Exhibition
TOMA artists present : Disrupting the Archive
28 Feb 2017 – 8 Apr 2017
Event times
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Victoria Avenue
- Southend-on-sea
Essex - SS2 6EX
- United Kingdom
TOMA artists have delved into the Beecroft Art Gallery archives to produce new artworks informed by, responding to or disrupting pieces held within the collection.
About
TOMA* artists have delved into the Beecroft Art Gallery archives to produce new artworks informed by, responding to or disrupting pieces held within the collection. Artworks that have not been seen by the public for over 20 years will be on show with the TOMA artists’ responses for the exhibition; video sits alongside sculpture, performance alongside painting, sound alongside print. The contemporary work is shown alongside archival pieces for the alternative art programme's first group show.
There will also be an limited edition catalogue to accompany the exhibition featuring work by the TOMA cohort. This includes plans, preparations, explanations and other complete artworks. These will be available for free to visitors.
The TOMA artists are:
Michaela Bannon
Richard Baxter
Matthew Curtis-Knight
Emma Edmondson
Laurence Harding
Emma Mills
Tricia North
Ian A. Ryan
Anna B. Sexton
Imogen Welch
*TOMA is an affordable student led alternative fine art programme pitched at postgraduate level based at Metal Art School in Southend-on-Sea. It is a response to the fact that many artists who wish to continue their learning and critical discourse with peers are unable to access most current MA provisions for a number of reasons – time, cost, work or family commitments.
Designed to fit the everyday lives of contemporary working artists TOMA is a space to work and develop their practice within a critical framework for postgraduate level. TOMA is unaccredited in the traditional sense, but provides a programme of learning that benefits the practice of artists in the same way. A socially engaged model, which works as an artist led co-operative, TOMA takes on parts of the structure of a standard art MA, but is also responsive to its artists. Participants directly steer the study programme, choosing those who comes to teach on it and the topics explored. Fluid and open in its evolution, TOMA is an independent space where there is freedom to choose, learn and grow alongside a community of peer-artists.
Find out more about TOMA on www.toma-art.com
**With thanks to Metal Art School and Beecroft Art Gallery for their continued support.