Rotate is a temporary exhibition programme at the Contemporary Art Society, showcasing the work of artists, artist-run spaces and galleries attracting critical acclaim nationally and internationally.
Members are invited for drinks with the artists and directors of Vane, a Newcastle-based gallery space, at our Emerald Street offices. For Rotate, Vane directors Paul Stone and Christopher Yeats have curated an exhibition of seventeen artists from the UK, Europe and USA whose work is concerned with the construction of new and/or personal narratives. Their sources range from found objects or images, the everyday, the playful and the subconscious — whether drawn from popular culture/mass media, souvenirs, everyday ephemera, art history, mythology, politics, the environment (both built and natural) or science.
Artists exhibiting in Rotate with Vane are Héctor Arce-Espasas, Paul Becker, Claire Davies, Graham Dolphin, Kerstin Drechsel, Jorn Ebner, Nadia Hebson, Simon Le Ruez, Dodda Maggy, Jock Mooney, Stephen Palmer, Josué Pellot, Morten Schelde, Matthew Smith, Alison Unsworth, Barbara Walker and Flora Whiteley.
To book for this event please email: membership@contemporaryartsociety.org
Paul Becker, Paul Becker Druid 2009
Josue Pellot Untitled 2008
Dodda Maggy I’m not here 2009
Simon Le Ruez A familiar place for the very first time 2009
Stephen Palmer Dogs in Space 2009
Claire Davies Masterplan (A) 01 2009
Paul Becker, Paul Becker Druid 2009 oil on zinc, 7.5 x 9cm, ©the artist courtesy: Vane
Josue Pellot Untitled 2008 paper on paper, 65 x 50cm, ©the artist courtesy: Vane
Dodda Maggy I’m not here 2009 DVD and DV Tape, 2:22mins, edition of 5, dimensions variable, ©the artist courtesy: Vane
Simon Le Ruez A familiar place for the very first time 2009 wood, steel, concrete, texture, oil and household paint, 116 x 36 x 105cm, ©the artist courtesy: Vane
Stephen Palmer Dogs in Space 2009 pencil on paper, 35 x 33.5cm, ©the artist courtesy: Vane
Claire Davies Masterplan (A) 01 2009 archival inkjet on paper, edition of 25, 50.5 x 68cm, ©the artist courtesy: Vane