Archive 2011-12

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  Repeat

  New works by contemporary textile designers - A NUCA Touring Show

  10 - 28 January 2012

  'Repeat' has been conceived and curated by University College academics, Dr Hilary Carlisle, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Design, and the Course Leader for Textiles, Nick Rodgers. An external textile design exhibition specialist comprises the third member of this curatorial group. The exhibition draws on a range of contemporary textile practices and includes drawing, textiles, product, video, installation and design work. The show is accompanied by a series of related events and workshops, including talks by the exhibitors.

  'Repeat' acknowledges a fundamental motif within textiles and surface design practice and the subsequent manufacture of repeating patterns has a long history and wide geography. Repeat patterns create visual interest and intrigue, but can also provide a useful parameter for designers and artists who are creating viable works for commercial production. Similarly, repeat structures are studied in many areas of science and mathematics, including crystallography, genetics, physics and mathematics.

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  Sunlight

  Roger Ackling

  Tuesday 1 November - Saturday 26 November

  Norwich University College of the Arts is delighted to present 'Sunlight', a celebration of recent works by the internationally acclaimed artist Roger Ackling. We are pleased and privileged to note the inclusion of a number of the works in the show that are being exhibited for the first time.

  Roger's intimate sculptural works are made by focusing sunlight through a hand-held magnifying glass to mark the surface of tools, pieces of discarded wood or scraps of card. The time and care taken in making the work and the natural energy harnessed to ‘draw’ onto the materials are indicative of an artist whose work is deeply contemplative and entirely empathetic with the materials and means at his disposal.

  Supported by Annely Juda Fine Art, London

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  Reflections on the Self

  Five African Women Photographers

  Tuesday 27th September - Saturday 15th October
  A touring show from the Hayward Gallery

  Reflections on the Self presented women's visual narratives, as told through self-portraits and portraits of other women. Five photographers, Hélène Amouzou, Majida Khattari, Zanele Muholi, Senayt Samuel and Nontsikelelo Veleko engage with issues such as identity, sexuality and displacement, and their work often overturns stereotypical expectations.

• Introduction to the 2011-12 Gallery Programme

  Footage of the Private View for the Reflections on the Self exhibition, including interviews with Assistant Principal Keith Bartlett, the exhibition curator Christine Eyene, and students who talk about the value of The Gallery at NUCA's exhibition programme to their studies.