History and Place: The Visual Arts in Society / Society in the Visual Arts.
Citation Summary:
Carr, A. (2014-17), History and Place: The Visual Arts in Society | Society in the Visual Arts, curated exhibition series, MOSTYN I Wales, Llandudno, catalogues (ed. Carr, A.): WAR (19/07/14 - 02/11/14); We’ve Got Mail (19/04/14 - 06/07/14); Return Journey (18/01/14 - 06/04/14); Women’s Art Society II (18/07/15 - 01/11/15); We’ve Got Mail II (14/03/15 - 01/11/15); War II (14/11/15 - 08/05/16); The School of Art, Science & Technical Classes (21/05/16 - 17/09/16); We’ve Got Mail III (22/10/16 - 05/02/17); and WAGSTAFF’s (18/02/17 - 25/06/17). The History Series of exhibitions was funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales, and Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Liverpool John Moores University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32AC1
- Type
- T - Other
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- Location
- MOSTYN I Wales and various
- Brief description of type
- Exhibitions, published texts
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
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- Year
- 2014
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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1 - Contemporary Art Lab
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research comprises 8 curated exhibitions, accompanying publications, involving the participation of over 100 international artists. It examined uses of curating to establish new connections between venue and viewing public; it established innovative pathways for the understanding of exhibitions, curatorial practice, as well as society and its historical backdrop. The exhibitions and related material were part of an exhibition series titled History Series, which Carr conceived and curated, that responded to place, time, geography and biography, exploring the former uses of MOSTYN, Wales’ foremost contemporary visual arts centre, and wider context during this time. Through a unique combination of historical texts, objects and images, with artworks by intentionally renowned contemporary artists, each exhibition utilised the past for inspiration in the present. It made visible ways in which historical and contemporary can interweave and correlate to make rich, innovative connections. WAR II, for example, took researched the building’s use as a ‘Donut Dugout’- a space in the gallery used formerly as a place for American troops located in Llandudno. Some of the subjects addressed were the history of doughnuts, the Ministry of Food’s presence in Colwyn Bay, espionage links and military aircraft crash sites. Return Journey was initiated as inquiry into the connection between artistic expression and creativity and the United Kingdom. It presented artworks, by artists from the UK, which all address the various places in which they were born or raised. Existing works and new commissions were presented by artists, including Turner Prize winners Tracey Emin, Mark Leckey, and Ryan Gander OBE. The exhibitions resulted in record visitor figures (over 400,000), secured grants from the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales, Heritage Lottery Fund, and generated press coverage worldwide including BBC, ArtPapers (Vol. 38, No. 2, March/April 2014), e-flux, Art Monthly (September, 2014) and ArtReview (April, 2014).
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- Non-English
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