Exhibition
In Focus: Portraiture
3 Feb 2020 – 15 May 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- New Adelphi Building, University of Salford
- University Road
- Salford
England - M5 4BR
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Salford Crescent Station (Stop A), Salford Crescent Station (Stop B)
- http://www.salford.ac.uk/about-us/travel
- Salford Crescent, M5 4BR
'In Focus: Portraiture' explores modern and contemporary portraiture and self-portraiture, from the University of Salford Art Collection.
About
'In Focus: Portraiture' explores modern and contemporary portraiture and self-portraiture, from the University of Salford Art Collection.
The Chancellor portraits tell the story of some of the people who have shaped the University of Salford. Like many institutions, Salford have a history of commissioning chancellor portraits; in 2015 however, there was a move away from a focus on traditional painting and now students are invited to make new work through paid opportunities. 'Portrait of Chancellor Jackie Kay' (2015) by Rory Mullen, for example, playfully deconstructs the usual formalities of the portrait process, with a hand-made backdrop and robes.
From the University’s Art Collection, a range of modern and contemporary portraits explore the social, personal, and economic factors that can shape our sense of identity. 'In Hole' (2006) by Owen Leong borrows aristocratic costumes to question perceptions of class and power; whilst in 'Speech' (2018) by Ruth Barker physically erodes the printed image to represent a disrupted sense of self through the experience of motherhood.
Alongside the Collection, a selection of group photographs from the University's Archives offer a window into changing student life throughout the years - from baking classes and sports clubs to a portraiture drawing class in 1928, attended by L.S. Lowry when he studied at Salford