Grand Union

Grand Union is an artist-led initiative that supports the development of artists and curators and aims to establish and nurture dialogue between contemporary visual artists, and local, national and international art organisations.

Established by a group of artists and curators in Birmingham, UK, Grand Union is a unique project that houses eight purpose built studios and a project space. The project space provides a platform for a diverse and exciting programme of events and exhibitions while the studios provide a professional and secure working environment.

Venue Type:

Gallery, Artist studio or collective

Opening hours

Thursday to Saturday, 12–5pm during exhibition opening hours.

Admission charges

FREE

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Exhibition (temporary)

Melanie Jackson, Deeper in the Pyramid

3 February — 21 April 2018 *on now

We are taken on a journey of lactic abstractions, through the webs of bio-invasion and collective fantasy that interconnect various life forms through milk, its technologies and representations. The ontologies of species and gender have always been shaped by our relations with this primal liquid, and ensuring a ready supply has driven research in genetics, fertility and robotics. It is now open for radical transformation as new bio-organisms emerge, and real science merges with the fantastic.

Milk is polymorphic with an inclination for promiscuous collaboration – whether it be with bacteria, with cartoon avatars, with economics pornography, racial politics or genetic re-calibration. It is fundamental to all mammalian bodies, whilst also being one of the most technologised fluids on earth. Deeper in the Pyramid engages with the bio-economy and its representations, through the webs of care, exploitation and collective fantasy that interconnect life forms at every scale.

This project will be delivered across Grand Union, Primary in Nottingham and Banner Repeater in London later in 2018.

Exhibition (temporary)

Melanie Jackson, Artist's Talk

15 March 2018 6:30-8pm

Milk is polymorphic with an inclination for promiscuous collaboration – whether it be with bacteria, with cartoon avatars, with economics, pornography, racial politics or genetic re-calibration. It is fundamental to all mammalian bodies, whilst being one of the most technologised fluids on earth.

The project, Deeper in the Pyramid, is an expansive new body of work comprising of animation, sculpture, a filmed performance and a publication in a graphic novel format, written in collaboration with Esther Leslie. It engages with the bio-economy through the webs of exploitation and collective fantasy that interconnect various life forms through milk, its technologies and representations.

This project will be delivered across Grand Union in Birmingham, Primary in Nottingham and Banner Repeater in London.

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