – FREE share their opinions about a range of topics. Join a member of the Learning Team for an informal www.ikon-gallery.org/iyp tour with British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. Performance Suitable for Deaf visitors and their friends and Open Social family. A fitted induction loop is available. Places are Sunday Afternoon Concert Friday 8 August, 6.30–8pm – FREE free but should be booked by emailing e.libetta@ Sunday 10 August, 3–4.30pm – FREE A chance for young people to visit the current ikon-gallery.org or calling Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Experimental musicians Howard Skempton and exhibitions and enjoy live performances. Booking is Max Eastley, stars of Ikon’s programme during essential. Please call Ikon on 0121 248 0708 or email Afternoon Tea the 1980s, return to the gallery for an afternoon Kate Self at [email protected] Thursday 17 July, 2.30–4.30pm – £4 per person concert. Skempton plays his acclaimed compositions All events take place at Ikon Gallery Join us for an exhibition tour, followed by tea and for accordion, while Eastley will be joined again unless otherwise stated. IYP Presents cake courtesy of ChangeKitchen. Booking essential, by Steve Beresford and David Toop, as they, and Saturday 16 August, 1–4pm – FREE visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Paul Burwell, were with him at Ikon in 1980 for a When booking please indicate children’s ages and A regular workshop ideal for young people. Visit Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. legendary performance of Whirled Music. No need to note that children should be accompanied by an Ikon’s current exhibition and take part in a practical www.changekitchen.co.uk book, just drop in. adult at all times. activity. No need to book, just drop in. Black Country Voyages (2014–2017) is an art programme for local young people, aged 15–19 years old, involving members of the Ikon Youth Programme (IYP). It takes place on board the Aaron Manby, a canal boat generously leased from Sandwell Council.

This year we are working in Langley Green, Smethwick, Oldbury, Associated Events Cradley Heath, Brownhills, Dudley, Stourbridge and Tipton. Our partners include the Glass House College Stourbridge, RSA Academy Black Country Voyages at Saltwells Nature Reserve Black Country Voyages in Netherton Tipton, Sandwell Community Libraries, Galton Valley Heritage Doulton Clay Pits Open Day Wednesday 13 August, 12–4pm – FREE Centre, the Cradley Heath Collective, Red House Glass Cone and the Saturday 26 July, 12–4pm – FREE Canalside Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, Saltwells Nature Reserve, off Coppice Road, Bumblehole Conservation Group Visitor Centre Quarry Bank, Dudley, West Midlands, DY5 1TF Windmill End, Netherton, Dudley DY2 9HU Midlands based artists Juneau Projects are leading Black Country Artists Clayground Collective host an informal event Black Country Voyages tours to Netherton and moors Voyages in 2014, with a project inspired by nature and its interaction inspired by Doulton’s clay pits. The activities include at the Windmill End Junction. Join us for an informal with society. Working closely with members of IYP they will transform walks and creative workshops. afternoon of workshops including painting, drawing the interior and exterior of the boat into a hand-painted archive of www.claygroundcollective.org and walks, all taking place around the visitor centre people’s ideas of the natural world. This interactive programme will and nature reserve. see Juneau Projects and IYP travel along local canals, engaging local Black Country Voyages in Tipton www.blackcountryvoyages.org audiences through workshops, live performances and exhibitions. Tuesday 29 July and Friday 1 August, 1–4pm – FREE Birmingham Canal, Owen Street, Tipton Black Country Voyages in Stourbridge Black Country Voyages is organised in collaboration with the Canal & Black Country Voyages tours to Tipton and moors Friday 22 August River Trust. in Tipton Green. Members of IYP lead practical 12.30–1.30pm, 1.30–2.30pm, 2.30–3.30pm workshops including painting, badge-making, zine- £2.25 per person, payable on the day To celebrate Black Country Day on 14 July, Ikon launches making and hosting public talks. The Red House Glass Cone, High Street www.blackcountryvoyages.org by Birmingham designers Substrakt. www.blackcountryvoyages.org Stourbridge DY8 4AZ Visit the site to track the boat’s journey and find out about events. Black Country Voyages tours to Stourbridge and hosts a week-long summer school for local young Facebook: blackcountryvoyages people (for more information contact Kate Self, Twitter: @bcvoyages #blackcountryvoyages [email protected]). Join us and celebrate the summer exhibition Nature (9 August – 13 For more information or to get involved please contact Kate Self at September), with an afternoon of family-friendly [email protected] or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. workshops. Make your own fused glass trinkets,

10 Artworks produced in a creative session work with Juneau Projects and visit our canal boat. led by artists Juneau Projects, May 2014 www.dudley.gov.uk/see-and-do/museums David Prentice was a founder of Ikon, one of a few David Prentice that had the vision to encourage artistic adventure in Birmingham. Energetic, very gifted and intelligent, he made an enormous contribution to our recent 1936–2014 art history. David was working right up until his last days – interestingly referring back in style to his seminal work from the early 60s – as keen and as generous as ever in his conversation.

Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director

Lee Bul Future Ikon 10 September – 9 November 2014 Ikon presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Korean artist Lee Bul. This survey of early drawings, Exhibitions studies, sculptural pieces and ambitious installations – including a new commission – showcases the compelling work which has established Lee as one of the most important artists of her generation.

Ikon Icons: Yinka Shonibare 10 September – 9 November 2014 Continuing Ikon’s celebration of the past five decades, Yinka Shonibare is our Ikon Icon for the 1990s. Yinka Shonibare’s exhibition at Ikon in 1999 was seminal. We now show Five Under Garments and Much More (1995), an early suspended installation

11 Lee Bul that prefigures the artist’s mannequin works. Each After Bruno Taut (Devotion to Drift) (2013) piece mimics the structured corsetry of period noble Presented by the Art Fund under Art Fund dress but the dramatically enlarged proportions and International for joint ownership by The New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham Museums exuberant textiles suggest a provocative de-robing Trust, 2013 (2013.0010) of social and class constructions. Corporate Patrons About Ikon Find out More Thank You Deutsche Bank; EY; Glenn Howells Architects; Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace; SACO Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary Visitor Resource Room on the second floor is a Ikon would like to thank the following for their Serviced Apartments; Wragge&Co. art venue situated in central Birmingham. Housed place for visitors to find out more about the artists invaluable support over the past 12 months in the neo-gothic Oozells Street School, it is an showing at Ikon. Filmed interviews, books and other The Arts Club; Australian Government through Individual Patrons educational charity and works to encourage public publications give background information to the the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory Adrian Bland; Simon Chapman; Jean Denning; engagement with contemporary art through exhibitions. The room is also a place for families to body; The Baring Foundation; BBC; School of Art, Victoria Denning; Joan Edlis; Carl & Didi Forster; exhibiting new work in a context of debate and enjoy creative practical activities. Birmingham City University; Birmingham Library Patzi Haslimann; John & Anna Hatch; Tom Jones; participation. and Archive Services, Birmingham City University; Jeanette Koch; David & Mary Lodge; Stephen Gallery Tours and creative workshops are available Bortolami Gallery, New York; Edward & Dorothy Pallister; Jasmin Pelham; Midge Skene; Mr & Mrs A The gallery programme features artists from to a variety of groups to get the most out of Cadbury Charitable Trust; W A Cadbury Charitable E Taylor. around the world. A variety of media is represented, each exhibition. Call the Learning Team for more Trust; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Canal & including sound, film, mixed media, photography, information on 0121 248 0708. River Trust; Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin; CCE; Friends of the Family painting, sculpture and installation. The W E Dunn Trust; John Feeney Charitable (In support of A Real Birmingham Family) Ikon Online at www.ikon-gallery.org offers Trust; The George Fentham Birmingham Charity; Adrian Bland and family; Associated Architects; Ikon’s off-site programme develops dynamic full details of our exhibitions and events plus Glenn Howells Associates; Grantham Yorke Trust; John Crabtree; Jean Denning; Antony and Vicken relationships between art, artists and audiences downloadable gallery guides. Watch installation The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation; Paul Gormley; Mark Hodgkins; Glenn Howells; David outside the gallery. Projects vary enormously videos, listen to interviews with artists and browse Hamlyn Foundation; The Abbey Harris Mural Fund; and Mary Lodge; Maverick TV; Paul Needham; Tim in scale, duration and location, challenging the online shop for Ikon catalogues and limited The Henry Moore Foundation; Institut Français Oldham, David and Ethne Owen; Maureen Paley; expectations of where art can be seen and by whom. edition prints. Royaume-Uni; Japan Foundation; Galerie Kamel Stephen Pallister; Midge Skene; Richard Verdi; Mennour, Paris; Lafarge Tarmac; Media Archive Jonathan Watkins. Education is at the heart of Ikon’s activities, for Central England; Mirage Associates; The stimulating public interest in and understanding of Access Owen Family Trust; Polish Cultural Institute in Ikon would also like to thank all those who make a contemporary visual art. Through a variety of talks, London; Programme de résidences / Fondation donation during their visit. tours, workshops and seminars, our Learning Team Ikon aims to be fully accessible for disabled visitors. A d’entreprise Hermès; Russell Adams Golf Academy; aims to build dynamic relationships with audiences, wheelchair is available, a lift operates throughout the Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Exhibition supporters enabling visitors to engage with, discuss and reflect building and guests with guide dogs are welcome. Iraq; The Saintbury Trust; Sandwell Metropolitan As Exciting As We Can Make It: Ikon in the 1980s is on contemporary art. There is a fitted induction loop to enhance sound Borough Council; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; Jim supported by the John Feeney Charitable Trust and for visitors with hearing impairment and disabled Thompson Thai Silk Company; V.G.S. (Virtual Golf the Owen Family Trust. parking is located outside the gallery on Oozells Systems: Solutions: Simulators); Wallonie-Bruxelles Street. Large print versions of the Ikon bulletin and International; Michael Werner Gallery, New York Project supporters exhibition guides are available on request. and London; Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels. Black Country Voyages is supported by Arts Council Strategic Touring and Sandwell Council. Ikon’s core Support Ikon Learning programme is supported by Arts Connect Stay in Touch As a charity, Ikon needs your support. We rely West Midlands. on donations from individuals and businesses to To join our free mailing list call 0121 248 0708 or visit fund what we do. If you would like to support us, www.ikon-gallery.org. You can also follow Ikon on whether by making a donation, becoming a patron Facebook and Twitter. or leaving a legacy, visit www.ikon-gallery.org or call 0121 248 0708. Facilities

Ikon Shop is Birmingham’s only specialist art bookshop, stocking a range of books and magazines on contemporary art and culture. Students receive a 10% discount (conditions apply). Shop online at www.ikon-gallery.org or call 0121 248 0711. Open during exhibition installations.

Café Opus at Ikon is a modern British café, featuring classic dishes sourced from high quality producers. Families welcome. Call 0121 248 3226 to book. Pedestrianised roads and squares Snow Hill Station

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Ikon Gallery 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham b1 2hs Getting to Ikon +44 (0) 121 248 0708 / www.ikon-gallery.org www.twitter.com/ikongallery Pedestrian route from New Street train station www.facebook.com/ikongallery From New Street station walk to Chamberlain Square, then up the curved steps to the Central Opening times Library, through Paradise Forum and into Centenary Square. Bear left onto Broad Street, passing the Gallery Café Opus Ikon Shop Hyatt Hotel on the left, then turn right into Oozells Mon Closed 10am–8pm Closed Street. This walk takes approximately 15 minutes. Tues 11am–6pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–6pm Wed 11am–6pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–6pm By road Thur 11am–6pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–6pm Birmingham is accessible by the M5, M6, M40 and Fri 11am–6pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–6pm M42 motorways. Drivers should follow signs to Sat 11am–6pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–6pm Birmingham City Centre then look for the brown Sun 11am–6pm 11am–5pm 10.30am–6pm tourist signs to the International Convention Centre, National Indoor Arena, Canals and Brindleyplace. Galleries closed 23 June – 1 July 2014 and 1–9 September for installation of new exhibitions. Car and bicycle parking Ikon is open Bank Holiday Mondays. The nearest car park is Q-Park Brindleyplace on Brunswick Street (pre-book and quote IKON Ikon Gallery Limited trading as Ikon. Registered for 10% discount at www.q-park.co.uk/parking/ address: 1 Oozells Square, Birmingham b1 2hs. birmingham/q-park-brindleyplace). Orange and Ikon is supported using public funding by Arts blue badge holders may park on the double yellow Council England and Birmingham City Council. lines on Oozells Street in accordance with badge Registered Charity no. 528892. guidelines. There is a bicycle rack near Ikon.

Local accommodation Cover image: www.birminghambrindleyplace.hgi.com Steamrolling of silver plated metal objects for Cornelia Parker’s Thirty Pieces of Silver (1988) www.sacoapartments.co.uk Photograph by Edward Woodman