Grand Union is the artist-led space which can be found at Unit 19 Fazeley Industrial Estate, 160 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5RS.
It’s opening for its inaugral exhibition on 27, hosting Gongoozler, which is:
an exhibition of works by Broomberg & Chanarin, Roderick Buchanan, Ruth Ewan, Josephine Flynn, Will Holder, Christopher Hodson, Kristina Norman, Cai Nyahoe, Elizabeth Price, Jon Wilkes.
Exhibition opening 6-9pm Saturday 27 March. Open studios 12-5pm 27-28 March. Exhibition continues to 1 May, Opening hours 12-5pm Thursday-Saturday.
You might have had a sneaky peek at Grand Union as part of The Event. They’d really only just moved in back then, so it’ll be interesting to see what they’ve done with the place.
This is for the Birmingham Art Zine (BAZ) launch night, 5 November at The White Swan in Digbeth, 6-9pm:
BAZ are well aware that a room full of people reading a small pink text heavy magazine – looking to see if their names are mentioned – is not really a recipe for a great night out so we’ve gone for a short opening so you can all get on down to Mark Essen’s gig at The Anchor afterwards
They’ll also be taking part in Grand Union’s artists’ publishing fair as part of The Event on 6 November 12-9pm.
There’s a whole bunch of stuff to explore on BAZ’s website, PDF’s unfortunately, so I only made it through a few. Titles like ‘Ikon sculpture tried to eat my missus‘ are pretty compelling though. The intro to ‘The Editorial‘ gives you a good flavour of the sort of thing:
It’s been another hectic year in the Birmingham ART World: the emergence of a hard-line rap and gangster culture amongst feuding art institutions; the ensuing war and bloodshed, punctuated only by games of Institutional Cricket; the rise of Northfield as the cities ‘real’ creative quarter; Berlin trying to steal our ART scene; the building of the worlds first ART themed adventure park in Ladywood; The Public being converted into the world’s largest public toilets; and the rapid spread of wild animals in Birmingham ARTISTS studios.
