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Seven Sisters: Catherine Corlett & Zachary Ingham
They have dominated the Rochdale landscape for over 40 years; this year College Bank Flats, known locally as the Seven Sisters, are the focus of...
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Layers of Landscape
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Exhibition
Rochdale
This selection of works from the Art Gallery’s permanent collection explores how artists capture different elements of landscape. Featuring both historic and more contemporary works, artists will include Adrian Berg, Ivon Hitchens and
Mariele Neudecker. The exhibition includes activities in our...Dates
- From:
- 27 Jan 2012 To 10 Mar 2012
Gordon Cheung: Techno-Sublime
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Exhibition
Rochdale
Gordon Cheung’s mixed-media paintings depict epic, dream-like landscapes where the natural world collides with the structures of globalisation. Through his use of collaged Financial Times stock listings as the base for each painting, Cheung’s work raises questions about contemporary society, such...
Dates
- From:
- 31 Mar 2012 To 16 Jun 2012
The Rochdale Pioneers
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Exhibition
Rochdale
This exhibition tells the story of the origins of the Co-operative Movement and how it started right here in Rochdale focusing on the lives of the local men who went on to become the Rochdale Pioneers. It will also showcase the exciting plans for the £3 million extension of the historic Toad Lane’s...
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2012 To 31 Dec 2012
Seven Sisters: Catherine Corlett & Zachary Ingham
Type
Exhibition
Rochdale
They have dominated the Rochdale landscape for over 40 years; this year College Bank Flats, known locally as the Seven Sisters, are the focus of seven films created by artists Catherine Corlett and Zachary Ingham. The films were created in the summer of 2011 by positioning cameras at the top of...
Dates
- From:
- 17 Dec 2011 To 10 Mar 2012
Echoes of the Edwardian Era
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Exhibition
Rochdale
Following on from the Gallery’s successful Victorian Stories exhibition in 2010, this is a chance to see Edwardian paintings from the Art Gallery collection alongside costume, objects and ephemera of the time from the Museum and Local Studies collections.
Venue: Gallery Two, Touchstones...Dates
- From:
- 24 Mar 2012 To 9 Mar 2013
Colouredge:Paul Haywood & Maxine Kennedy
Type
Exhibition
Rochdale
Colouredge is the title of a public art commission celebrating the 10th anniversary of Littleborough Arts Festival. Artists Maxine Kennedy and Paul Haywood are designing a bespoke selection of colours that will represent the Pennine edge. They have become fascinated by environments and horizons...
Dates
- From:
- 31 Mar 2012 To 16 Jun 2012
Cloud Nylon: The Jewellery of Nora Fok
Type
Exhibition
Rochdale
Nora Fok is a pioneering contemporary jeweller who works with ordinary materials to create extraordinary pieces from familiar forms to large wearable sculptures. The processes Nora uses – knitting, weaving, crocheting and knotting – transform linear nylon monofilament into complex structures,...
Dates
- From:
- 17 Dec 2011 To 10 Mar 2012
