January 2012
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Exhibition
Watercolour Gems
Some of the biggest names in British watercolours of the 18th and 19th centuries are included in the Laing’s new display from the collection. Watercolours by Thomas Girtin, JMW Turner, John Sell Cotman and David Cox demonstrate the atmospheric effects of light and weather which made British watercolours famous.
16 Jul 11 - 30 Jun 12.
Exhibition
Barnaby Barford, the Big Win: A Modern Morality Tale
Barnaby Barford, the artist who creates unique ceramic narrative pieces reflecting today’s society, has been commissioned to produce a series of sculptures at the Laing Art Gallery.
Producing six out of the seven sculptures, Barford left the completion of the seventh for the Laing’s visitors to contribute their own ideas of how the story should end. Using some of the ideas provided by the public, Barford has made the last sculpture, which forms the final piece of the story.
The Big Win: A Modern Morality Tale tells the story of a ‘layabout’ striving to live a celebrity lifestyle who wins the lottery. Charting his rise and fall as his money runs out, the sculptures will explore our insatiable appetite for celebrity culture and living beyond our means. Loosely based on the narrative of ‘A Rake’s Progress’ by 18th century artist William Hogarth as well as the themes inherent within the Laing’s 18th and 19th Century Permanent Collection, Barnaby Barford’s The Big Win also depicts contemporary society’s problems and experiences such as gambling and luxurious living.
To see some ideas, please visit our Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laingartgallery/
10 Sep 11 - 2 Sep 12.
Exhibition
Diamonds are Forever
A sparkling selection of glass replicas of some of the world's most famous diamonds.
17 Sep 11 - 4 Feb 12.
Exhibition
Crossing the Tyne
Following the opening of the New Tyne Tunnel at the start of 2011, this exhibition explores our relationship with the River Tyne through photographs, paintings and stories and looks at the history of all the crossing across the River Tyne, from Scotswood Bridge in the West to the Millennium Bridge in the East.
Thursday 27 October, 2 - 3pm
Free guided tour of Crossing the Tyne
Please phone (0191) 456 8740 to book a place on this special exhibition guided tour.
15 Oct 11 - 28 Jan 12.
Exhibition
The Station Gardens and wildflower meadow
The Museum now has its very own Station Gardens, and next to the old railway track there is a new wildflower meadow which is a haven for local wildlife. Take a stroll around the grounds of the Museum to enjoy the Victorian cottage gardens and the flora surrounding the new Wagon Shed.
19 Oct 11 - 19 Dec 12.
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Cullercoats: An artists’ colony by the sea
The small fishing village of Cullercoats was once the centre of a thriving artistic community. Its story is told through a selection of artworks from the North Tyneside Council and Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collections.
A number of the paintings from this exhibition are available to buy as prints from our online Artprints service - click on the painting titles below to find out more:
North Shields by Stephen Brownlow
Cullercoats from Tynemouth by JW Carmichael
Launching the Cullercoats Lifeboat by Robert Jobling
Anxious Times by Robert Jobling
Hermaphrodite Brig by George Balmer
Early Morning off Coast by Henry H Emmerson
22 Oct 11 - 15 Apr 12.
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The Wagon Shed
The new Wagon Shed at the Sidings holds two railway wagons which originate from the early 20th century and which have been carefully restored.
One is a Covered Carriage Truck built at Darlington in 1939 and the earliest surviving example of its kind. This wagon was used to transport cars, and now houses a gleaming 1963 Rover P4 car, on loan from the National Motor Museum Beaulieu.
The other wagon is a 10-ton Goods Brake Van built at Shildon Wagon Works, County Durham in 1916.
The Wagon Shed has interactive displays and films of what life was like when these important vehicles were in use.
22 Oct 11 - 31 Dec 12.
Exhibition
Foliage & Flora: Flowers in art
The beauty of plants, flowers and gardens has inspired artists for hundreds of years. Sometimes the imagery has a symbolic meaning, at other times it is purely decorative. This display explores the relationship between people, plants and art.
Images of gardens, flowers or fruit have been used to convey symbolic meanings in many cultures. Artists may use the type, colour, position and combination of blooms to send a coded message to the viewer. Plants also have always been a source of food and medicine, some being cultivated close to people’s homes. Their decorative use followed, with roses, lilies, irises, peonies, colombines and carnations being the first ornamental flowers to decorate European gardens.
The works on display are from the collections of Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, with loans from the Laing Art Galley.
5 Nov 11 - 30 Jan 12.
Exhibition
John Graham Lough
This exhibition explores the work of the 19th century neoclassical sculptor born at Greenhead, Northumberland. John Graham Lough is responsible for the Collingwood monument at Tynemouth and the Stephenson monument in Newcastle city centre.
Focusing on a newly conserved group of sculptures that were donated to the Hatton by the 3rd Duke of Northumberland, the exhibition also features loans from public and private collections including the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A, Alnwick Castle, Laing Art Gallery and Northumberland Archives.
The image (right), shows a painting by Ralph Hedley, John Graham Lough In His Studio, which chronicles the creation of Lough’s sculpture Milo which caused a sensation in London at the time.
Encumbered by a ceiling in his poor lodgings, Lough dismantled the offending partition so he could carry on working to finish his sculpture; the lawyer summoned by the house owner to start legal proceedings against Lough repeated what he’d seen to his peers in society. The news spread quickly, and the street where Lough rented his rooms filled with the carriages of curious gentry.
2 Dec 11 - 18 Feb 12.
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