Thursday, November 26, 2009
Writers Respond: David Hockney and Frances Stark @Nottingham Contemporary
I was there for the first public event at the gallery, which, I'm pleased to say, was a poetry reading, with the poets Gregory Woods, Carol Rowntree-Jones, Sue Dymoke, Michael McKimm and Wayne Burrows. I snatched a photo of them (in that order), with organiser Eirannn Lorsung, just before they began. They were reading new work inspired by the two exhibitions, of early Hockney and Frances Stark (that's 'Frances' with an 'e', The Guardian, which makes her a 'she' rather than a 'he'). We moved from one gallery to another while the poets read work relevant to each artist. It was really interesting, enjoyable stuff, and I hope that the work gets published somewhere, soon.
There are plenty of other events at the gallery, most of them free. Further info here. Note that, so far, all of the events have sold out very quickly. Tomorrow's, with Michael Bracewell and Andrew Wilson, is fully booked, and the other one I'm going to, where Pauline Lucas will talk about The Midland Group, is waiting list only.