Pump House Gallery

Submissions for Pump House Gallery’s second annual open call exhibition The Trouble with Painting Today has now gone live. Local, national and international artists are invited to apply, from emerging to established practitioners. The exhibition aims to raise questions about why artists continue to paint, and questions the intrinsic value of painting. The curatorial team is made up of curator Hannah Conroy and members of University of the Third Age. Together the team will look at the context of painting through out recent art history, with particular focus on the discrepancies between traditional practices and a notion of painting that strives to reach beyond the canvas.

Suitable for

• 18+

Admission

submission=£5

Website

http://pumphousegallery.org.uk/open-call-2014/introduction/

You cannot step twice into the same river is a video and photography exhibition of international artists that explores the history of the River Thames. Through the work of artists Alia Syed, Ellie Ga and Laura Pawela the exhibition looks at the reliability of documentary forms and devices. You cannot step twice into the same river challenges the notion of truth content amid intersecting narratives, historical and pictorial evidence and first hand recollections of events. As part of this exhibition Pump House Gallery is comissioning new performances by artists Patrick Coyle and Holly Slingsby that will take place on the evening of the private view.

Suitable for

• Any age