Programme September – November 2014 www.ikon-gallery.org Free entry Alongside these seminal works is a new commission Lee Bul made possible through the Art Fund International scheme in collaboration with Museum and Art Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall. Exhibition After Bruno Taut (Devotion to Drift) alludes to the 10 September – 9 November 2014 architect Bruno Taut (1880–1938), a great influence First and Second Floor Galleries on Lee Bul’s works. The suspended sculpture, dripping with an excess of crystalline shapes and glass beads, references the exponential growth and unsustainability of the modern world. Unlike Taut’s Ikon presents the first UK solo show of works by early twentieth century optimism, Lee Bul conjures Korean artist Lee Bul. This survey of early drawings, up beautiful dreams she knows won’t come true. studies, sculptural pieces and ambitious installations – including a new commission made especially This exhibition is organised in collaboration with for Ikon – showcases the visually compelling and the Korean Cultural Centre UK, EACC Castellón intellectually sharp works which have established and Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint- Lee Bul as one of the most important artists of her Étienne Métropole. generation. In conjunction with Ikon’s exhibition, the Korean Born in 1964, under the military dictatorship of Cultural Centre (KCC) UK in presents a South Korea, Lee Bul graduated in sculpture from large-scale floor installation entitled Diluvium (13 Hongik University during the late 1980s. Her works September – 1 November 2014). Lee Bul has created became preoccupied with politics, delving into a new version of the work, which is specifically the many forms of idealism that permeate our designed for the exhibition space of KCC. civilisations, and from the beginning she created www.kccuk.org.uk works that crossed genres and disciplines in 1 provocative ways. Early street performance-based A major new publication accompanies the pieces saw Lee Bul wearing full-body soft sculptures exhibition, priced £12, special exhibition price £9.95, which were both alluring and grotesque. Her later with essays by Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director and female Cyborg sculptures of the 1990s drew upon Lorand Hegyi, Director of Musée d’art moderne et art history, critical theory, science fiction and contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole. Visit Ikon’s popular imagination to explore anxieties arising online shop at www.ikon-gallery.org for the full out of dysfunctional technological advances, whilst range of Ikon’s catalogues and limited editions. simultaneously harking back to icons of classical sculpture. Exhibition opening Lee Bul’s recent works have similarly dual Wednesday 10 September, 6–8pm – FREE concerns; at once forward-looking yet retrospective, Join us to celebrate the opening of our new seductive but suggestive of ruin. Sculptures exhibition. Pay bar. suspended like chandeliers, elaborate assemblages that glimmer with crystal beads, chains and mirrors, poignantly evoke castles in the air. The sculptures reflect utopian architectural schemes 1 Lee Bul of the early twentieth century as well as images Via Negativa (interior detail) (2012) Photograph by Jeon Byung-cheol of totalitarianism from Lee Bul’s early experiences. Courtesy Studio Lee Bul, Seoul Mon grand récit: Weep into stones … (2005), with its mountainous topography is reminiscent of 2 Lee Bul Mon grand récit: Weep into stones … skyscrapers described by Hugh Ferriss in his book (2005) The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929). Scaffolding Polyurethane, foamex, synthetic clay, stainless steel and aluminum rods, supports several scale model structures: a looping acrylic panels, wood, acrylic paint, highway made of bent plywood, a tiny Tatlin’s varnish, electrical wiring, lighting 2 Monument, a modernist staircase that features in 280 × 440 × 300 cm as installed Collection HITEJINRO Co., LTD., Seoul Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, and an upturned cross-section Photograph by Watanabe Osamu of the Hagia Sofia. Courtesy Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Ikon presents an early video work by Birmingham- Gillian Wearing born artist Gillian Wearing in a disused shop unit in Fletchers Walk, central Birmingham, a space we have occupied since December 2013 to present film Dancing in Peckham works.

Off-site exhibition A kind of self-portrait, Dancing in Peckham (1994) 10 September – 18 November 2014 shows the artist dancing for 25 minutes to music Monday – Saturday, 7am–11pm only she can hear in a shopping arcade in south Fletchers Walk, Birmingham B3 3HJ London. The presentation of this work coincides with the unveiling of Wearing’s A Real Birmingham Family sculpture outside the Library of Birmingham.

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Yinka Shonibare’s exhibition at Ikon in 1999 was Yinka Shonibare seminal. We now show Five Under Garments and Much More (1995), an early suspended installation that prefigures the artist’s mannequin works. Each MBE piece mimics the structured corsetry of period noble dress but the dramatically enlarged proportions and exuberant textiles suggest a provocative de-robing Ikon Icon: 1990s of social and class constructions.

3 Yinka Shonibare MBE Exhibition Ikon Icons sees the return of five key British artists Five Under Garments and 10 September – 9 November 2014 from an exhibition programme starting in 1965, Much More (1995) Copyright the artist Tower Room, Second Floor one artist per decade: John Salt (1960s), Ian Emes Courtesy the artist and Only accessible via a number of steps (1970s), Cornelia Parker (1980s), Yinka Shonibare Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Photograph by Mark Blower MBE (1990s) and Julian Opie (2000s). A presentation of work by each takes place consecutively during 4 Gillian Wearing Ikon 50, in Ikon’s Tower Room. The series is a major Dancing in Peckham (1994) Colour video with sound component of Ikon 50, the programme of exhibitions Copyright the artist and events celebrating Ikon’s 50th anniversary. Courtesy Maureen Paley, London Gillian Wearing A Real Birmingham Family

Off-site Outside the Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND

Ikon unveils A Real Birmingham Family, a public sculpture that is the culmination of our four-year project with Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing.

During 2011 and 2012, residents of Birmingham were encouraged to nominate their families to be the face of Birmingham. No limits were placed on how the twenty-first century family might define itself and hundreds of families responded, including groups of friends, single parents and people living alone.

In 2013 the Jones family – two sisters, Roma and Emma, and their two sons, Kyan and Shaye – were chosen as A Real Birmingham Family by the artist and a diverse panel of community, cultural and religious figures. The selection was made following discussions on what constitutes a Birmingham Associated events family: multiple generations, friendships and diversity as well as evidential links to the city. Launch Event Thursday 30 October, 11.30am – FREE I really liked how Roma and Emma Jones spoke of their Join us as we unveil this new sculpture for the city, closeness as sisters and how they supported each other. outside the Library of Birmingham, to celebrate the It seemed a very strong bond, one of friendship and culmination of this extraordinary project. family, and the sculpture puts across that connectedness between them. A nuclear family is one reality but it is Symposium: one of many and this work celebrates the idea that what Families in Birmingham: change and continuity constitutes a family should not be fixed. Monday 3 November, 11am–4pm – FREE Gillian Wearing Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND This symposium, organised in collaboration with Dr Liz Yardley, Birmingham City University, takes its inspiration from A Real Birmingham Family and asks “What challenges do families face in Birmingham in the twenty-first century?” The day features Support A Real Birmingham Family special guest speakers and is aimed at professionals It’s not too late to support the project and for a working with families and children in a variety of limited period every donation will be matched contexts, including the arts, education, health and by Arts Council England. Those who donate £250 social care. See website for full programme. or more become a Friend of the Family, to be acknowledged in a published list of supporters. Places are free but should be booked, visit To make a donation visit www.ikon-gallery.org, call www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon on 5 The Jones Family 0121 248 0708 or text IKON01 £5 to 70070. 0121 248 0708. The exhibition, At Home with Vanley Burke, is an Art Happens ambitious undertaking, and will see Ikon move the entire contents of the artist’s flat in Nechells, north- east Birmingham, to the gallery. We need your Ikon is delighted to announce our partnership with support to raise £17,000. In return for your donation Art Happens, a new national crowd-funding initiative there will be exclusive rewards, designed by Vanley from the Art Fund. Burke, including a special CD, homeware, limited edition artwork and VIP tickets to a summer party. For Ikon, Art Happens focuses on encouraging donations for our 2015 exhibition with Birmingham- Devised to help UK galleries and museums with based artist Vanley Burke. Born in Jamaica in raising support for creative projects, Art Happens is 1951, Burke has lived in the city since 1965 and is a new approach to fundraising. Aimed at forging renowned as a photographer concerned especially an ongoing dialogue with supporters, the scheme with black culture in Britain. Alongside his numerous thanks all donors with exclusive rewards and every exhibitions, Burke is also an avid collector – his penny goes directly to the project. archive is vast and varied, including posters, books, clothes, records, ornaments and countless other Please visit www.artfund.org/arthappens-ikon to items that provide an invaluable insight into make a donation. Birmingham’s African Caribbean communities.

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Ikon, in partnership with Hippodrome Plus, presents About Town an exhibition of international video art in the Southside district, showcasing a wide variety of free night-screenings by artists from the UK and abroad Video art in Southside in unusual urban spaces.

Off-site exhibition New commissions inspired by their location, 13 – 16 November 2014, 4–10pm – FREE alongside films from Ikon’s recent programme, Locations around Southside, central Birmingham explore everyday city life. Works include Beat Streuli’s New Street (2013), projected sequences of photographic stills across three large screens; Gillian Wearing’s Broad Street (2000) which focuses on Birmingham’s frenetic night-life and Oliver Beer’s Pay and Display (2011), an experimental made in collaboration with the city’s Ex Cathedra choir. hosts Adel Abdessemed’s Happiness in Mitte (2003) and Kelly Mark’s Hiccup #2 (2006) whilst other venues show new commissions 6 Beat Streuli by Dean Kelland and Perry Roberts, plus Cornelia Image from the Birmingham 2012 series (2012) Digital projection, variable dimensions Parker’s Chomskian Abstract (2007); and Grace Courtesy the artist Ndiritu’s Nightingale (2003), amongst others.

7 Vanley Burke Apartment (2014) For more information visit Courtesy the artist www.birminghamhippodrome.com/AboutTown 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

1990s: The March of Globalisation Saturday 11 October

Meeting Room 104, Conference Suite, Level 1 7-9pm – screening Library of Birmingham Close-Up Centenary Square, Broad Street Dir. Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1990, 98 mins, cert U Birmingham B1 2ND Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has created some of the most inventive 12.15–1.30pm – panel discussion and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, Ikon in the 1990s and Close-Up is his most radical, brilliant work. This 8 Close-Up Chaired by Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins with fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational Dir: Abbas Kiarostami (1990) former Ikon Curator Angela Kingston plus special real-life event as the basis for a stunning, multi- Courtesy Soda Pictures guests. layered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation and existence, in which the real people 2.30–3.15pm – archive session involved in a case of stolen identity play themselves. BSL Exhibition Tour Exploring the Archives with Dr Chris Upton The screening is preceded by an introduction by Dr. Public Events Thursday 18 September, 1–3pm – FREE Join Library Archive Manager Rachel MacGregor and Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad talking about Kiarostami Join a member of the Learning Team for an informal local historian Dr Chris Upton, Newman University, as a global filmmaker and this being one of his last tour with British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. as they explore rarely seen material from the 1990s. Iranian films. Suitable for Deaf visitors and their friends and Talks and tours family. A fitted induction loop is available. Please 3.30-5pm – screening visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Made in Birmingham: Reggae, Punk, Bhangra Spotlight Tours Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Dir. Deborah Aston, UK, 2010, 65 mins Every Friday, 1pm and Sunday, 3pm – FREE A history of Birmingham’s vibrant music scene Join a member of our staff team for a 15 minute Afternoon Tea through the decades, featuring interviews with key Booking information spotlight tour looking at a key work in the Thursday 16 October, 2.30–4.30pm – £4 per person local musicians talking about the global influences exhibition. No need to book, meet in Ikon foyer. Sunday 9 November, 2.30–4.30pm – £4 per person on their music, including members of Steel Pulse, Day Passes (includes evening film screening) Join us for an exhibition tour, followed by tea and UB40 and The Beat. Followed by a Q&A with £15 / £12 concessions Ikon Traces walking tour cake courtesy of ChangeKitchen. Booking essential, Director Deborah Aston and Roger Shannon, Evening film screening only (Close-up) Saturday 13 September, 4–5pm visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon Professor of Film and Television Studies, Edge Hill £5 / £4 concessions £5 per person, payable in advance Shop on 0121 248 0711. www.changekitchen.co.uk University, Liverpool. Join Dr Chris Upton, Newman University, for an Book online at www.ikon-gallery.org or call Ikon Shop informal walk exploring the history of Ikon’s current Audio Described Introductory Tour on 0121 248 0711 (please provide full name, telephone home, the former Oozells Street School, Thursday 23 October, 2-3pm – FREE number and email address at time of booking). Also and the local area. We look at the social history of Join us for an informal audio described introduction available on the door (cash only). the site and explore the changes that have taken to our current exhibitions with a focus on two key place over the decades. Organised in association with works. Suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors Organised in collaboration with Flatpack Film Future event: Birmingham’s Still Walking Festival 2014. Places are and their friends and family. Places are free but Festival, The Library of Birmingham, University of Saturday 29 November limited, please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org Birmingham and Writing West Midlands. 2000s: The Age of Turbulence online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Workshops and courses Literature and storytelling Workshop: Writing from Life with Tiffany Murray Saturday 11 October, 10am–12pm – £22 per person Family Events £18 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+ Looking at Art: a beginner’s course Book Launch: Led by Dr Tiffany Murray, this workshop takes Thursdays, 25 September – 4 December, 1–3pm Alistair Hicks: The Global Art Compass – New participants from the memory of lived experience (no session 30 October) Directions in 21st-Century Art to fiction on the page. Come prepared to write, Free drop-in activities £55 per person (concessions available) Wednesday 3 September, 5–6pm – FREE read and share. Dr Murphy’s novels Happy Accidents, This 10 week course looks at art across four regional Join Alistair Hicks in celebrating the launch of his Diamond Star Halo and Sugar Hall have all taken For all ages art galleries, in partnership with Wolverhampton latest book The Global Art Compass. In this new from her own experience to create something new. No need to book, stay for as long as you like Adult Education Service. At The Barber Institute of publication Hicks demonstrates his belief that Organised in collaboration with the Birmingham Fine Arts we look at art from the Renaissance to no single curator, critic or dealer can or should Literature Festival (2–11 October). To book online Family Saturdays the twentieth century, followed by a focus on early monopolise our view of the art world today. Instead, visit www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org or call Saturday 4 October, 1–4pm – FREE twentieth century art and the influence of non- he aims to show us how rewarding it is to navigate 0121 245 4455. Explore the current exhibition by Lee Bul European cultures at The New Art Gallery Walsall. according to one’s own instincts. As a long-time art Saturday 1 November, 1–4pm – FREE At Wolverhampton Art Gallery we consider Pop advisor and curator for Deutsche Bank, Alistair Hicks Book Launch: Double Exposures by Manuel Vason Sculpture workshop inspired by Gillian Wearing’s Art, Black Art, the art of ‘The Troubles’ and gender travels the world constantly in pursuit of art and has Sunday 12 October, 4–5.30pm – FREE A Real Birmingham Family while at Ikon Gallery we explore international unparalleled access to the people, places and events Ikon hosts the launch of Double Exposures, a new Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square contemporary art including work by Imran Qureshi that make up the global art scene today. Places collaborative venture between Manuel Vason Open to all ages (adults very welcome), these from Pakistan. This course is suitable for adult are free, just drop in. The Global Art Compass – New and some of the most visually arresting artists afternoons of creative activities engage, challenge learners of all ages with no previous art knowledge. Directions in 21st-Century Art (£18.95) is available from working with performance in the UK. Including forty and delight. Join us as we explore the current Booking essential. Please contact Wolverhampton Ikon Shop, call 0121 248 0711 or shop online at collaborations, Double Exposures sets out new ways exhibitions and make original artwork. Adult Education Service on 01902 558180 or www.ikon-gallery.org of bridging performance and photography. Vason is visit www.aes.wolverhampton.gov.uk for more in conversation with Debbie Kermode, Ikon Deputy Musicadoodle-do information. Tell Me On A Sunday: The Greatest Hits Director, and the event includes a book signing. Wednesday 29 October, 1–4pm – FREE Sunday 5 October, 6–8pm – FREE Organised in collaboration with Fierce Festival, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square Maquette Workshop Supper available 5–6pm, Birmingham Rep Café Birmingham’s international festival of live art (2–12 Thursday 30 October, 1–4pm – FREE Thursday 2 October, 2–4.30pm The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre October). Places are free but should be booked. Ikon Gallery, Brindleyplace £4 per person* Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or During half term and as part of The Big Draw Join us for a practical, gallery-based session devised After three years, Tell Me On A Sunday, the popular call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. (1 October – 2 November) and the Family Arts especially for adults. Make maquettes inspired by the true life story telling event organised by Ikon and www.wearefierce.org Festival, a UK-wide festival of family arts events installations in Lee Bul’s exhibition. Places are limited Writing West Midlands, draws to a close. Developed (17 October – 2 November), Ikon and Birmingham and booking is essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org with internationally renowned storyteller Cat Contemporary Music Group present an afternoon of to book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Weatherill, the series brought to life the true tales all things ‘drawing with sound’. Have a go at making *Cost includes refreshments and materials. of ordinary folk. Prior to Tell Me On A Sunday, none your own graphic score for musicians to perform of these participants had performed as storytellers. and make live drawings to music. Sculpture Masterclass Each used real material from their own memories, www.familyartsfestival.com Friday 7 November, 11am–4pm – £45 per person telling stories with warmth, courage and generosity, www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw £35 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+ straight from the heart. This finale event brings www.bcmg.org.uk Drawing inspiration from Lee Bul’s sculptural together tellers from 15 events held between 2012 installations, renowned textile artist Michael and 2014: Rich Stokes, Gauri Raje, Jane Campion- Brennand-Wood leads a one day masterclass using Hoye, Gavin Young, Kristina Gavran, Natalie Cook, everyday materials to produce three-dimensional Naomi Paul and Cat Weatherill. To book online pieces in this hands-on practical workshop. All visit www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org or call Creative workshops materials are provided. Places are limited, booking 0121 245 4455. essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online Activities aimed at specific age groups or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Parent and toddler mornings Tuesday 23 September, 10–11am All events take place at Ikon Gallery Friday 24 October, 10–11am unless otherwise stated. £2 per child, payable in advance This gallery-based session is for parents with When booking please indicate children’s ages and toddlers aged 0–3 years. Places are limited, please note that children should be accompanied by an visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call adult at all times. Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. Schools Events Events for 9

ARTiculation – Year 10 and 11 Discovery Event young people Thursday 9 October, 9.30am–3pm – FREE A unique opportunity for KS4 students and their teachers to join in gallery-based workshops designed Known as IYP, the Ikon Youth Programme is a group to develop understanding and engagement with of young people, aged 15-19, who share an interest contemporary art and increase confidence in public in visual art. Meeting regularly at Ikon Gallery since speaking skills. Supported by Ikon’s Learning Team, 2009, participants are encouraged to devise creative students deliver their research and personal responses projects, establish links with other youth groups and to the current exhibition in short group presentations. share their opinions about a range of topics. Produced in collaboration with The Roche Court www.ikon-gallery.org/iyp Educational Trust. Places are free but should be booked by emailing [email protected] or IYP Presents calling Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Saturday 27 September, 1–4pm – FREE www.rochecourteducationaltrust.co.uk This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Ikon Youth Programme, join us to take a look back at some of the 4MAT Network Meeting for Midlands Art Teachers highlights. The afternoon includes practical activities, Thursday 23 October, 5–7pm – FREE special film screenings and a chance to meet current 4MAT is the regional teachers’ network that meets IYP members. No need to book, just drop in. regularly, providing opportunities to share advice, expertise and experience whilst making new Open Social – Art Share Associated events connections with colleagues from across the region. Friday 24 October, 6.30–9pm – FREE Black Country Places are free but should be booked. Visit Birmingham-based Little Miss Creative host Art www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon on Share, a special event providing young people Black Country Voyages at the Galton Valley 0121 248 0708. aged 16–30 with a relaxed space to showcase their Voyages Heritage Centre Open Day creativity. You choose what to bring and how to Saturday 13 September, 10am–4pm – FREE ARTiculation – Sixth Form Crit Workshop share it – it could be a song, a dance, a painting, a Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick B66 1BA Tuesday 18 November, 5–7pm – FREE newly sewn coat … You have three minutes in the Black Country Voyages (2014–2017) is an art Join Ikon staff and IYP members to celebrate the The Barber Institute of Fine Arts spotlight in front of an audience of other young programme for local young people, aged 15–19 years Open Day. Visit this historic landmark, and enjoy the , Edgbaston people. Booking is essential, please email old, involving members of the Ikon Youth Programme varied stalls and boat trips. Birmingham B15 2TS [email protected] or call 0121 403 4773 to book (IYP). It takes place on board a canal boat, Aaron www.blackcountryvoyages.org Sixth Form students are invited to work with your slot. www.wearelmc.com Manby, generously lent to us by Sandwell Council. current postgraduate students from the History 8 Midlands based artists Juneau Projects are leading Black Country Voyages of Art Department, University of Birmingham, in Black Country Voyages in 2014, with a project inspired at the Tipton Canal & Community Festival this introduction to the art crit. Working with the by nature and its interaction with society. Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September Barber’s collection, participants develop skills for 11am–4pm – FREE analysing, discussing and presenting artworks. Since May, together with IYP, Juneau Projects – two Coronation Gardens Free refreshments served from 4.30pm. Teachers artists working in collaboration, Phil Duckworth Off Owen Street, Tipton DY4 8HE welcome. Produced in collaboration with The and Ben Sadler – have produced a new range of Join Ikon staff and IYP members at this community Roche Court Educational Trust, the University of sculptures and drawings. Taking the shape of a event and take part in a creative activity. Birmingham and Q-art. Places are free but should large-scale installation and a series of public events, www.tiptoncommunityassociation.com be booked by emailing [email protected] or this touring project continues its journey along local calling Ikon on 0121 248 0708. canals, engaging audiences through workshops, live Black Country Voyages at Parkhead Canal Festival performances and exhibitions. Black Country Voyages is Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September organised in partnership with the Canal & River Trust. 10am–5pm – FREE For more information on future events and how to Parkhead Locks, Holly Hall Road, Dudley DY2 0TT get involved visit www.blackcountryvoyages.org or Join the Dudley Canal Trust and Worcester- call Ikon on 0121 248 0708. Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society for the 8 Member of IYP performing at Open Social, June 2014 biennial Parkhead Canal Festival. Expect historic

9 Black Country Voyages in Netherton, Bumblehole Facebook: blackcountryvoyages boats, stalls and refreshments. Conservation Group Open Day, August 2014 Twitter: @bcvoyages #blackcountryvoyages www.dudleytunnel.co.uk/parkhead St Basils Showcase

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October, 12–4pm – FREE Ikon Events Room

Since 2013 Ikon has worked in residence with staff and young people associated with one of Birmingham’s St Basils supported accommodation, Milner Court. The project has involved workshops taking place at Milner Court as well as regular visits to Ikon Gallery. Join us for a celebratory showcase that shares paintings, drawings and text created by young people. www.stbasils.org.uk

11 Work created by St Basils participant at a creative session, summer 2014

Imran Qureshi Future Ikon Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year” 19 November 2014 – 25 January 2015 24 Hour Ikon presents a solo exhibition by Pakistani artist Exhibitions Imran Qureshi, Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year” 2013. Comprising miniature paintings and site- Cultural Survey specific installations – including new works made for Ikon – the exhibition is Qureshi’s first major 24–25 October, 12–12pm presentation in the UK. (Artist’s talk: Thursday 20 November).

What does art and culture mean to you? Do you like Ikon Icons: Julian Opie to while away an afternoon in a gallery or museum? 19 November 2014 – 25 January 2015 Perhaps you prefer a night at the theatre, or get Continuing Ikon’s celebration of the past five involved with dance, knitting or singing. Whatever decades, Julian Opie is our Ikon Icon for the 2000s. you’re interested in, we’d like to know. The 24 Hour The installation of Opie’s high-rise building Cultural Survey aims to take a snapshot of the sculptures on the first floor of Ikon Gallery in 2001 region’s cultural life during one single day. coincided with 9/11. The modernist aesthetic they embody and their smart neatness as models is now Take part in the 24 Hour Cultural Survey from noon informed by memories of a day that dramatically

on Friday 24 to noon on Saturday 25 October 2014, 12 Imran Qureshi changed the world. The ‘less is more’ efficiency they and tell us why arts and culture matter to you. Your Self-portrait (2009) suggest, symbolic of a society that functions in an answers will help arts and heritage organisations Gold leaf and gouache on wasli paper orderly way, can no longer be seen with innocence. 27 × 34.5 cm in the West Midlands to plan for the future. Ali and Amna Naqvi Collection, Hong Kong A number of these architectural pieces now rise up www.24hourculture.co.uk Copyright Imran Qureshi, courtesy Corvi-Mora, London in Ikon’s Tower Room. Individual Patrons About Ikon Find out More Thank You Paul Aston; Adrian Bland; Simon Chapman; Jean Denning; Victoria Denning; Stephanie Dieckvoss; Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary Visitor Resource Room on the second floor is a Ikon would like to thank the following for their Joan Edlis; Carl & Didi Forster; Patzi Haslimann; art venue situated in central Birmingham. Housed place for visitors to find out more about the artists invaluable support over the past 12 months John & Anna Hatch; Paul & Susie Huxley; Tom Jones; in the neo-gothic Oozells Street School, it is an showing at Ikon. Filmed interviews, books and other The Arts Club; Australian Government through Marcelle Joseph; Jeanette Koch; David & Mary educational charity and works to encourage public publications give background information to the the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory Lodge; Stephen Pallister; Jasmin Pelham; Midge engagement with contemporary art through exhibitions. The room is also a place for families to body; BBC; School of Art, Birmingham City Skene; Mr & Mrs A E Taylor. exhibiting new work in a context of debate and enjoy creative practical activities. University; Birmingham Library and Archive Services, participation. Birmingham City University; Bortolami Gallery, New Friends of the Family Gallery Tours and creative workshops are available York; Canal & River Trust; Galerie Carlier Gebauer, (In support of A Real Birmingham Family) The gallery programme features artists from to a variety of groups to get the most out of Berlin; John Feeney Charitable Trust; Glenn Howells Adrian Bland and family; Associated Architects; around the world. A variety of media is represented, each exhibition. Call the Learning Team for more Associates; Paul Hamlyn Foundation; The Abbey John Crabtree; Jean Denning; Antony and Vicken including sound, film, mixed media, photography, information on 0121 248 0708. Harris Mural Fund; The Henry Moore Foundation; Gormley; Mark Hodgkins; Glenn Howells; David painting, sculpture and installation. Institut Français Royaume-Uni; Galerie Kamel and Mary Lodge; Maverick TV; Paul Needham; Tim Ikon Online at www.ikon-gallery.org offers Mennour, Paris; Lafarge Tarmac; Media Archive Oldham, David and Ethne Owen; Maureen Paley; Ikon’s off-site programme develops dynamic full details of our exhibitions and events plus for Central England; Mirage Associates; The Owen Stephen Pallister; Midge Skene; Richard Verdi; relationships between art, artists and audiences downloadable gallery guides. Watch installation Family Trust; Polish Cultural Institute in London; Jonathan Watkins. outside the gallery. Projects vary enormously videos, listen to interviews with artists and browse Programme de résidences / Fondation d’entreprise in scale, duration and location, challenging the online shop for Ikon catalogues and limited Hermès; Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Ikon would also like to thank all those who make a expectations of where art can be seen and by whom. edition prints. Culture in Iraq; Sandwell Metropolitan Borough donation during their visit. Council; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; Jim Education is at the heart of Ikon’s activities, Thompson Thai Silk Company; Wallonie-Bruxelles Exhibition supporters stimulating public interest in and understanding of Access International; Michael Werner Gallery, New York Lee Bul’s exhibition is supported by the Korea contemporary visual art. Through a variety of talks, and London; Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels. Foundation; Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong tours, workshops and seminars, our Learning Team Ikon aims to be fully accessible for disabled visitors. A Kong; Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac and PKM Gallery. aims to build dynamic relationships with audiences, wheelchair is available, a lift operates throughout the Support Ikon enabling visitors to engage with, discuss and reflect building and guests with guide dogs are welcome. As a charity, Ikon needs your support. We rely Project supporters on contemporary art. There is a fitted induction loop to enhance sound on donations from individuals and businesses to Black Country Voyages is supported by Arts Council for visitors with hearing impairment and disabled fund what we do. If you would like to support us, Strategic Touring and Sandwell Council. Ikon’s core parking is located outside the gallery on Oozells whether by making a donation, becoming a patron Learning programme and our work with St Basils is Street. Large print versions of the Ikon bulletin and or leaving a legacy, visit www.ikon-gallery.org or supported by Arts Connect West Midlands. A Real exhibition guides are available on request. call 0121 248 0708. Birmingham Family is supported by Birmingham City Council. About Town is supported by Arts Council Corporate Patrons England and Southside Business Improvement District. Stay in Touch Deutsche Bank; EY; Glenn Howells Architects; Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace; SACO Copyright Ikon Gallery and artists. To join our free mailing list call 0121 248 0708 or visit Serviced Apartments; Wragge&Co. www.ikon-gallery.org. You can also follow Ikon on Facebook and Twitter. 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.

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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, through Paradise Opening times Forum and into Centenary Square. Bear left onto Broad Street, passing the Hyatt Hotel on the left, Gallery Café Opus Ikon Shop then turn right into Oozells Street. This walk takes Mon Closed 10am–8pm Closed 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 1–9 September and 10–18 November 2014 for installation of new exhibitions. Ikon is open Car and bicycle parking 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.

Cover image: Local accommodation Lee Bul After Bruno Taut (Devotion to Drift) (2013) www.birminghambrindleyplace.hgi.com Presented by the Art Fund under Art Fund International for joint ownership by The New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham www.sacoapartments.co.uk Museums Trust, 2013 (2013.0010)