Exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery
Special Collections Exhibition
‘A Fine Line: Drawings from the Collection’
6 March - 1 June 2008
Galleries 3 and 4
The result of a project ‘Hidden Histories of the Collection’ ‘exploration’ and ‘preparation’. It looks at drawings, often hidden from view, from the late 19th to the 20th century that form part Leeds Museums & Galleries’ nationally designated Fine Art Collection.
Moving Image
24th April - 13th July
Gallery 1
Moving image works by Georgina Starr, Annelies Strba and Rosalind Nashashibi and an installation by Janis Rafailidou.
Leeds Art Gallery’s Annual ‘Open Show’ 2008
July - August
The Gallery’s ‘Open’ exhibition. Anyone living and working in the region can submit a painting, watercolour, drawing, photograph, sculpture, mixed-media or new media work, for consideration by a panel of three selectors. The resulting exhibition sees up-and-coming as well as established professional artists exhibit alongside amateur talent.
Sculpture Displays:
The Wonder and the Horror of the Human Head
May 2007 - Dec 2008
This display focuses on a compelling group of sculptures and prints from the 1950s and early 1960s which use the form of the human head as a mirror for contemporary concerns. Works by William Turnbull, Eduardo Paolozzi, Henry Moore, Elizabeth Frink, Anthony Caro, Bernard Meadows, F.E. McWilliam, Geoffrey Clarke and Hubert Dalwood.
Ordinary People
May 2007 - Dec 2008
This display shows sculptures of familiar everyday figures – parents, children, lovers, friends and crowds – none of them famous but celebrated here in a reflection of the increased social inclusivity of the 1950s.