NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART 3
The AUXILIARY, MIDDLESBROUGH
7th jULY -21ST JULY 2023
'This might be the third Now That’s What I Call Art, but it is its first time in Middlesbrough. It's the collaboration of Spaghetti Factory and System Gallery, two North East artist-run projects.
This group exhibition features one artwork (or set of artworks) from 74 artists at all stages. Rather than an open call, where submissions are selected through some potentially arbitrary selection process, exhibiting artists responded to an ‘open invitation’ and were welcomed on a first-come first-served basis.
This approach was born from the understanding that culture is a public commodity and so all people deserve the opportunity to engage with it at all levels – including artist, curator, critic, etc. Similarly, this exhibition works with the assumption that ‘genius’ does not come from great minds working in solitude, but rather creativity is always to some extent a collaboration. That is to say, it is the result of a mind connected to other minds - this includes new or outsider perspectives.
Therefore, to be valuable is not necessarily about how talented you are, but instead is about what you can contribute — the ideas you share, the connections you make, and the conversations you start. Now That’s What I Call Art aims to foster the conditions for this rather than necessarily create an excellent exhibition – that’s just a potential incidental by-product.'
Artists (74)
Marian Leggett
John James Perangie
Cathie Sprague
Cameron Lings
Sophie Sweeney
Matthew Young
Peter Hayes
Natasha Armstrong
Catherine Grainge
Jason Carden
Kasia Parker
Adam Shaw
Su Devine
Robyn Fyfe
Sophie Gwynn
Fiona Cameron
James Wilkinson
Claire Harrison
Aimee Charlotte
Lorna MacKay
Alessandra Mondin
Calum Dyer
Sue Loughlin
Craig Knight
Samantha Tweddle
Maureen Holmes
Sylvia Ross
Natalie Martin
Roman Vaughan-Williams
Conrad Milne
Jason Hynes
Carol Lonsdale
Sarah Sweeney
Seb Trend
Eden Chapman-Maurice
Brenda Watson
Shona Fraser
Katie Watson
Peter Hanmer
Sally Anderson
Charlotte Bracken
Issy Everton
Dan Goodman
Diane Watson
Dale Hardy
Lucy Harding
Namita Vijayakumar
Sarah Murray
Jenni Mac
Dot Seddon
Brian Russell
Emma Bennett
Dianne Bowell
Liam Slevin
Melissa Duncan
Albert Bennett-Cowell
Brad Race
Kimi Marlowe
John Wheeler
Lucy Thomas
Russ Walker
Liz Collier
Rachael Bacon
Gary Wilkinson
Ben Gilchrist
Kara Ashurst
Ryan Yare
James Hutchinson
Richard James Hall
Rachel Deakin
Stuart Langley
Sophie Keith
This group exhibition features one artwork (or set of artworks) from 74 artists at all stages. Rather than an open call, where submissions are selected through some potentially arbitrary selection process, exhibiting artists responded to an ‘open invitation’ and were welcomed on a first-come first-served basis.
This approach was born from the understanding that culture is a public commodity and so all people deserve the opportunity to engage with it at all levels – including artist, curator, critic, etc. Similarly, this exhibition works with the assumption that ‘genius’ does not come from great minds working in solitude, but rather creativity is always to some extent a collaboration. That is to say, it is the result of a mind connected to other minds - this includes new or outsider perspectives.
Therefore, to be valuable is not necessarily about how talented you are, but instead is about what you can contribute — the ideas you share, the connections you make, and the conversations you start. Now That’s What I Call Art aims to foster the conditions for this rather than necessarily create an excellent exhibition – that’s just a potential incidental by-product.'
Artists (74)
Marian Leggett
John James Perangie
Cathie Sprague
Cameron Lings
Sophie Sweeney
Matthew Young
Peter Hayes
Natasha Armstrong
Catherine Grainge
Jason Carden
Kasia Parker
Adam Shaw
Su Devine
Robyn Fyfe
Sophie Gwynn
Fiona Cameron
James Wilkinson
Claire Harrison
Aimee Charlotte
Lorna MacKay
Alessandra Mondin
Calum Dyer
Sue Loughlin
Craig Knight
Samantha Tweddle
Maureen Holmes
Sylvia Ross
Natalie Martin
Roman Vaughan-Williams
Conrad Milne
Jason Hynes
Carol Lonsdale
Sarah Sweeney
Seb Trend
Eden Chapman-Maurice
Brenda Watson
Shona Fraser
Katie Watson
Peter Hanmer
Sally Anderson
Charlotte Bracken
Issy Everton
Dan Goodman
Diane Watson
Dale Hardy
Lucy Harding
Namita Vijayakumar
Sarah Murray
Jenni Mac
Dot Seddon
Brian Russell
Emma Bennett
Dianne Bowell
Liam Slevin
Melissa Duncan
Albert Bennett-Cowell
Brad Race
Kimi Marlowe
John Wheeler
Lucy Thomas
Russ Walker
Liz Collier
Rachael Bacon
Gary Wilkinson
Ben Gilchrist
Kara Ashurst
Ryan Yare
James Hutchinson
Richard James Hall
Rachel Deakin
Stuart Langley
Sophie Keith
