Regularly using subjects which lie on the border of science and philosophy, Conrad Shawcross’s structural and often mechanical sculptures question empirical, ontological and philosophical systems ubiquitous within our lives.
View Details >>Yinka Shonibare is a painter, photographer and installation artist, whose art is influenced by both the cultures of Nigeria, where he grew up, and Britain, where he studied and now lives.
View Details >>Many of Sam Taylor-Wood’s distinctive photographs and films depict an affluent and fashionable social scene. But her concerns are often isolation and anxiety, conflict and alienation.
View Details >>Since the 1960s, when he was associated with British Pop Art, Joe Tilson has enjoyed international acclaim for the individuality and originality of his paintings, constructions, prints and multiples.
View Details >>Gavin Turk is a leading figure in British contemporary art. His 1991 degree show work Cave, a blue ceramic plaque commemorating his occupancy of a studio, and Pop, the waxwork figure of himself as Sid Vicious, are among the iconic artworks of the 1990s.
View Details >>William Turnbull is one of Britain’s most distinguished sculptors and painters. In the late 1940s he studied art in London.
View Details >>For his show as Britain’s representative at the 2001 Venice Biennale, Mark Wallinger brought together a typically eclectic group of sculptures, videos and installations.
View Details >>Karl Weschke’s impressive, complex paintings picture the human figure and the landscape, the everyday and the mythical.
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Matthew Bourne brings his unique take on the legendary 1948 feature film.
Shakespeare’s classic love story is given a novel twist by being set in the dystopian “Verona Institution”.
