The John Hansard Gallery is a contemporary visual art gallery and part of the University of Southampton.
 New John Hansard Gallery | |
  John Hansard Gallery Location in Southampton | |
| Address | 142-144 Above Bar St |
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| Location | Southampton |
| Coordinates | 50°54′28″N 1°24′16″W / 50.9078321°N 1.4045241°W |
| Owner | University of Southampton |
| Type | Art Gallery |
| Genre(s) | Contemporary art |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Expanded | 2018 |
| Website | |
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History
editThe John Hansard Building was originally located in building 50 in the University of Southampton building coding scheme. It is named after benefactor John Hansard, a member of the family which originated the daily reports of proceedings in the Houses of Parliament. It was built in 1959 and was originally designed to house a tidal model of the Solent.[1] The architect was Ronald Sims.[2] The building was converted to gallery use in 1979-1980.
Relocation
editIn 2018 the gallery moved to a new location in the centre of Southampton, opposite Guildhall Square, as part of a new arts complex.[3] The new gallery opened on 12 May.[4] The new building was designed by CZWG while the interior was designed by Glenn Howells.[5]
Exhibitions
editPrevious exhibitions have included "Panacea", an artist's collaboration between Michael Pinsky and Walker & Bromwich; "There Where You Are Not" by Alec Finlay, Jeremy Millar, and Guy Moreton; "Familiars" by Hamad Butt; "Lines in the Sand" by Joan Jonas; and "20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong" with Francis Alÿs and Santiago Sierra.
From 11 February to 31 March 2012, the gallery hosted an art exhibition of new cutting edge 3d technology by designer David Cotterrell. David is an installation artist and launched this new exhibition entitled 'Monsters of the Id.' using a new 3d technique of creating art work. This interprets his experiences through image manipulation, staging, CGI, 3D scanning, 3D printing and new projection techniques.[6]
The opening exhibition in the new building consisted of works by Gerhard Richter, followed by "Time after Time", curated by Stephen Foster, gallery director, including works by artists shown in Foster's previous exhibitions including John Latham, Caroline Bergvall, Charlotte Posenenske and Hamad Butt.[7]
References
edit- ^ "John Hansard Gallery, About Us". Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "John Hansard Gallery | Open Data Service | University of Southampton". data.southampton.ac.uk.
- ^ "About Us". John Hansard Gallery. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "The celebrated Gerhard Richter creations on show now at John Hansard Gallery". Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 651. ISBN 9780300225037.
- ^ "New Art Installation Powered by 3D Scanning Data". Inition. 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Exhibitions". John Hansard Gallery. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
External links
edit- John Hansard Gallery - official site
- John Hansard Gallery - open data service webpage
Open data
edit- John Hansard Gallery - RDF Description from the University of Southampton