Programme May – July 2015 www.-gallery.org Free entry Ikon presents the most comprehensive UK resulting in visual puns that are funny, subtle and Pavel Büchler exhibition to date by Pavel Büchler. Born in Prague subversive. Similarly the artist’s fascination with in 1952 and based in this country since the 1980s, wordplay is made more explicit in his ongoing series Büchler is renowned as an influential teacher and Honest Work (2011–), unique letterpress prints made (Honest) Work figure in the international art scene. from old fashioned printing blocks. Quotations from Karl Marx to Edgar Allen Poe, from Barnett Newman Exhibition Büchler’s exhibition at Ikon involves a wide range to Joseph Kosuth, are sources of inspiration, as 13 May – 12 July 2015 of media including text, found objects, obsolete well as coincidences found within and between First and Second Floor Galleries and Tower Room technologies and appropriated digital material, alphabets and numerical systems. These letterpress Please note the Tower Room is only characteristically combining philosophical scepticism works constitute a bookend of an extraordinary accessible via a number of steps with a smart sense of humour that draws attention survey, a kind of variety that conveys rare artistic to the fundamentally strange nature of everyday life. ingenuity.

Visitors experience a new work by Büchler The exhibition is accompanied by a publication, 1 immediately on arrival at Ikon, Inside Watt (2010), including texts by Austrian philosopher Robert comprising a text extract from Samuel Beckett’s Pfaller and Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director. 2 Watt (1953) set in the style of a book page and applied to the front doors. The transition from inside In addition Pavel Büchler has made a new limited to outside, and vice versa, is made through a veil edition, titled Honest Work (Silence) (2015), available of text, superimposed on what is visible beyond. exclusively at Ikon, it is a letterpress work on Arches Büchler’s intervention on the doors is telling, as they 88 paper, 34 × 50 cm, edition of 26, priced £720. are the means by which visitors move between the public realm and dedicated art space, raising issues of access to art, its role in society and a tendency to exclusivity in our art worlds. Associated events The perpetual outsider status projected onto the main protagonist in The Castle (2005), a key work Exhibition Opening in this exhibition, corresponds to an anxiety that is Wednesday 13 May, 6–8pm – FREE often engendered by cultural institutions. Involving Join us to celebrate the opening of our new a large installation of loudspeakers based on a 1920s exhibition. Pay bar. design by Marconi, the work proclaims a quotation from Kafka’sThe Castle: Artist’s Talk – Pavel Büchler Wednesday 24 June, 6.30-8pm – FREE “You are not from the Castle, you are not from the Join artist Pavel Büchler as he discusses his life and village, you aren’t anything. Or rather, unfortunately, work, including the inspiration behind his current you are something, a stranger, a man who isn’t Ikon exhibition. This event commences with a wanted and is in everybody’s way …” consideration of Büchler’s work by Silvia Ziranek, (SZ ON) PB, BRIEFLY, FOR PB. Places are free but should Broadcast through the antique sound system, the be booked. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book words recall street propaganda announcements as online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. they insist that integration is impossible, that the stranger will always remain on the outside. On the other hand, Fly (2009), involves an illuminated fire exit sign and the sound of a fly buzzing inside. There is no yearning for admittance, but rather this is an innocent creature desperately trying to get out. 1 Pavel Büchler Fly (2009) Ikon’s exhibition also features a number of found Found security sign, objects and small sculptures such as Il Castello audio (2007), consisting of two found pencils, and Cannon 2 Pavel Büchler (2014), made from a billiard ball and postcard. Most The Castle (2010) Installation view, of these are fortuitous combinations, brought DOX, Prague together to create “semantic short circuits”, Black Country Voyages (2014–2017) is an art Associated events Brownhills Community Festival Black Country programme for local young people, aged 16–21 Sunday 28 June, 10am–4pm – FREE years old, involving members of the Ikon Youth Canalside, Silver Street, Brownhills WS8 6DZ Programme (IYP). It takes place on board a canal Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Join us at the Brownhills Canal Festival and enjoy boat, generously lent by Sandwell Council. Summer Boat Gathering music, crafts and stalls. Voyages Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, 12–4pm – FREE For 2015, Jacques Nimki is the lead artist for Black Titford Pump House, Engine Street Kings Norton Junction Festival The Black Apotheca Country Voyages, transforming the boat into The Black off Tat Bank Road, OldburyB69 4NL Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July, 10am–4pm – FREE Apotheca – a floating laboratory of herbal liquids The annual BCNS rally takes place at the historic Kings Norton playing fields and village green, derived from local plants, fermenting slowly over Titford Pump House with stalls, refreshments and Pershore Road South, Kings Norton B30 3EJ time, housed in glass, reflecting light and colour. It boat trips. Join us for creative activities and to Black Country Voyages tours to Birmingham for a showcases drawings, recipes and objects, all relating celebrate the launch of Jacques Nimki as lead artist one-off event in Kings Norton with boat rides, local to the business of apothecaries, plus a collection of for Black Country Voyages 2015. No need to book, just walks, food and refreshments. Organised by the lozenges, cordials, country wines, sorbets and teas drop in. Worcester–Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society. available for consumption at selected events. During the summer Nimki and IYP host workshops along International Festival of Glass the canal network for visitors to interact with Black Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 May Black Country Voyages is organised in partnership Country Voyages – for more information please visit 10am–5pm – FREE with the Canal & River Trust. www.blackcountryvoyages.org or call Ikon on Red House Glass Cone, High Street 0121 248 0708. Stourbridge DY8 4AZ Facebook: blackcountryvoyages Black Country Voyages joins the International Glass Twitter: @bcvoyages #blackcountryvoyages Festival, with Jacques Nimki and members of the IYP leading practical workshops. These sessions If you are interested in joining the Ikon Youth are suitable for ages 6 and over. All children must Programme please contact Claire Bird by email be accompanied by an adult. Places are free but [email protected] or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. booking is essential. For more information please contact Julie Edmonds on 01384 815571 or The Red House Glass Cone on 01384 811280.

Longwood Boat Club Canal Festival Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June, 11am–5pm – FREE Rushall Top Lock, Aldridge Road, Walsall WS4 2JS Visit Black Country Voyages at the Longwood Boat Club for stalls, refreshments and entertainment. Saturday Studio Public Events Saturday 27 June, 2–4.30pm £6 per person* Join us for our new regular practical session devised especially for adults. Explore creative approaches to Workshops and courses making art in response to Ikon’s current exhibition by Pavel Büchler. An informal opportunity for those Understanding Art: Art and Language wanting to develop a portfolio or take part in a “The whole point is that Ikon is not just for us.” Thursday 4 June, 2–3pm fun afternoon of making. Places are limited and Robert Groves, Founder Artist, 1965 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts booking is essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to Thursday 11 June, 2–3pm book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. *Cost The New Art Gallery Walsall includes refreshments and materials. Thursday 18 June, 2–3pm Ikon’s 50th anniversary programme has provided many Wolverhampton Art Gallery opportunities for us to reflect on our history: to honour those Thursday 25 June, 2–3pm Ikon Gallery who founded Ikon; to welcome back artists from across the £20 for all four sessions; £16 concessions: Art Bus students, unwaged, 60+ five decades; and above all, to involve visitors and supporters. A four-part course exploring varied ways language, Art Bus text and literature are used to inspire and create Thursday 14 May, 5–9pm – FREE art. Starting at The Barber Institute, we look at the As part of Museums at Night 2015, Art Bus is bigger Looking to the future, we conclude our celebrations with collection through a literary lens before encountering than ever. Seven Birmingham art galleries – Ikon, the Epstein archive and work made by Bob and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, RBSA Gallery, an unprecedented fundraising auction at Sotheby’s in London Roberta Smith at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Pop mac Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art on 2 July. Internationally acclaimed artists have generously Art and work by artists involved in the BLK Art Group Gallery, Eastside Projects and The Parkside Gallery, during the 1980s are the topics at Wolverhampton Birmingham City University – all stay open late with donated works to be sold in aid of Ikon’s 50th Anniversary Art Gallery and finally, at Ikon, we examine the work free gallery tours and refreshments. Visit www.ikon- Endowment Fund, dedicated to the artistic programme and of Czech artist Pavel Büchler involving quotations gallery.org for an Art Bus timetable. from Kafka, Beckett and Wittgenstein. Booking the commissioning of new art work. In this way, established essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. artists are supporting artists of the future.

Letterpress Masterclass Literature Saturday 20 June, 11am–4pm – £45 per person Ikon also participates in Art15 (21-23 May) where we highlight £35 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+ Book Club An opportunity to learn letterpress printing Tuesday 9 June, 6.30–8pm – £4 per person a limited edition sculpture, A Real Birmingham Family, by techniques at Winterbourne House with expert Tuesday 7 July, 6.30–8pm – £4 per person Gillian Wearing alongside new multiples by Richard Deacon tuition. Starting at Ikon this one day intensive Ikon’s Book Club explores The Castle by Franz Kafka course relates to the work of Pavel Büchler and is in the light of Pavel Büchler’s exhibition. Each and Cornelia Parker. suitable for adults, students and teachers of art. All session takes place in the gallery and is led by an materials are provided. Places are limited, booking expert guest. The Castle is available at a special price essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online from Ikon Shop. Places are limited and booking is These initiatives place emphasis on Ikon’s identity as an or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online www.winterbourne.org.uk or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. educational charity, needing support now more than ever. If you would like to make a donation to Ikon’s Endowment Fund please visit www.ikon-gallery.org or call 0121 248 0708 – we hope you can join us as we start the next chapter of Ikon’s history.

All events take place at Ikon Gallery unless otherwise stated. Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director Hurvin Anderson Artists for Ikon Auction Giovanni Anselmo Fiona Banner Preview: 27 June – 1 July David Batchelor Auction: Thursday 2 July Christiane Baumgartner Sotheby’s, 34–35 New Bond Street Martin Creed London W1A 2AA Ian Davenport Ding Yi This summer Ikon embarks on a major art auction at Sotheby’s, A K Dolven London. Generously supported by internationally renowned artists, all Marcel Dzama of whom have exhibited at the gallery, the auction will raise funds for Semyon Faibisovich Ikon’s 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund. Dedicated to the gallery’s Bernard Frize artistic programme and the commissioning of new art work the fund Ryan Gander is essential to Ikon’s future. The auction is produced in collaboration Antony Gormley with London based curatorial collective Artwise. Arturo Herrera www.sothebys.com / www.artwisecurators.com Herrera Lee Bul In addition, Plinth, producers of high quality editioned artworks, is Elizabeth Magill working with Ikon and five participating artists including Richard Beatriz Milhazes Deacon and Cornelia Parker. Available from Ikon Shop, prices start François Morellet from £200 and a commission on sales will augment money raised by Dennis Oppenheim the auction. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org for more information. Julian Opie Cornelia Parker Giuseppe Penone Imran Qureshi George Shaw Amikam Toren Zhang Enli

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3 Martin Creed 4 Ian Davenport Work No. 671 FRIENDS (2007) Colourcade (2015) Yellow neon Acrylic paint on stainless steel sheet 15.2 cm high mounted on aluminium Installation at Hauser & Wirth London, 2007 148 × 123 cm Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Courtesy the artist Photograph by Hugo Glendinning and Waddington Custot Gallery Public Events Family Events Talks and tours Creative workshops

Spotlight Tours Activities aimed at specific age groups Every Friday, 1pm and Sunday, 3pm – FREE Join a member of our staff team for a 15 minute Parent and toddler mornings spotlight tour looking at a key work in the Tuesday 19 May, 10–11am exhibition. No need to book, meet in Ikon foyer. Friday 19 June, 10–11am* Tuesday 7 July, 10–11am Artists’ Talk £4 per child, payable in advance Outrider: Lines and Intersections This gallery-based session is for parents with Friday 22 May, 6.30–8pm – FREE toddlers aged 0–3 years. Places are limited, please Artists Ron Haseldon, Dr Cath Keay and Dr Sally visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Payen discuss their participation in Outrider, a Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. *Part of Children’s Art series of artists’ commissions exploring the Alfred Week 2015. Watkins collection of photographs and books about beekeeping held by Hereford Library. Initiated by Half Term Family Workshops Salt Road, a not-for-profit artist led organisation Thursday 28 May, 10.30am–12pm (3–5yrs) based in the West Midlands, Outrider tours to Friday 29 May, 10.30am–12pm (3–5yrs) Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham (25 Friday 29 May, 2-4pm (6yrs+, younger siblings March – 6 May) and Haden Hill House Museum, welcome) Sandwell (7 May – 31 August). Places are free but £4 per child, payable in advance should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org Join us during the school holidays for fun creative to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. workshops exploring words and objects. Places are www.saltroad.org.uk limited, please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. 5 Audio Described Introductory Tour Sunday 12 July, 1– – FREE Join us for an informal audio described introduction to our current exhibition with a focus on two key Free drop-in activities Ikon attends Art15, the third edition of London’s works. Suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors global art fair, where 150 of the world’s most exciting Art15Plinth editions and their friends and family. Places are free but For all ages galleries from 40 countries set out their stalls. should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org No need to book, stay for as long as you like 21–23 May (Preview 20 May) to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Olympia The fair is ideal for seasoned art buyers or those Family Saturdays Olympia Way, Kensington, London W14 8UX looking to start a collection and includes a public Afternoon Tea and BSL Tour Saturday 6 June, 1–4pm – FREE Open Thursday, 11am–9pm programme of talks and panel discussions, expert- Sunday 12 July, 2.30–4.30pm – £4 per person In response to the Pavel Büchler exhibition Friday and Saturday, 11am–7pm led tours, artist installations and specially curated Join us for an informal exhibition tour, followed by Saturday 4 July, 1–4pm – FREE Standard Tickets: £15 advance initiatives. A selection of newcomers for the Emerge tea and cake courtesy of ChangeKitchen. The tour In response to Seen/Unseen £20 on the door section has been made by Ikon’s Director Jonathan includes British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. Open to all ages (adults very welcome), these Watkins. Suitable for Deaf visitors and their friends and family afternoons of creative activities engage, challenge and a fitted induction loop is available. Booking and delight. Join us as we explore the current Ikon presents Gillian Wearing’s stunning limited essential, visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online exhibitions and make original artwork. edition bronze, A Real Birmingham Family. An exact or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. replica of her controversial public sculpture created www.changekitchen.co.uk for the city in late 2014, it is cast in bronze and seated on a polished black granite plinth. This 5 Gillian Wearing exclusive edition can be purchased at Art15 or please A Real Birmingham Family (2014) contact Debbie Kermode, Ikon Deputy Director, on When booking please indicate children’s ages and 40 × 50.5 × 18 cm Edition of 20 0121 248 0708 or email [email protected] note that children should be accompanied by an £6,000+ VAT www.artfairslondon.com adult at all times. Nástio Mosquito Schools Event Events for Ikon Elsewhere 3 May – 26 July 2015 Oratorio di San Ludovico, Calle dei Vecchi, Dorsoduro 2552, Venice (Vaporetto: S. Basilio) 4MAT Network Meeting for Midlands Art Teachers young people Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am–6pm, free entry Thursday 21 May, 5–7pm – FREE Following our recent exhibition by Nástio Mosquito (4 4MAT is the regional teachers’ network that meets February – 19 April 2015), Ikon, in collaboration with regularly, providing opportunities to share advice, Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) is a group of young Nuova Icona, presents a selection of the artist’s work expertise and experience whilst making new people, aged 16–21 years old, who share an interest at the 56th Biennale di Venezia. In Demo da Cracía connections with colleagues from across the region. in visual art. Meeting regularly at Ikon, participants (2013), Mosquito emerges in a studio to shoot a music 6 Places are free but should be booked. Visit are encouraged to devise creative projects, establish video for his single. In front of a large green screen, he www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon on links with other youth groups and share their dances and performs before breaking into a speech 0121 248 0708. opinions about a range of topics. on Angola and identity. Fuck Africa (remix) (2015), made www.ikon-gallery.org/iyp in collaboration with Spanish artist Vic Pereiró, is an extraordinary collage of moving images in which Open Social footage of the artist is juxtaposed with a rogues’ Friday 26 June, 6.30–9pm – FREE gallery of world leaders and celebrities. The exhibition A chance for young people to visit the exhibitions also includes a new video work South (2015) created and enjoy workshops and discussions produced in by Nastivicious (a collaboration between Nástio collaboration with digital artists from Salt Road. Mosquito and Vic Pereiró). Booking is essential, please email Claire Bird www.labiennale.org at [email protected] or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Future Ikon Jacques Nimki Exhibitions Seen/Unseen At Home with Vanley Burke Ongoing installation 22 July – 27 September 2015 Throughout Ikon Gallery Born in Jamaica in 1951, artist Vanley Burke has lived in Birmingham since 1965 and is renowned as Artist Jacques Nimki works within urban a photographer concerned especially with black environments, using weeds and wild flowers to culture in Britain. This summer the entire contents examine multiple ideas that focus on the unseen of his flat in Nechells, north-east Birmingham, and how this affects what we expect to find within will be transferred to Ikon’s first floor galleries. A any environment at any given time. vast archive of posters, books, clothes, records, ornaments and countless other items, it provides For the past 12 months, Nimki has been in residence an invaluable insight into Birmingham’s African at Ikon, studying the quality of light appearing Caribbean communities. and disappearing on a variety of surfaces, whilst 7 exploring the boundaries between public and Takehisa Kosugi private space especially with respect to the gallery 22 July – 27 September 2015 environment. His research has included a series Japanese composer and artist Takehisa Kosugi was a of workshops and tours with Ikon visitors, staff, Associated events pioneer of experimental music in Japan in the early patrons and local office workers. 1960s, closely associated with the Fluxus movement Seen/Unseen Tours before joining the Merce Cunningham Dance 6 Nástio Mosquito Demo da Cracía (2013) The project has culminated in a permanent installation Thursday 28 May, 1pm – FREE Company in the 1970s. This exhibition features three Video throughout the gallery building. More than 300 Thursday 25 June, 1pm – FREE of the artist’s sound installations, including one made Courtesy Nástio Mosquito © barely visible works reference plant drawings made Join Jacques Nimki for a 15 minute introductory tour especially for Ikon. Involving everyday materials and 7 Vanley Burke by participants and others installed in their homes. of his installation throughout Ikon Gallery. No need radio electronics they interact with wind, electricity Apartment (2014) Many unseen and others never to be seen. to book, meet in Ikon foyer. and light, making sonic relationships between them. Courtesy the artist Jacques Nimki is in the building Individual Patrons and Benefactors About Ikon Find out More Thank You Paul Aston; Adrian Bland; Simon Chapman; Thomas Dane; Jean Denning; Victoria Denning; Stephanie Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary Visitor Resource Room is a place for visitors to Ikon is supported using public funding by Arts Dieckvoss; Carl & Didi Forster; Patzi Haslimann; art venue situated in central Birmingham. Housed find out more about the artists showing at Ikon. Council England and Birmingham City Council. John & Anna Hatch; Paul & Susie Huxley; Tom Jones; in the neo-gothic Oozells Street School, it is an Filmed interviews, books and other publications Registered Charity no. 528892. Marcelle Joseph; Stephen and Sigrid Kirk; Jeanette educational charity and works to encourage public give background information to the exhibitions. The Koch; David & Mary Lodge; Simon Morris; Stephen engagement with contemporary art through room is also a place for families to enjoy creative Ikon would like to thank the following for their Pallister; Jasmin Pelham; Lorenzo Ronchini; Midge exhibiting new work in a context of debate and practical activities. invaluable support over the past 12 months Skene; Mr & Mrs A E Taylor. participation. Alycidon Capital Limited; School of Art, Birmingham Gallery Tours and creative workshops are available City University; Birmingham Library and Archive Friends of the Family The gallery programme features artists from to a variety of groups to get the most out of Services; William A Cadbury Charitable Trust; Canal (In support of A Real Birmingham Family) around the world. A variety of media is represented, each exhibition. Call the Learning Team for more & River Trust; Corvi-Mori London; Deutsche Bank; Adrian Bland and family; Associated Architects; including sound, film, mixed media, photography, information on 0121 248 0708. Emmerson Press; John Feeney Charitable Trust; John Crabtree; Jean Denning; Candida Gertler; painting, sculpture and installation. Fritt Ord Foundation; Glenn Howells Associates; Antony and Vicken Gormley; Mark Hodgkins; Glenn Ikon Online at www.ikon-gallery.org offers Paul Hamlyn Foundation; The Henry Moore Howells; David and Mary Lodge; Maverick TV; Paul Ikon’s off-site programme develops dynamic full details of our exhibitions and events plus Foundation; HMP Grendon; Korea Foundation; Needham; Tim Oldham, David and Ethne Owen; relationships between art, artists and audiences downloadable gallery guides. Watch installation Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong; Marie- Maureen Paley; Stephen Pallister; Midge Skene; outside the gallery. Projects vary enormously videos, listen to interviews with artists and browse Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust; Office for Richard Verdi; Jonathan Watkins. in scale, duration and location, challenging the online shop for Ikon catalogues and limited Contemporary Art Norway (OCA); The Owen Family expectations of where art can be seen and by whom. edition prints. Trust; PKM Gallery; Programme de résidences / Ikon would also like to thank all those who make a Fondation d’entreprise Hermès; Galerie Thaddaeus donation during their visit. Education is at the heart of Ikon’s activities, Ropac; Royal Norwegian Embassy in London; stimulating public interest in and understanding of Access Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; Sindika Exhibition supporters contemporary visual art. Through a variety of talks, Dokolo Foundation; Sotheby’s; The Charles Wallace Pavel Büchler’s exhibition is supported The Henry tours, workshops and seminars, our Learning Team Ikon aims to be fully accessible for disabled visitors. A Pakistan Trust. Moore Foundation. aims to build dynamic relationships with audiences, wheelchair is available, a lift operates throughout the enabling visitors to engage with, discuss and reflect building and guests with guide dogs are welcome. Is Jacques Nimki is in the building? Support Ikon Artists for Ikon is supported by Alycidon Capital on contemporary art. There is a fitted induction loop to enhance sound As a charity, Ikon needs your support. We rely on Limited and Sotheby’s. for visitors with hearing impairment and disabled donations from individuals and businesses to parking is located outside the gallery on Oozells fund what we do. If you would like to support us, Project supporters Street. Large print versions of the Ikon bulletin and whether by making a donation, becoming a patron Black Country Voyages is supported by Arts Council exhibition guides are available on request. or leaving a legacy, visit www.ikon-gallery.org or Strategic Touring, the Canal & River Trust and call 0121 248 0708. Sandwell Council.

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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 ikongallery Pedestrian route from New Street train station From New Street station walk to Chamberlain Opening times Square, then up the curved steps, through Paradise Forum and into Centenary Square. Bear left onto Gallery Café Opus Ikon Shop Broad Street, passing the Hyatt Hotel on the left, Mon Closed 10am–8pm Closed then turn right into Oozells Street. This walk takes Tues 11am–5pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm approximately 15 minutes. Wed 11am–5pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm Thur 11am–5pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm By road Fri 11am–5pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm Birmingham is accessible by the M5, M6, M40 and Sat 11am–5pm 10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm M42 motorways. Drivers should follow signs to Sun 11am–5pm 11am–5pm 10.30am–5.30pm Birmingham City Centre then look for the brown tourist signs to the International Convention Centre, Galleries closed 5–12 May and 13–21 July for National Indoor Arena, Canals and Brindleyplace. installation of new exhibitions. Ikon is open Bank Holiday Mondays. Car and bicycle parking The nearest car park is Q-Park Brindleyplace on Ikon Gallery Limited trading as Ikon. Registered Brunswick Street (pre-book and quote IKON address: 1 Oozells Square, Birmingham b1 2hs. for 10% discount at www.q-park.co.uk/parking/ birmingham/q-park-brindleyplace). Orange and blue badge holders may park on the double yellow lines on Oozells Street in accordance with badge guidelines. There is a bicycle rack near Ikon.

Local accommodation Cover image: www.birminghambrindleyplace.hgi.com Pavel Büchler Report on Damage (2011) www.sacoapartments.co.uk Four posters, digital print on paper