Heman Chong, South London Gallery, London
Artist and writer Heman Chong’s new show explores ideas of exchange and the role of rules and regulations in determining codes of behaviour. In the main gallery space a million blacked out business cards cover the floor, with the room also hosting performances where participants are taught to recite a short story which is then transmitted by word of mouth. In addition, a residency programme is taking place in the first floor galleries featuring invited fiction writers.
Until 28 February 2016, southlondongallery.org
Ben Cain, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
For this solo exhibition artist Ben Cain was commissioned to create a new body of work in response to Grundy Art Gallery’s permanent collection. The result is a series of sculptures created with locally-based artists and craftspeople, presented alongside selected drawings and paintings that continue Cain’s long-running investigations into the themes of material, labour, and artistic production.
Until 30 January 2016, grundyartgallery.com
Parts and Labour, QUAD, Derby
The aim of this group show is to ‘celebrate, subvert and confound’ our expectations of what animation is. Selected from an international open call that attracted 198 entries, it features 21 films grouped under three headings: Industry, Manufacture and Material. Artists include Sophie Clements, Guillaume Martial, Catherine Anyango, Sebastian Buerkner and David Theobald; Jake Fried’s hand-drawn animation, Brain Lapse (2014), is featured above.
Until 24 January 2016, derbyquad.co.uk
Follow, FACT, Liverpool
This exhibition explores the impact the internet is having on how we understand our relationships with those around us. In particular, work by artists including Cécile B. Evans, Louise Adkins and the collective LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner looks at how the rise of social media is changing the way we interact with each other as our ‘private’ lives are increasingly lived in public view. Features online work, installation, an adapted Penny Press, photography and performance.
Until 21 February 2016, fact.co.uk
Brian Griffiths, BALTIC, Gateshead
Artist Brian Griffiths (above) says he is interested in “making an environment or experience to walk into” and this exhibition does just that, offering a tour round the mind of Hollywood actor Bill Murray through a series of scale models of nine different buildings, including an LA beach house, an historic Scottish mansion and an ocean adventure dome. While the buildings conjure up Murray’s activities and pastimes, the small-scale works contrast with BALTIC’s vast Level 4 gallery, playing with concepts of scale, detail and overview.
Until 28 February 2016, balticmill.com
