ActionSpace artists Thompson Hall and Nnena Kalu exhibited in the group exhibition Kaleidoscopic Realms
10 am – 5 pm
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Lenton Road, Nottingham, England, NG1 6EL
ActionSpace artists Thompson Hall and Nnena Kalu exhibited a series of works in the group exhibition Kaleidoscopic Realms. The exhibition presented an installation of artworks by eight contemporary artists revealing a colourful insight into intuitive mark-marking in its many forms, alongside films made about the artists and their practice. Exhibiting artists included Siddharth Gadiyar, James Gladwell, Thompson Hall, Richard Hunt, Nnena Kalu, Cameron Morgan, Michelle Roberts, and Leslie Thompson.
Co-curated by Jennifer Gilbert of Jennifer Lauren Gallery and artist Christopher Samuel, Kaleidoscopic Realms was born out of project SHIFT, from Jennifer, which exists to give recognition and amplify the visibility, voices and works of UK-based neurodivergent and learning disabled visual artists within contemporary art.
What’s on your mind? Workshop with Thompson Hall
Saturday 14 September, 11 am – 1 pm
Thompson Hall led a creative workshop to make your own news headlines around what’s on your mind to add to a larger drawing.
Thompson’s free family friendly workshop focused on participants creating their own stories or quotes based on what is on their minds and their response to things they are thinking about at the moment that is important to them. Participants were invited to share their opinions through simple words, symbols or drawings on things that are important to them and their experiences.
Press
‘Kaleidoscopic Realms: questioning disability representation in museums and galleries’. Curator of Kaleidoscopic Realms, Jennifer Gilbert, reflects on the importance of the exhibition for Art UK. Read the article
‘Kaleidoscopic Realms: accessible, inscrutable and hard to resist’. Mark Sheerin has reviewed the exhibition for Disability Arts Online. Read the review
and recommended Kaleidoscopic Realms as one of October’s must see exhibitions. Read the article
‘Doing better is the overarching motif of Kaleidoscopic Realms.’ Mike Pinnington reviews the exhibition for The Double Negative. Read the review
SHIFT Films
The films below were made for SHIFT, created by Jennifer Gilbert, in 2020.
Installation photos: Kaleidoscopic Realms at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery. Photo credit: John Hartley
