Exhibition
Uncanny Island by Luke Haines
9 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2021
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 16:00
Address
- 176-178 High Street
- Eston
- Middlesbrough
England - TS6 9JA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 63, 64, 64a bus from Redcar or Middlesbrough
- Redcar, Middlesbrough or South Bank train station and get a bus from there
UNCANNY ISLAND is the debut art exhibition of Luke Haines. Featuring a Fall Xmas Tree and psychedelic visions -in acrylic and oils on canvas - of British wrestlers from the 1970s and early '80s.
About
Eston Arts Centre is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Uncanny Island by Luke Haines.
Uncanny Island is Luke Haines debut art exhibition. Featuring a Fall Xmas Tree and psychedelic visions -in acrylic and oils on canvas - of British wrestlers from the 1970s and early '80s.
Luke Haines has been a singer/songwriter for three decades first with The Auteurs, whose debut album 'New Wave' was nominated for the 1993 Mercury prize. His next group Black Box Recorder scored a hit and a Top Of The Pops appearance with 'The Facts Of Life' (2000). Luke's memoir 'Bad Vibes – Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall' was a bestselling book in 2009. From the early 2000s Haines has released 14 solo albums, plus collaborations with the acclaimed Irish songwriter Cathal Coughlan in 2011 ('The North Sea Scrolls') and REM's Peter Buck on the acclaimed 2020 album 'Beat Poetry For The Survivalist'. His latest album ‘Luke Haines In …Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman’ is out now and he tours the UK with Peter Buck in September.
Preview: Thursday 8 July / 5.30 - 7.30pm
Exhibition Open: July 9 - July 31 2021
Eston Arts Centre, 176 - 178 High Street, Eston, Middlesbrough. TS6 9JA.
Photographs by Rebecca Millar