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Art Gallery
Touchstones Rochdale
The Esplanade
Rochdale
Lancs
OL16 1AQ
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Coming soon.....
Making Marks: Print and Drawings
from the Art Gallery collection
Gallery Two
16 October 2010 – 13 March 2011
The Gallery has a significant collection of artists’ prints and drawings and this exhibition presents a selection of both historic and modern works. This includes drawings by Tristram Hillier and Walter Sickert and prints by John O’Connor and Gertrude Hermes. Recent contemporary acquisitions by Lesley Halliwell and Susie MacMurray also feature.
People’s Art 2010
Galleries Three & Four
23 October – 5 December 2010
The popular annual open exhibition for new and established artists, both amateur
and professional, who live or work in the borough of Rochdale. The ‘Art Paddock’ will return to the galleries with lots of hands-on activities for aspiring young artists.
Rachael Elwell:
The Capacity of Line
Gallery Three
18 December 2010 – 13 March 2011
Following her four-month residency in Rochdale’s twin town of Bielefeld in 2009,
Rachael Elwell presents an exhibition of new abstract drawings. The exhibition explores Rachael’s research in the perceptual connections between line, form and space through contemporary drawing processes. During the exhibition Rachael will undertake a four-week residency in the gallery when visitors will have the chance to see her at work and to contribute to her drawing research through participatory projects.
Liam Spencer: Painting From Life
Gallery Four
18 December 2010 – 13 March 2011
Liam Spencer is one of the North West’s most successful artists. His paintings investigate both urban and rural landscapes from Manchester and Rossendale to New York and Beijing. This exhibition is part retrospective, part new work. It features paintings from the past two decades, including Spencer’s early work, the panoramic landscapes for which he is well-known and a significant new body of work exploring the varied landscape of the Rochdale area. This exhibition is presented in partnership with Gallery Oldham.
