'Hidden Manchester'

Group Exhibition

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Grosvenor Gallery,

Manchester School of Arts, 2017

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23-27 February 2017

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           Hidden Manchester brings together an international group of artists and curators who respond to the term ‘hidden’ in relation to the city through their respective practices. The ‘hidden’ theme emerged after collectively exploring ways of documenting the city, as a way of individually expounding upon the subject. Whether interpreting ‘hidden’ literally or figuratively, each artist and curator use their experience and understanding of the city to draw a particular aspect of Manchester to the viewer’s attention.

         ‘Hidden’ in this exhibition is considered regarding elements that become normalised and thus are hidden in plain sight, the unknown and the unfamiliar and the unique gaze of the newcomer onto their surroundings. The exhibition makes use of different media such as photography, video, drawing, textiles and found objects gathered from around the city.

         This variety appeals to the viewer’s senses and invites them to re-shape their pre-conceived sense of the city through the different forms presented. The viewer’s eyes are required to look around, look at familiar things with a new perspective, look for the unfamiliar and at the unfamiliar and inform the thought process through the act of looking in the context of living in the city.