Lines of Action

Exhibition opening times

Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm.

Price

Free entry (donations welcome).

The exhibition explores how artists utilise the ‘line’ in its most expanded sense as a central part of their creative process. Rather than focusing solely on preparatory sketches, this exhibition examines the ‘line’ as an organising principle. It highlights how artists use the line to provide structure, create ‘scores’ for subsequent works, record actions, and open spaces for memory.

The featured works demonstrate how an artist’s ‘line’ can organise time, thought, and space. These concepts are explored through a diverse range of media, including photography, painting, collage, printmaking, film, and sculpture.

This new exhibition at the Hatton Gallery brings together new and previously unseen works by artists associated with Newcastle University, with those who are ‘alumni’ of the national commissioning agency for moving-image artists, Film and Video Umbrellla, such as Jane & Louise Wilson and Georgina Starr. 

Contributing artists: Jane and Louise Wilson, Rita Donagh, Lyn Hagan, Wolfgang Weileder, Georgina Starr, Tracey Tofield, Catrin Huber, Katie Cuddon, Theresa Easton, Richard Hamilton, Rachel Maclean, Nick Fox, Simon English, Richard Talbot, Andrew Burton, and Uta Kogelsberger.