27th February - 7th March

AirSpace Gallery is pleased to present A New Age; an exhibition of 13 artists, with new work made
especially for this exhibition.

The term A New Age is often used to describe a change or transition from the old to the new; it could
describe recognition of a new way of thinking or behaving. It talks of being able to address particular aspects
of the present, which are more important or salient than they possibly would, or could, have been in the past.
It is often used to describe a currency of ideas related to a particular subject matter and so for these artists
the exhibition is about questioning their own practice and how it can be seen as being important to us now, at
this point in time. It also, and inevitably, brings forward socio-political issues relative to local and global topics
How new is now?
Architectural, industrial and commercial subjects and materials feature heavily in this exhibition, from neon
lights to girders. An electric drill is offered up as an ironic take on wind power and the local maternity units
rebuild is represented through paintings of its predecessors demise.
Somewhat in opposition to this subject, the eclipse of the moon is shown accompanied by the everyday
conversations of the people observing it as well as taxidermy animals displaced even more from their natural
surroundings. One piece allows us to look at a bird feeder in the same way we would scrutinise the birds
that would feed from it, here the food is observed as natural history.
Celebrity culture also finds a presence. An awkward attempt to show the finesse of Michael Jackson!s
dancing skills through a clumsy puppet can be seen whilst a daytime American TV film is reedited so that the
inane conversations take on new separate lives.
Featuring new work by:
Linda Birmingham
Barry Felton
Richard Hepenstal
Jill Impey
Matthew Mcafferty
Sarah Morgan
Andrew Nash
John Newton
Stephan Oates
Chris Parkes
Lawri Slack
Russell Willett
Cal Woolley