Ikon Gallery
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Ikon Gallery
Ikon Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemportary art and is the largest gallery in Birmingham, England’s second city. Before moving to its present location (the decommissioned Oozells Street School) the gallery was located at 58-72 John Bright Street, in Birmingham city centre.
It was the venue for At Home with Vanley Burke, by far one of the most intriguing exhibitions to take place in recent years. It featured the bulk, if not the entirety, of the contents of Vanley Burke’s Birmingham flat being relocated and reinstalled in the Ikon Gallery. The exhibition’s dates were 22 July - 27 Sepember 2015.
From the catalogue Foreword, by Jonathan Watkins, Director:
“Burke’s archive is partly in storage at the Library of Birmingham, but most of it is to be found in his flat near Birmingham’s city centre, in filing cabinets or boxes or on display. It is an extraordinary interior, a cabinet of wonderful curiosities. This is an exhibition, more or less, of its entire contents – the archive with artworks and souvenirs, as well as decor and furniture, wardrobe, kitchenware et cetera – so that the artist is revealed as a subject of his own enquiry.”
The exhibition came with a fascinating catalogue, extensively illustrated and with texts by Pete James, Curator of Photographs at the Library of Birmingham, and artist/curator Marlene Smith.
Related items + view all 47
» Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - catalogue
Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996
» Permindar Kaur| Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery brochure
Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1996
» Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery invitation
Invite relating to an exhibition, 1996
» Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery press release
Press release relating to an exhibition, 1996
» Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Mead Gallery exhibition guide
Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996
Exhibitions at this venue + view all 11
» Cold Comfort Part I
Solo show at Ikon Gallery. 1996
» Searchlight
Group show at Ikon Gallery. 1989
» The British Art Show 5
Group show at Ikon Gallery, City Art Centre, Collective Gallery, Dean Gallery, Fruitmarket Gallery, Inverleith House - Royal Botanic Garden, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Talbot Rice Gallery, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Millais Gallery - Southampton Institute, Southampton City Art Gallery, Centre for Visual Arts, Chapter Arts Centre, Ffotogallery, National Museum & Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. 2000
» Truth, Dare, Double-Dare...
Collaboration at Ikon Gallery. 1994
People who have appeared at this venue - view 5
» Shahidul Alam
Born, 1955 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
» Hurvin Anderson
Born, 1965 in Birmingham
» Lea Andrews
Born, 1958 in Sonning Common, Oxfordshire
» Rasheed Araeen
Born, 1935 in Karachi, Pakistan
» Terry Atkinson
Born, 1939 in Thurnscoe, UK
» Phyllida Barlow
Born, 1944 in Newcastle upon Tyne
» David Batchelor
Born, 1955 in Dundee
» Zarina Bhimji
Born, 1963 in Mbarara, Uganda
» Martin Boyce
Born, 1967 in Glasgow
» Sonia Boyce MBE OBE RA
Born, 1962 in London, England
» Stuart Brisley
Born, 1933 in Surrey, UK
» Glenn Brown
Born, 1966 in Hexham, Northumberland
» Vanley Burke
Born, 1951 in Jamaica
» Sheba Chhachhi
Born, 1958 in Harare, Ethiopia
» Billy Childish
Born, 1959 in Chatham, Kent
» Sue Coe
Born, 1951
» Martin Creed
Born, 1968 in Wakefield, England
» Jeremy Deller
Born, 1966 in London
» Willie Doherty
Born, 1959 in Derry, Northern Ireland
» Tracey Emin
Born, 1963 in Croydon, UK
» Graham Fagen
Born, 1966 in Glasgow
» Andrea Fisher
Born, 1955 in New York, USA
» Laura Ford
Born, 1961 in Cardiff
» Liam Gillick
Born, 1964 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
» Paul Graham
Born, 1956 in Stafford, England
» Lucy Gunning
Born, 1964 in Newcastle upon Tyne
» Sunil Gupta
Born, 1953 in New Delhi, India
» Graham Gussin
Born, 1960 in London
» Jamelie Hassan
Born, 1948 in London, Ontario, Canada
» Mona Hatoum
Born, 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon
» Matthew Higgs
Born, 1964 in West Yorkshire
» Susan Hiller
Born, 1942 in New York, USA
» David Hockney
Born, 1937 in Bradford
» Karl Holmqvist
Born, 1964 in Västerås, Sweden
» Dean Hughes
Born, 1974 in Manchester
» Anna Hunt
Born, 1946 in Newcastle upon Tyne
» Runa Islam
Born, 1970 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
» Gavin Jantjes
Born, 1948 in Cape Town, South Africa
» Tam Joseph
Born, 1947 in Dominica
» Permindar Kaur
Born, 1965 in Nottingham, England
» Emma Kay
Born, 1961 in London
» Joan Key
Born, 1948 in England
» Jim Lambie
Born, 1964 in Glasgow
» Michael Landy
Born, 1963 in London
» Hilary Lloyd
Born, 1964 in Yorkshire
» Rachel Lowe
Born, 1968 in Newcastle upon Tyne
» Sarah Lucas
Born, 1962 in London
» Kenny Macleod
Born, 1967 in Aberdeen
» Chad McCail
Born, 1961 in Manchester
» Conor McFeely
Born, 1958 in Derry
» Lucy McKenzie
Born, 1977 in Glasgow
» David Musgrave
Born, 1967 in Loughborough, England
» Mike Nelson
Born, 1967 in Loughborough, England
» Paul Noble
Born, 1963 in Dilston, Northumberland
» Jonathan Parsons
Born, 1970 in Farnham or Redhill, Surrey
» Grayson Perry
Born, 1960 in Chelmsford, Essex
» Vong Phaophanit
Born, 1961 in Laos
» Tony Phillips
Born, 1952 in Liverpool, UK
» Keith Piper
Born, 1960 in Malta
» Kathy Prendergast
Born, 1958 in Dublin
» Michael Raedecker
Born, 1964 in Amsterdam
» Samena Rana
Born, 1955 - 1961 (probably 1958) in Lahore, Pakistan. Died, 1992
» Paula Rego
Born, 1935 in Lisbon
» Carol Rhodes
Born, 1959 in Edinburgh
» Donald Rodney
Born, 1961 in Birmingham, England. Died, 1998
» Paul Seawright
Born, 1965 in Belfast
» Yinka Shonibare MBE CBE RA
Born, 1962 in London, England
» David Shrigley
Born, 1968 in Macclesfield
» Johnny Spencer
Born, 1954 in Tonbridge, Kent
» Simon Starling
Born, 1967 in Epsom, Surrey
» John Stezaker
Born, 1949 in Worcester
» Maud Sulter
Born, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland. Died, 2008
» Mitra Tabrizian
Born, 1952 in Iran
» Wolfgang Tillmans
Born, 1968 in Remscheid, Germany
» Padraig Timoney
Born, 1968 in Derry
» Amikam Toren
Born, 1945 in Jerusalem, Israel
» Keith Tyson
Born, 1969 in Ulverston, Cumbria
» Richard Wright
Born, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland
» Cerith Wyn Evans
Born, 1958 in Llanelli, Wales