BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6190@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20201205 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210222 DTSTAMP:20201125T130809Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-sean-edwards-undo-thing s-done-3/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Sean Edwards - Undo Things Done DESCRIPTION:SEAN EDWARDS\nUndo Things Done\n\nSat 5 December 2020 - Sun 21 February 2021\nBluecoat\, Liverpool\nBluecoat is delighted to bring 2020 T urner Bursary artist Sean Edwards’ Wales in Venice solo show Undo Thin gs Done to Liverpool. The artist’s internationally acclaimed presentati on for Wales at the 2019 Venice Biennale was a poetic inquiry into place\, politics and class\, intertwined with personal histories. As the show tou rs and evolves\, Sean Edwards (b. Cardiff 1980) has extended the exhibitio n to present new works at Bluecoat. Cardiff based artist\, writer and ind ependent curator Sadia Pineda Hameed (b. London 1995) was invited by Edw ards to make a solo show alongside Undo Things Done. Pineda Hameed shares his interest in what we expect and what we inherit. Her solo show is a n ew film entitled The Song of My Life made this year.\nKnown for his scul ptural approach to the everyday\, Edwards often begins with seemingly unre lated elements linked by autobiographical and cultural connections. These range from the 1970s shopping centre near the housing estate where he grew up\, to Springsteen’s album Nebraska\, a Welsh quilting group\, snooker \, tabloid newspapers\, and various found materials. Through investigative processes including time spent in local archives\, museums and libraries\ , he gathers together images\, stories\, quotes\, and clips. It is in the teasing out of these things in the studio\, in isolating\, abstracting\, a nd bringing them together\, that their political and formal resonance come s into play.\nUndo Things Done takes as its starting point Edwards' exper ience of growing up on a council estate in Cardiff in the 1980s\, capturin g and translating what he calls a condition of 'not expecting much' into a shared visual language\; one that evokes a way of living familiar to a gr eat number of people.\nAt Bluecoat Edwards will create an expanded version of Undo Things Done spanning two of the largest gallery spaces. The exh ibition will feature key artworks exhibited in Venice including the ‘Con fessional Screen’ sculptures and his own version of Welsh wholecloth qui lts\, alongside new prints\, a new work for the exterior of the building a nd a re-edited version of his radio play Refrain.\n\nRefrain\, co-produce d by National Theatre Wales\, was written for the artist’s mother Lily E dwards and streamed live from her flat in Cardiff to the venue in Venice e veryday of the Biennale. Refrain weaves Lily Edwards’ biography\, grow ing up in a Northern Irish Catholic Children’s Home and her subsequent l ife in Wales\, with found materials and Sean Edwards’ memories from chil dhood. The work was subsequently broadcast in a new version by BBC Radio 4 December 2019. A new edit will be presented at Bluecoat in the gallery t hat suits the duration of a day set by gallery opening hours.\nThe artist will also show a significant older work\, the silent film Maelfa (2011). Set in the now demolished 1970s shopping centre on the Llanedeyrn estate where he grew up\, this film is a precursor to his presentation in Venice:  Undo Things Done reunited with its origins.\nUndo Things Done is open Wed - Sun\, 11am - 4pm. Free entry\, booking is recommended with some tick ets available on the door.\n\n\n\nAbout the artist\nIn 2019 Edwards repres ented Wales at the 58th Venice Biennale and was awarded the Turner Prize Bursary in 2020. He has been selected for the British Art Show 9 and has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. Forthcoming solo exh ibitions include\; Temple Bar Gallery\, Dublin (2021)\, Bluecoat Gallery \, Liverpool (2020) and past exhibitions at Ty Pawb\, Wrexham\, 2020\, Net work Aalst\,  Limoncello\, London ( both 2014)\, Chapter\,  Cardiff (20 13)\, Kunstverein Freiburg (2012) and Spike Island\, Bristol (2011). E dwards graduated with an MA  from the Slade School of Art in 2005\, and i s currently Programme Director for Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and D esign.\n\nSean Edwards is represented by Tanya Leighton\, Berlin.\nhttp:// tanyaleighton.com/artists/sean-edwards\nArtist’s website:  www.johnsto wncompany.com\n\nWales in Venice 2019 project website: http://walesinveni ce.com\n\nMaelfa\, 2011 https://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/artwork/ maelfa\nWales in Venice is commissioned and managed by Arts Council of Wal es and Wales Arts International\, with support and collaboration from the Welsh Government. Wales in Venice is selected by an open call for proposal s. Arts Council of Wales has commissioned artists to present at Wales in V enice as a Collateral Event of the International Art Exhibition of La Bien nale di Venezia since 2003\, celebrating the best of emerging and establis hed artists from Wales. Previous artists include Sean Edwards\, Bedwyr Wil liams\, Helen Sear and James Richards.\nhttps://arts.wales/case-studies/cy mru-yn-fenis-2019-sean-edwards\n\n\n\n\nCredits and Funders \n\nSean Edwa rds’ Wales in Venice 2019 Undo Things Done exhibition was presented by Bluecoat’s Head of Programme\, Marie-Anne McQuay\, as guest curator on behalf of lead organisation Ty Pawb\, Wrexham at 58th International Art E xhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Wales in Venice is commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales. The tour of Undo Things Done to Ty Pawb\, Wrexha m\; Bluecoat\, Liverpool (Lead Partner) and the Senedd\, Cardiff is kindly supported by Art Fund\, Colwinston Charitable Trust and The Elephant Trus t. 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