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SUMMARY:The Royal Standard: The Royal Standard: TOP BANTZ
DESCRIPTION:Viewing: Friday 1 April 2016\, 18.00 - 21.00\n\nThe show will b
 e open Saturdays &amp\; Sundays 2nd April - 1st May 12.00 - 17.00\n\nBANTE
 R\n\nˈbantə/Submit\n\nnoun\n\n1.\n\nthe playful and friendly exchange of
  teasing remarks.\n\n"there was much good-natured banter"\n\nsynonyms: rep
 artee\, raillery\, ripostes\, sallies\, swordplay\, quips\, wisecracks\, c
 rosstalk\, wordplay\; More\n\nverb\n\n1.\n\nexchange remarks in a good-hum
 oured teasing way.\n\n"the men bantered with the waitresses”\n\nsynonyms
 : joke\, jest\, pun\, sally\, quip\;\n\nLaughter might have once been seen
  as taboo in the gallery space\, but the values of institutions are changi
 ng. The exchange between artist and viewer has become a playful interactio
 n where the cultural grey areas are blurred to create new categories. Arti
 sts (or comedians) are frequently opting to make work by using strategies 
 borrowed from stand-up comedy\, television and game shows - Is this the hu
 mour renaissance\, or the end of the (art) world?\n\n“the whole idea of 
 seriousness is awful to me\, it sounds like something imposed from without
 \, it doesn't really imply gravity or profundity\, it implies decorum\, be
 having yourself\, and that’s what i don't like about it.” Charles Ludl
 am (1998)\n\nIn this context is it possible that critically engaged work c
 an poke fun at itself? Can an exhibition deal with seriousness and banter\
 , together? TOP BANTZ aims to explore the paradoxes that humour and art pr
 esent by engaging audiences with amusement\, rather than sincerity. The ex
 hibition will ask the questions\; Can artists invest heavily in a project 
 and yet be nonchalant? Is it possible to commit to a cause with anything o
 ther than earnestness? Does having TOP BANTZ void all critical discourse?\
 n\nKim Laughton\nfacebook.com/kimlaughton\n\nSusannah Hewlett is an artist
  and performer working in live art\, comedy\, theatre\, sound and video. S
 he has performed and screened work for Barbican\, Tate\, Live Art UK\, Loc
 o Comedy Film Festival and at various events in New York. She is an associ
 ate artist for queer performance collective Duckie. She's interested in th
 e scarier stuff in popular culture and explores these in videos &amp\; sit
 e specific shows including the cult comedy horror in a caravan Barbara and
  Yogashwara's Safe Space and live edited soap opera The Erinsborough Fring
 e. Her alter-ego is VSS Shopping Channel host Chris Titmas through whose e
 yes she gets to see some horrible stuff.\n\nLewk Wilmshurst (b.1987\, Oxfo
 rd) is currently completing his Masters in Print at the Royal College of A
 rt having graduated from The Bath School of Art and Design\, in 2010. Late
 st shows include ‘Beacons’ at The Scottish National Gallery with MadeS
 capes^\, Edinburgh\, 2015\, winner of ‘Neo: Print Prize’\, Bolton\, 20
 14\, 'Spike Island National Open’\, Bristol\, 2013\,\n\n'Vital Functions
 ’ at TT Gallery\, Berlin\, 2013 and most recent solo show\, ‘Vegas Leg
 s’ at Motorcade Flashparade Gallery\, Bristol\, 2013.\n\nMilly Peck (b.1
 990\, London) is currently completing her Masters in Sculpture at the Roya
 l College of Art having graduated from The Ruskin School of Art\, Oxford U
 niversity\, in 2012. Recent shows include ‘Treat Yo Self’ at Bloc Proj
 ects\, Sheffield\, with It’s All Tropical\, 2015\, ‘Cowley Manor Arts 
 Award’\, Gloucestershire\, 2015\, ‘Flat-Pack’ at The Greenroom\, Kra
 kow\, 2015 and ‘Screaming Hornets’ at Tintype Gallery\, London\, 2014.
 \nJack Fisher (b. 1991\, UK) is a maker of moving things and images. Forth
 coming Projects include\; FBResidency and PublicExhibitions.biz. Past proj
 ects and group shows include\; S.O.T.D: Year of the Sheep\, DVD IS DEAD\, 
 …And to Dust All Return\; UNNA WAY\, Ways of Looking\; Hanover Gallery\,
  Cascading Relevant Information\; CBS x Open Eye Gallery\n\nJack Strange w
 as born in 1984 in Brighton\, UK\, Strange lives and works between St Leon
 ards-on-Sea and London. He received a BA from London’s Slade School of F
 ine Art in 2007. Forthcoming and recent exhibitions include Limoncello\, L
 ondon (2016)\; DKUK\, London (2015)\; ArtHouse\, Austin\; Tanya Bonakdar\,
  New York\; Casa Triangulo\, Sao Paulo (all 2011). Recent and forthcoming 
 group shows include Plymouth Art Center\, Plymouth (2016)\, Pumphouse Gall
 ery\, London\; KM Künstlerhaus\, Austria (all 2015)\; DREI\, Cologne (201
 4)\; [space]\, London\; MOCA NOMI\, Miami\; NOMAS Foundation (all 2013)\; 
 V22\, London (2012)\; World Class Boxing\, Miami\; Focal Point Gallery\, S
 outhend-on-Sea\; Grand Union\, Birmingham (all 2011)\; Stuart Shave/Modern
  Art\, London\; Saatchi Gallery\, London (2010).
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LOCATION:The Royal Standard\, Northern Lights\, Cains Brewery Village\, Gra
 fton Street\, Liverpool\, L8 5SD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
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