SPACE artists in group show

19 Jul – 22 Sep 2013

The Hecklers at The New Art Gallery, Walsall

Caroline Achaintre, Edwin Burdis, Slawomir Czajkowski (Zbiok), Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson, Ruth Ewan, Andrew Gilbert, Joel Gray, Tod Hanson, Geoffrey Ireland, kennardphillipps, Cedar Lewisohn (curator), Kieron Livingstone and Ian Allison, Alexis Milne, Laura Oldfield Ford, Max Reeves, Clunie Reid, John Russell, Francis Thorburn, Vicky Wright.

Preview: Thursday 18 July, 6-8pm
Free. Friends, family and colleagues welcome.

7pm, performance by:
Alexis Milne and The Cult of Rammellzee

Your Eyes are Dead is an immersive installation and performance which examines the origins of Hip Hop as an autonomous cultural uprising. It begins by focusing on Robert Moses, the architect of the Cross Bronx Expressway, which ruthlessly cut through communities, isolating areas of the South Bronx and providing the dystopian backdrop for the development of Hip Hop and graffiti culture.

Performers: Skoobstep, Tex Royale, Luke Mozez, Jezza-Ho

19 July - 22 Sept
The New Art Gallery Walsall 
Gallery Square, Walsall
WS2 8LG

A heckler is someone who tries to unsettle others with questions, challenges or jibes. This exhibition brings together a range of artists who comment on social and political issues, often with a degree of playfulness. Woven through the exhibition is also an exploration of ideas around “primitivism” and the re-working of modernist ideologies in the present day. 

In Conversation
Saturday 7 September, 2pm

Join Cedar Lewisohn, Caroline Achaintre and Tod Hanson for an informal tour of the exhibition.