Programme
May – July 2015
www.ikon-gallery.org
Free entry
Pavel Büchler
Ikon presents the most comprehensive UK
exhibition to date by Pavel Büchler. Born in Prague
in 1952 and based in this country since the 1980s,
Büchler is renowned as an influential teacher and
figure in the international art scene.
(Honest) Work
Exhibition
13 May – 12 July 2015
First and Second Floor Galleries and Tower Room
Please note the Tower Room is only
accessible via a number of steps
Büchler’s exhibition at Ikon involves a wide range
of media including text, found objects, obsolete
technologies and appropriated digital material,
characteristically combining philosophical scepticism
with a smart sense of humour that draws attention
to the fundamentally strange nature of everyday life.
Visitors experience a new work by Büchler
immediately on arrival at Ikon, Inside Watt (2010),
comprising a text extract from Samuel Beckett’s
Watt (1953) set in the style of a book page and
applied to the front doors. The transition from inside
to outside, and vice versa, is made through a veil
of text, superimposed on what is visible beyond.
Büchler’s intervention on the doors is telling, as they
are the means by which visitors move between the
public realm and dedicated art space, raising issues
of access to art, its role in society and a tendency to
exclusivity in our art worlds.
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The perpetual outsider status projected onto the
main protagonist in The Castle (2005), a key work
in this exhibition, corresponds to an anxiety that is
often engendered by cultural institutions. Involving
a large installation of loudspeakers based on a 1920s
design by Marconi, the work proclaims a quotation
from Kafka’s The Castle:
“You are not from the Castle, you are not from the
village, you aren’t anything. Or rather, unfortunately,
you are something, a stranger, a man who isn’t
wanted and is in everybody’s way …”
Broadcast through the antique sound system, the
words recall street propaganda announcements as
they insist that integration is impossible, that the
stranger will always remain on the outside. On the
other hand, Fly (2009), involves an illuminated fire
exit sign and the sound of a fly buzzing inside. There
is no yearning for admittance, but rather this is an
innocent creature desperately trying to get out.
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Pavel Büchler
Fly (2009)
Found security sign,
audio
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Pavel Büchler
The Castle (2010)
Installation view,
DOX, Prague
Ikon’s exhibition also features a number of found
objects and small sculptures such as Il Castello
(2007), consisting of two found pencils, and Cannon
(2014), made from a billiard ball and postcard. Most
of these are fortuitous combinations, brought
together to create “semantic short circuits”,
resulting in visual puns that are funny, subtle and
subversive. Similarly the artist’s fascination with
wordplay is made more explicit in his ongoing series
Honest Work (2011–), unique letterpress prints made
from old fashioned printing blocks. Quotations from
Karl Marx to Edgar Allen Poe, from Barnett Newman
to Joseph Kosuth, are sources of inspiration, as
well as coincidences found within and between
alphabets and numerical systems. These letterpress
works constitute a bookend of an extraordinary
survey, a kind of variety that conveys rare artistic
ingenuity.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication,
including texts by Austrian philosopher Robert
Pfaller and Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director.
In addition Pavel Büchler has made a new limited
edition, titled Honest Work (Silence) (2015), available
exclusively at Ikon, it is a letterpress work on Arches
88 paper, 34 × 50 cm, edition of 26, priced £720.
Associated events
Exhibition Opening
Wednesday 13 May, 6–8pm – FREE
Join us to celebrate the opening of our new
exhibition. Pay bar.
Artist’s Talk – Pavel Büchler
Wednesday 24 June, 6.30-8pm – FREE
Join artist Pavel Büchler as he discusses his life and
work, including the inspiration behind his current
Ikon exhibition. This event commences with a
consideration of Büchler’s work by Silvia Ziranek, (SZ
ON) PB, BRIEFLY, FOR PB. Places are free but should
be booked. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book
online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
Black Country
Voyages
The Black Apotheca
Black Country Voyages (2014–2017) is an art
programme for local young people, aged 16–21
years old, involving members of the Ikon Youth
Programme (IYP). It takes place on board a canal
boat, generously lent by Sandwell Council.
For 2015, Jacques Nimki is the lead artist for Black
Country Voyages, transforming the boat into The Black
Apotheca – a floating laboratory of herbal liquids
derived from local plants, fermenting slowly over
time, housed in glass, reflecting light and colour. It
showcases drawings, recipes and objects, all relating
to the business of apothecaries, plus a collection of
lozenges, cordials, country wines, sorbets and teas
available for consumption at selected events. During
the summer Nimki and IYP host workshops along
the canal network for visitors to interact with Black
Country Voyages – for more information please visit
www.blackcountryvoyages.org or call Ikon on
0121 248 0708.
Associated events
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society
Summer Boat Gathering
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, 12–4pm – FREE
Titford Pump House, Engine Street
off Tat Bank Road, Oldbury B69 4NL
The annual BCNS rally takes place at the historic
Titford Pump House with stalls, refreshments and
boat trips. Join us for creative activities and to
celebrate the launch of Jacques Nimki as lead artist
for Black Country Voyages 2015. No need to book, just
drop in.
International Festival of Glass
Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 May
10am–5pm – FREE
Red House Glass Cone, High Street
Stourbridge DY8 4AZ
Black Country Voyages joins the International Glass
Festival, with Jacques Nimki and members of the
IYP leading practical workshops. These sessions
are suitable for ages 6 and over. All children must
be accompanied by an adult. Places are free but
booking is essential. For more information please
contact Julie Edmonds on 01384 815571 or The Red
House Glass Cone on 01384 811280.
Longwood Boat Club Canal Festival
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June, 11am–5pm – FREE
Rushall Top Lock, Aldridge Road, Walsall WS4 2JS
Visit Black Country Voyages at the Longwood Boat
Club for stalls, refreshments and entertainment.
Brownhills Community Festival
Sunday 28 June, 10am–4pm – FREE
Canalside, Silver Street, Brownhills WS8 6DZ
Join us at the Brownhills Canal Festival and enjoy
music, crafts and stalls.
Kings Norton Junction Festival
Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July, 10am–4pm – FREE
Kings Norton playing fields and village green,
Pershore Road South, Kings Norton B30 3EJ
Black Country Voyages tours to Birmingham for a
one-off event in Kings Norton with boat rides, local
walks, food and refreshments. Organised by the
Worcester–Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society.
Black Country Voyages is organised in partnership
with the Canal & River Trust.
Facebook: blackcountryvoyages
Twitter: @bcvoyages #blackcountryvoyages
If you are interested in joining the Ikon Youth
Programme please contact Claire Bird by email
[email protected] or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
Public Events
Workshops and courses
Understanding Art: Art and Language
Thursday 4 June, 2–3pm
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Thursday 11 June, 2–3pm
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Thursday 18 June, 2–3pm
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Thursday 25 June, 2–3pm
Ikon Gallery £20 for all four sessions; £16 concessions:
students, unwaged, 60+
A four-part course exploring varied ways language,
text and literature are used to inspire and create
art. Starting at The Barber Institute, we look at the
collection through a literary lens before encountering
the Epstein archive and work made by Bob and
Roberta Smith at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Pop
Art and work by artists involved in the BLK Art Group
during the 1980s are the topics at Wolverhampton
Art Gallery and finally, at Ikon, we examine the work
of Czech artist Pavel Büchler involving quotations
from Kafka, Beckett and Wittgenstein. Booking
essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online
or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711.
Letterpress Masterclass
Saturday 20 June, 11am–4pm – £45 per person
£35 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+
An opportunity to learn letterpress printing
techniques at Winterbourne House with expert
tuition. Starting at Ikon this one day intensive
course relates to the work of Pavel Büchler and is
suitable for adults, students and teachers of art. All
materials are provided. Places are limited, booking
essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online
or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711.
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All events take place at Ikon Gallery
unless otherwise stated.
Saturday Studio
Saturday 27 June, 2–4.30pm
£6 per person*
Join us for our new regular practical session devised
especially for adults. Explore creative approaches to
making art in response to Ikon’s current exhibition
by Pavel Büchler. An informal opportunity for those
wanting to develop a portfolio or take part in a
fun afternoon of making. Places are limited and
booking is essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to
book online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. *Cost
includes refreshments and materials.
Art Bus
Art Bus
Thursday 14 May, 5–9pm – FREE
As part of Museums at Night 2015, Art Bus is bigger
than ever. Seven Birmingham art galleries – Ikon,
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, RBSA Gallery,
mac Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art
Gallery, Eastside Projects and The Parkside Gallery,
Birmingham City University – all stay open late with
free gallery tours and refreshments. Visit www.ikongallery.org for an Art Bus timetable.
Literature
Book Club
Tuesday 9 June, 6.30–8pm – £4 per person
Tuesday 7 July, 6.30–8pm – £4 per person
Ikon’s Book Club explores The Castle by Franz Kafka
in the light of Pavel Büchler’s exhibition. Each
session takes place in the gallery and is led by an
expert guest. The Castle is available at a special price
from Ikon Shop. Places are limited and booking is
essential. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online
or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711.
“The whole point is that Ikon is not just for us.”
Robert Groves, Founder Artist, 1965
Ikon’s 50th anniversary programme has provided many
opportunities for us to reflect on our history: to honour those
who founded Ikon; to welcome back artists from across the
five decades; and above all, to involve visitors and supporters.
Looking to the future, we conclude our celebrations with
an unprecedented fundraising auction at Sotheby’s in London
on 2 July. Internationally acclaimed artists have generously
donated works to be sold in aid of Ikon’s 50th Anniversary
Endowment Fund, dedicated to the artistic programme and
the commissioning of new art work. In this way, established
artists are supporting artists of the future.
Ikon also participates in Art15 (21-23 May) where we highlight
a limited edition sculpture, A Real Birmingham Family, by
Gillian Wearing alongside new multiples by Richard Deacon
and Cornelia Parker.
These initiatives place emphasis on Ikon’s identity as an
educational charity, needing support now more than ever.
If you would like to make a donation to Ikon’s Endowment
Fund please visit www.ikon-gallery.org or call 0121 248 0708
– we hope you can join us as we start the next chapter of
Ikon’s history.
Jonathan Watkins, Ikon Director
Artists for Ikon Auction
Hurvin Anderson
Giovanni Anselmo
Fiona Banner
David Batchelor
Christiane Baumgartner
Martin Creed
Ian Davenport
Ding Yi
A K Dolven
Marcel Dzama
Semyon Faibisovich
Bernard Frize
Ryan Gander
Antony Gormley
Arturo Herrera
Carmen Herrera
Lee Bul
Elizabeth Magill
Beatriz Milhazes
François Morellet
Dennis Oppenheim
Julian Opie
Cornelia Parker
Giuseppe Penone
Imran Qureshi
George Shaw
Amikam Toren
Zhang Enli
Preview: 27 June – 1 July
Auction: Thursday 2 July
Sotheby’s, 34–35 New Bond Street
London W1A 2AA
This summer Ikon embarks on a major art auction at Sotheby’s,
London. Generously supported by internationally renowned artists, all
of whom have exhibited at the gallery, the auction will raise funds for
Ikon’s 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund. Dedicated to the gallery’s
artistic programme and the commissioning of new art work the fund
is essential to Ikon’s future. The auction is produced in collaboration
with London based curatorial collective Artwise.
www.sothebys.com / www.artwisecurators.com
In addition, Plinth, producers of high quality editioned artworks, is
working with Ikon and five participating artists including Richard
Deacon and Cornelia Parker. Available from Ikon Shop, prices start
from £200 and a commission on sales will augment money raised by
the auction. Visit www.ikon-gallery.org for more information.
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Martin Creed
Work No. 671 FRIENDS (2007)
Yellow neon
15.2 cm high
Installation at Hauser & Wirth London, 2007
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photograph by Hugo Glendinning
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Ian Davenport
Colourcade (2015)
Acrylic paint on stainless steel sheet
mounted on aluminium
148 × 123 cm
Courtesy the artist
and Waddington Custot Gallery
Public Events
Family Events
Talks and tours
Creative workshops
Spotlight Tours
Every Friday, 1pm and Sunday, 3pm – FREE
Join a member of our staff team for a 15 minute
spotlight tour looking at a key work in the
exhibition. No need to book, meet in Ikon foyer.
Activities aimed at specific age groups
Artists’ Talk
Outrider: Lines and Intersections
Friday 22 May, 6.30–8pm – FREE
Artists Ron Haseldon, Dr Cath Keay and Dr Sally
Payen discuss their participation in Outrider, a
series of artists’ commissions exploring the Alfred
Watkins collection of photographs and books about
beekeeping held by Hereford Library. Initiated by
Salt Road, a not-for-profit artist led organisation
based in the West Midlands, Outrider tours to
Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham (25
March – 6 May) and Haden Hill House Museum,
Sandwell (7 May – 31 August). Places are free but
should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org
to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
www.saltroad.org.uk
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Plinth editions
Art15
21–23 May (Preview 20 May)
Olympia
Olympia Way, Kensington, London W14 8UX
Open Thursday, 11am–9pm
Friday and Saturday, 11am–7pm
Standard Tickets: £15 advance £20 on the door
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Gillian Wearing
A Real Birmingham Family (2014)
40 × 50.5 × 18 cm
Edition of 20
£6,000+ VAT
Ikon attends Art15, the third edition of London’s
global art fair, where 150 of the world’s most exciting
galleries from 40 countries set out their stalls.
The fair is ideal for seasoned art buyers or those
looking to start a collection and includes a public
programme of talks and panel discussions, expertled tours, artist installations and specially curated
initiatives. A selection of newcomers for the Emerge
section has been made by Ikon’s Director Jonathan
Watkins.
Ikon presents Gillian Wearing’s stunning limited
edition bronze, A Real Birmingham Family. An exact
replica of her controversial public sculpture created
for the city in late 2014, it is cast in bronze and
seated on a polished black granite plinth. This
exclusive edition can be purchased at Art15 or please
contact Debbie Kermode, Ikon Deputy Director, on
0121 248 0708 or email [email protected]
www.artfairslondon.com
Audio Described Introductory Tour
Sunday 12 July, 1–2pm – FREE
Join us for an informal audio described introduction
to our current exhibition with a focus on two key
works. Suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors
and their friends and family. Places are free but
should be booked. Please visit www.ikon-gallery.org
to book online or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
Afternoon Tea and BSL Tour
Sunday 12 July, 2.30–4.30pm – £4 per person
Join us for an informal exhibition tour, followed by
tea and cake courtesy of ChangeKitchen. The tour
includes British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation.
Suitable for Deaf visitors and their friends and family
and a fitted induction loop is available. Booking
essential, visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online
or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711.
www.changekitchen.co.uk
When booking please indicate children’s ages and
note that children should be accompanied by an
adult at all times.
Parent and toddler mornings
Tuesday 19 May, 10–11am
Friday 19 June, 10–11am*
Tuesday 7 July, 10–11am
£4 per child, payable in advance
This gallery-based session is for parents with
toddlers aged 0–3 years. Places are limited, please
visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call
Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711. *Part of Children’s Art
Week 2015.
Half Term Family Workshops
Thursday 28 May, 10.30am–12pm (3–5yrs)
Friday 29 May, 10.30am–12pm (3–5yrs)
Friday 29 May, 2-4pm (6yrs+, younger siblings
welcome)
£4 per child, payable in advance
Join us during the school holidays for fun creative
workshops exploring words and objects. Places are
limited, please visit www.ikon-gallery.org to book
online or call Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711.
Free drop-in activities
For all ages
No need to book, stay for as long as you like
Family Saturdays
Saturday 6 June, 1–4pm – FREE
In response to the Pavel Büchler exhibition
Saturday 4 July, 1–4pm – FREE
In response to Seen/Unseen
Open to all ages (adults very welcome), these
afternoons of creative activities engage, challenge
and delight. Join us as we explore the current
exhibitions and make original artwork.
Schools Event
4MAT Network Meeting for Midlands Art Teachers
Thursday 21 May, 5–7pm – FREE
4MAT is the regional teachers’ network that meets
regularly, providing opportunities to share advice,
expertise and experience whilst making new
connections with colleagues from across the region.
Places are free but should be booked. Visit
www.ikon-gallery.org to book online or call Ikon on
0121 248 0708.
Events for
young people
Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) is a group of young
people, aged 16–21 years old, who share an interest
in visual art. Meeting regularly at Ikon, participants
are encouraged to devise creative projects, establish
links with other youth groups and share their
opinions about a range of topics.
www.ikon-gallery.org/iyp
Ikon Elsewhere
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Open Social
Friday 26 June, 6.30–9pm – FREE
A chance for young people to visit the exhibitions
and enjoy workshops and discussions produced in
collaboration with digital artists from Salt Road.
Booking is essential, please email Claire Bird
at [email protected] or call Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
Future Ikon
Exhibitions
Jacques Nimki
Seen/Unseen
At Home with Vanley Burke
22 July – 27 September 2015
Born in Jamaica in 1951, artist Vanley Burke has
lived in Birmingham since 1965 and is renowned as
a photographer concerned especially with black
culture in Britain. This summer the entire contents
of his flat in Nechells, north-east Birmingham,
will be transferred to Ikon’s first floor galleries. A
vast archive of posters, books, clothes, records,
ornaments and countless other items, it provides
an invaluable insight into Birmingham’s African
Caribbean communities.
Ongoing installation
Throughout Ikon Gallery
Artist Jacques Nimki works within urban
environments, using weeds and wild flowers to
examine multiple ideas that focus on the unseen
and how this affects what we expect to find within
any environment at any given time.
For the past 12 months, Nimki has been in residence
at Ikon, studying the quality of light appearing
and disappearing on a variety of surfaces, whilst
exploring the boundaries between public and
private space especially with respect to the gallery
environment. His research has included a series
of workshops and tours with Ikon visitors, staff,
patrons and local office workers.
The project has culminated in a permanent installation
throughout the gallery building. More than 300
barely visible works reference plant drawings made
by participants and others installed in their homes.
Many unseen and others never to be seen.
Nástio Mosquito
3 May – 26 July 2015
Oratorio di San Ludovico, Calle dei Vecchi,
Dorsoduro 2552, Venice (Vaporetto: S. Basilio)
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am–6pm, free entry
Following our recent exhibition by Nástio Mosquito (4
February – 19 April 2015), Ikon, in collaboration with
Nuova Icona, presents a selection of the artist’s work
at the 56th Biennale di Venezia. In Demo da Cracía
(2013), Mosquito emerges in a studio to shoot a music
video for his single. In front of a large green screen, he
dances and performs before breaking into a speech
on Angola and identity. Fuck Africa (remix) (2015), made
in collaboration with Spanish artist Vic Pereiró, is
an extraordinary collage of moving images in which
footage of the artist is juxtaposed with a rogues’
gallery of world leaders and celebrities. The exhibition
also includes a new video work South (2015) created
by Nastivicious (a collaboration between Nástio
Mosquito and Vic Pereiró).
www.labiennale.org
Associated events
Seen/Unseen Tours
Thursday 28 May, 1pm – FREE
Thursday 25 June, 1pm – FREE
Join Jacques Nimki for a 15 minute introductory tour
of his installation throughout Ikon Gallery. No need
to book, meet in Ikon foyer.
Takehisa Kosugi
22 July – 27 September 2015
Japanese composer and artist Takehisa Kosugi was a
pioneer of experimental music in Japan in the early
1960s, closely associated with the Fluxus movement
before joining the Merce Cunningham Dance
Company in the 1970s. This exhibition features three
of the artist’s sound installations, including one made
especially for Ikon. Involving everyday materials and
radio electronics they interact with wind, electricity
and light, making sonic relationships between them.
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Nástio Mosquito
Demo da Cracía (2013)
Video
Courtesy Nástio Mosquito ©
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Vanley Burke
Apartment (2014)
Courtesy the artist
Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary
art venue situated in central Birmingham. Housed
in the neo-gothic Oozells Street School, it is an
educational charity and works to encourage public
engagement with contemporary art through
exhibiting new work in a context of debate and
participation.
The gallery programme features artists from
around the world. A variety of media is represented,
including sound, film, mixed media, photography,
painting, sculpture and installation.
Ikon’s off-site programme develops dynamic
relationships between art, artists and audiences
outside the gallery. Projects vary enormously
in scale, duration and location, challenging
expectations of where art can be seen and by whom.
Education is at the heart of Ikon’s activities,
stimulating public interest in and understanding of
contemporary visual art. Through a variety of talks,
tours, workshops and seminars, our Learning Team
aims to build dynamic relationships with audiences,
enabling visitors to engage with, discuss and reflect
on contemporary art.
Find out More
Thank You
Visitor Resource Room is a place for visitors to
find out more about the artists showing at Ikon.
Filmed interviews, books and other publications
give background information to the exhibitions. The
room is also a place for families to enjoy creative
practical activities.
Ikon is supported using public funding by Arts
Council England and Birmingham City Council.
Registered Charity no. 528892.
Gallery Tours and creative workshops are available
to a variety of groups to get the most out of
each exhibition. Call the Learning Team for more
information on 0121 248 0708.
Ikon Online at www.ikon-gallery.org offers
full details of our exhibitions and events plus
downloadable gallery guides. Watch installation
videos, listen to interviews with artists and browse
the online shop for Ikon catalogues and limited
edition prints.
Access
Ikon aims to be fully accessible for disabled visitors. A
wheelchair is available, a lift operates throughout the
building and guests with guide dogs are welcome.
There is a fitted induction loop to enhance sound
for visitors with hearing impairment and disabled
parking is located outside the gallery on Oozells
Street. Large print versions of the Ikon bulletin and
exhibition guides are available on request.
Stay in Touch
To join our free mailing list call 0121 248 0708 or visit
www.ikon-gallery.org. You can also follow Ikon on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Facilities
Ikon Shop is Birmingham’s only specialist art
bookshop, stocking a range of books and magazines
on contemporary art and culture. Students receive
a 10% discount (conditions apply). Shop online at
www.ikon-gallery.org or call 0121 248 0711. Open
during exhibition installations.
Café Opus at Ikon is a modern British café, featuring
classic dishes sourced from high quality producers.
Call 0121 248 3226 to book. www.cafeopus.co.uk
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About Ikon
Jacques Nimki is in the building
Ikon would like to thank the following for their
invaluable support over the past 12 months
Alycidon Capital Limited; School of Art, Birmingham
City University; Birmingham Library and Archive
Services; William A Cadbury Charitable Trust; Canal
& River Trust; Corvi-Mori London; Deutsche Bank;
Emmerson Press; John Feeney Charitable Trust;
Fritt Ord Foundation; Glenn Howells Associates;
Paul Hamlyn Foundation; The Henry Moore
Foundation; HMP Grendon; Korea Foundation;
Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong; MarieLouise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust; Office for
Contemporary Art Norway (OCA); The Owen Family
Trust; PKM Gallery; Programme de résidences /
Fondation d’entreprise Hermès; Galerie Thaddaeus
Ropac; Royal Norwegian Embassy in London;
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; Sindika
Dokolo Foundation; Sotheby’s; The Charles Wallace
Pakistan Trust.
Individual Patrons and Benefactors
Paul Aston; Adrian Bland; Simon Chapman; Thomas
Dane; Jean Denning; Victoria Denning; Stephanie
Dieckvoss; Carl & Didi Forster; Patzi Haslimann;
John & Anna Hatch; Paul & Susie Huxley; Tom Jones;
Marcelle Joseph; Stephen and Sigrid Kirk; Jeanette
Koch; David & Mary Lodge; Simon Morris; Stephen
Pallister; Jasmin Pelham; Lorenzo Ronchini; Midge
Skene; Mr & Mrs A E Taylor.
Friends of the Family
(In support of A Real Birmingham Family)
Adrian Bland and family; Associated Architects;
John Crabtree; Jean Denning; Candida Gertler;
Antony and Vicken Gormley; Mark Hodgkins; Glenn
Howells; David and Mary Lodge; Maverick TV; Paul
Needham; Tim Oldham, David and Ethne Owen;
Maureen Paley; Stephen Pallister; Midge Skene;
Richard Verdi; Jonathan Watkins.
Ikon would also like to thank all those who make a
donation during their visit.
Exhibition supporters
Pavel Büchler’s exhibition is supported The Henry
Moore Foundation.
Support Ikon
As a charity, Ikon needs your support. We rely on
donations from individuals and businesses to
fund what we do. If you would like to support us,
whether by making a donation, becoming a patron
or leaving a legacy, visit www.ikon-gallery.org or
call 0121 248 0708.
Artists for Ikon is supported by Alycidon Capital
Limited and Sotheby’s.
Corporate Patrons
Deutsche Bank; EY; Glenn Howells Architects;
Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace; SACO
Serviced Apartments; Wragge&Co.
Ikon’s core Learning programme is supported by
Arts Connect West Midlands.
Project supporters
Black Country Voyages is supported by Arts Council
Strategic Touring, the Canal & River Trust and
Sandwell Council.
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Gallery
Café Opus
Ikon Shop
Closed
10am–8pmClosed
11am–5pm10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm
11am–5pm10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm
11am–5pm10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm
11am–5pm10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm
11am–5pm10am–8pm 10.30am–5.30pm
11am–5pm11am–5pm 10.30am–5.30pm
Galleries closed 5–12 May and 13–21 July for
installation of new exhibitions. Ikon is open Bank
Holiday Mondays.
Ikon Gallery Limited trading as Ikon. Registered
address: 1 Oozells Square, Birmingham b1 2hs.
Cover image:
Pavel Büchler
Report on Damage (2011)
Four posters, digital print on paper
Mailbox
New Street Station
Bullring
Selfridges
+ Bullring
Getting to Ikon
Pedestrian route from New Street train station
From New Street station walk to Chamberlain
Square, then up the curved steps, through Paradise
Forum and into Centenary Square. Bear left onto
Broad Street, passing the Hyatt Hotel on the left,
then turn right into Oozells Street. This walk takes
approximately 15 minutes.
By road
Birmingham is accessible by the M5, M6, M40 and
M42 motorways. Drivers should follow signs to
Birmingham City Centre then look for the brown
tourist signs to the International Convention Centre,
National Indoor Arena, Canals and Brindleyplace.
Car and bicycle parking
The nearest car park is Q-Park Brindleyplace on
Brunswick Street (pre-book and quote IKON
for 10% discount at www.q-park.co.uk/parking/
birmingham/q-park-brindleyplace). Orange and
blue badge holders may park on the double yellow
lines on Oozells Street in accordance with badge
guidelines. There is a bicycle rack near Ikon.
Local accommodation
www.birminghambrindleyplace.hgi.com
www.sacoapartments.co.uk