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Irena Czapska – plinth installation No.6

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:04:34 +0000

‘Even if, Even When, I Would’ 2011

Installation of Irena Czapska plinth piece – ‘Even if,Even When, I Would’ . 2011

Robert Manners – Plinth installation no.5

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:29:07 +0000

UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOREVER 2.35 x 2.61 M Acrylic on wood/metal/acrylic & canvas

to view full construction history visit this WEB SITE

Andrew Southall – Plinth Piece No.4 …..

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:50:05 +0000

Opening Night- Andrew Southall

Installation into the museum:

Andrew Southall – Plinth Piece No.4

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:20:59 +0000

Planning and fabrication:

Andrew Southall will be the next artists to install an new piece of work on the plinth in the museum. Andrew’s new piece is titled ‘The possibility of winged flight 2010′ and it continues his ongoing sculptural practice with its anachronistic investigation into the stuff of dreams and fantasy.

Opening Night 8th September 2010 . 6-8pm Show runs until 31st October 2010

Ellen Bell begins the 3rd Installment of The Plinth Project

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:49:03 +0000

I thought this was very simple, but very touching and of course was the first thing I saw when I visited the Gallery in Bristol and the thing that touched me most and the piece that I’ll remember from this visit… We’ve all have the ‘what if’ experiences with partners and my memory of my lost love brought a warm smile to my face.

Peter. (sent to our web site on 24/8/10)

‘STORY’

7th July – 29th August 2010

Ellen is giving a talk about her work and the making of STORY on the 14th August at 12 noon in the museum.

Ellen begins her installation : ‘STORY’ – her contribution to the Plinth Project in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

2nd installment for Plinth

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:11:50 +0000

IAN PENNA has produced a striking yet thought provoking piece of work as the second artist to make a new piece of work for the plinth. Inspired by his own work as a flooring contractor in some care homes in Cornwall Ian’s work poignantly alludes to mental illness in older age.

COMFORT ZONE

A MESSAGE SENT US BY SHIRLEY BROWN:

Just wanted to thank Ian Penna for creating such a profoundly moving installation, which aroused in me a strong compassion for the unnamed man whose once full and useful life had been reduced to a small room and repetitive routines, up and down like a lawnmower, wearing only pyjamas – implying that he is no longer venturing outdoors. It was the naval cap that really touched me, because in 1944 my then-20-year-old father served on a British Landing Craft on the D-Day beaches of Normandy, and it was heartbreaking to see his physical body gradually diminished by illness, his environment eventually limited to a nursing home bed, and his 81-year-old identity reduced to the quasi-anonymous status of a ‘patient’ before his death in 2005.

Sad as it was to be reminded of a personal loss, it was also good to be stirred with a compassion that is universal,
Shirley Brown

The Plinth Project opening piece- BEN ROWE

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:47:38 +0000

Wednesday 3rd March saw The Plinth Project open in the museum. Ben delivered the ark and we stood in wonder. Really good turn out and a great start to the project – helped along nicely by a special Container Caipirinha.

CATALOGUE No.9906753

Commission from Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery – PLINTH PROJECT

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:14:08 +0000

CONTAINER have been invited by the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery to deliver up a series of newly commissioned artworks.

The Museum have asked us to put together a programme that involves the creation of 6 new artworks to be located on or around the vacinity of an empty plinth in the Museum entrance hall. Each work will be exhibited for a 2 month duration making the commission as a whole run for one year.

The expected start date will be March 2010 with a new sculpture from BEN ROWE

ben rowe

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:39:13 +0000

thursday 23rd-Sunday26th April 2009

Ben’s central piece for his ONE show was ‘ This is it,Don’t get scared now’

Temporary Moument XXVVIII - mdf dust

Flight of the Navigator – MDF,cotton & pins

detail from tv’s playing film loops from 1980′s films…Back to the Future , Big , Home Alone , Ghostbusters,The Goonies and Master’s of the Universe……..

Andrew Southall

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:15:41 +0000

2nd – 5th April 2009

The fouth in the series of ONE shows……………………