Group show
21 November 2006 - 20 January 2007
This Will Not Happen Without You is a comprehensive overview of significant and controversial artistic activity coming out of the northeast of England since the mid-1970s. Taken from the Locus+ archive the exhibition begins by tracing the activities of The Basement Group (1977-1984). A collective of six artists focusing on performance and time-based work, the group later evolved into Projects UK (1982 to 1992), the UK's first office-based organisation, working with artists to develop site-specific events and temporary works. This role was expanded by Locus+ (1993-), who have since commissioned and published a wide spectrum of innovative, socially engaged, collaborative visual arts projects, across the country and beyond. This Will Not Happen Without You documents the changing artistic, social and political landscape in contemporary art over the last three decades.
Artists include Ian Breakwell, Mona Hatoum, Bruce McLean, Stuart Brisley, John Carson, Andre Stitt, Alastair MacLennan, Bow Gamelan Ensemble, Karen Finley, Richard Wilson, Stefan Gec, Marina Ambramovic, Chris Burden, Mark Wallinger, Layla Curtis, Simon Patterson, Nathan Coley, Anya Gallaccio, Silvia Ziranek, Rose English, Nan Hoover and Charlie Hooker
This Will Not Happen Without You is an Arts Council England touring exhibition
Related Publication: Ths Will Not Happen Without You