Emma Hart, Grand Union, Birmingham
This exhibition from London-based artist Emma Hart combines sculpture with moving images and sound. Hart’s autobiographical work explores her stresses, anxieties, embarrassments, tensions and anguish. Through ceramics, film and photography she confronts the emotions and experiences that make up everyday life.
Until 31 October 2015, www.grand-union.org.uk
Helen Schell, Vane, Newcastle
Explore the Sun and solar science at Vane’s latest show. Sunderland-based artist Helen Schell has worked with leading solar physicists to present a series of large and dramatic paintings and sculptures. The gallery will also show interpretive information and presentations on solar physics and the link between art and science.
Until 3 October 2015, www.vane.org.uk
Tom Hammick, Flowers Gallery, London
This show features painting and printmaking, including new works by Tom Hammick made in response to a year-long residency at English National Opera – the first initiative of its kind for the opera company. The dreamlike landscapes feature eerily lonesome figures, sometimes facing away from the viewer. The results are spookily otherworldy.
Until 10 October 2015, www.flowersgallery.com
Geta Brătescu, Tate, Liverpool
Romanian artist Geta Brătescu, born 1926, has spent much of her life living within a Commmunist state, her practice manifesting as performance, textile work, paper collage and film. This show features work from 1960 to the present, and sees the artist exploring the drawn line in varied ways – in fabric by using a sewing machine, through space by performing with the body, and within detailed classical draughtsmanship.
Until 18 October 2015, www.tate.org.uk
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
This bumper show presents the personal collections of post-war and contemporary artists, including Andy Warhol, Arman, Peter Blake, Edmund de Waal, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Sol LeWitt, Martin Parr, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Pae White. The aim is to explore their inspirations, influences, motives and obsessions, with objects ranging from mass-produced memorabilia to rare art, artefacts and natural history specimens.
Until 24 January 2016, www.scva.ac.uk
