Friday 21 May 2010

Kevin Cummins - Joy Division





Blenheim Walk


28 May - 17 June








Kevin Cummins studied photography in Salford, embarking on a career that began with documenting the burgeoning punk scene in Manchester. He later became Chief Photographer for the NME where his award winning photographs were a major contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester scene. This exhibition concentrates on the iconic photographs that Kevin took of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.

The Duvet Brothers - Blue Monday

Blenheim Walk 28 May - 17 June

The Duvet Brothers have been making videos since the early 1980's, their work being a mix of recycled documentary, music and editing effects, pioneering an art form which became known as scratch video. Blue Monday is perhaps their best known work, set to the music of New Order and created during a period of social and political change, the decline of Communism and the rise of Thatcherism.

Adam Stone - View from a plinth

Blenheim Walk 28 May - 17 June

An exhibition by Adam Stone who spent one hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the Antony Gormley project "Oneandother". During that time he captured 10 large format pin hole images.

Adam Stone studied at the Royal Academy schools and Leeds College of Art where he currently lectures in art and design.

Books & Artists

Blenheim Walk

28 May - 17 June

Books & Artists is a series of occasional short exhibitions on the first floor at blenheim Walk showing exampples taken from the College collection of artists' books. The often surprising work on display, by both local and international artists, from Black Dogs to Sophie Calle, allows a glimpse into this large collection of work.