Dorsett, Chris and Gee, Malcolm (2010) Delay: delayed by illness. [Show/Exhibition]
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On the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Armstrong, Gallery North marks the occasion with an exhibition of artworks by Chris Dorsett, Reader in Art School Practices at Northumbria University. Armstrong was born in Shieldfield on a site now occupied by the University's campus and in a career that spanned the greater part of the nineteenth century he became one of the most important industrialists and engineers in the world. Armstrong's name is associated with the birth of modern artillery and the emergence of the naval powers that shaped the political and military landscape of the next hundred years.
From Dorsett's point of view these grand narratives of history overshadow, indeed inhibit, our appreciation of the extraordinary presence of past things and in relation to the Armstrong bicentenary Delay (delayed by illness) focuses on the archival legacy generated by A Supplement to Lord Armstrong's Work on Electric Movement in Air and Water, a scientific publication held by the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle. The completion of this book was delayed by Armstrong's growing infirmity in the late 1890s and for Dorsett it lingers still, an extraordinary object lodged in our contemporary consciousness. The bicentenary is an opportunity to take another look at Armstrong's activities and the exhibition in Gallery North features new artworks based on the photographs in this book.
Delay (delayed by illness) was a solo exhibition of Dorsett’s recent drawings curated by Malcolm Gee. Three public seminars were led by Dorsett during the exhibition with guest speakers: Rachel Thompson (Treat-NMD network of excellence for rare inherited neuromuscular diseases), John Lavell (Northumbria PhD student) and Henrietta Heald (author of ‘William Armstrong: Magician of the North’).
| Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | W100 Fine Art |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts |
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| Depositing User: | Prof Chris Dorsett |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2012 16:26 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2017 08:10 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6819 |
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