Exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Outside In: Central at Compton Verney
23 March – 15 December 2013
In 2013 Compton Verney will present the Outside In: Central exhibition - a unique display of work by artists who feel excluded from the art world for a variety of reasons which may include health, disability or social circumstance.
As the main venue for Outside In: Central, Compton Verney will host the largest exhibition of regional artists work, selected by a panel of representatives from Pallant House Gallery, Compton Verney and experts in the arts world. The selected artists will also have the opportunity to choose a work from Compton Verney’s important British Folk Art collection to show alongside their own, with an accompanying statement about the reasons for their
choice. Folk Art is a wide-ranging term which often includes objects made by untrained artists, therefore as well as highlighting the affinity between non-traditional artists and Folk Art; we also hope the exhibition will continue our on-going enquiry into the Folk Art Tradition.
Artists will be selected later this year and their work showcased in a major exhibition at Compton Verney from 23rd March to 15th December 2013.
Alison Cox, Head of Programming at Compton Verney, said: “We were particularly keen to get involved with this project because, like our own Folk Art collection, it questions traditional definitions of what is, and what is not, art. It is our hope that this inclusive
project and the exhibition at Compton Verney will provoke interesting conversations about the term Outsider Art and we look forward to showcasing the best the region has to offer at Compton Verney in 2013.”
The Outside In: Central region covers Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Hereford and Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Outside In Surgery Day
The gallery realises that not all artists who meet these criteria will have access to technology to submit their work via the Outside In website.
Therefore we will be holding a Surgery Day on Saturday 12th May 2012 where artists can bring along their work and will be given help to photograph it and submit it via the website. To book places on the Surgery Day call 01926 645529 or email alice.kirk@comptonverney.org.uk .
For those not able to make this date other Surgery Days will be held across the central region. For further details please go to: www.outsidein.org.uk.
Milton Keynes Project Space in Milton Keynes (part of MK Gallery) will exhibit a smaller group show for one month for four artists from their local area. This will run from 3rd October - 3rd November 2012.
The Public in West Bromwich will show Outside In: On Tour at the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 as well.
