British Art Show 9 (BAS9)

Over the course of the free exhibition each venue will be hosting events as well as working with creative partners and schools, colleges, and community groups to get them involved with the biggest touring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK.

In Wolverhampton, the exhibition will focus on how we live with and give voice to difference, showcasing artists whose works investigate identity from an intersectional perspective.

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British Art Show 9 Comes to Wolverhampton

Maggie Ayliffe, Head of the University of Wolverhampton School of Art, and Marguerite Nugent, Manager: Arts and Culture at City of Wolverhampton Council Wolverhampton Art Gallery, talk about the benefits of bringing British Art Show 9 (BAS9) to Wolverhampton.

Maggie Ayliffe, Head of the School of Art, said: “We are thrilled to be hosting the second leg of British Art Show 9 in Wolverhampton. We are looking forward to welcoming many visitors to the iconic Wolverhampton School of Art. There will be a wealth of opportunities for new audiences, students, school children and the artist community to come and engage with some of the most exciting contemporary art being produced in the UK today."

Show Guide

Take a look at the British Art show digital Guide, for infomration about the artists in the show. Printed versions are available when visiting the show.

Film Programme

The Film Programme features a selection of artist films, allowing expanded connections with the works presented in the galleries.

Running 11.00am - 4.00pm Monday - Sunday

• Oliver Beer – Composition for Mouths
• James Bridle – se ti sabir
• Jamie Crewe – rural horror film
• Beatrice Gibson – I hope I’m loud when I’m dead
• Patrick Goddard – Animal Antics
• Hetain Patel – Don’t Look at the Finger
• Joanna Piotrowska – Animal Enrichment
• Marianna Simnett – The Needle and the Larynx
• Sin Wai Kin – A dream of Wholeness
• Alberta Whittle – What is a better life
• Rehana Zamen – Tell me the story Of all these things

More information available at: www.britishartshow9.co.uk

BAS9 Ambassadors

BAS9 Ambassadors are representatives from the local community in each City of the British Art Show 9 tour. Our Ambassadors in each City will be working with gallery staff and the BAS9 team to be part of the British Art Show 9 experience. They will help to promote the exhibition to friends, family and their wider community building new relationships in each city.

Wolverhampton BAS9 Ambassadors:

• Kathryn O’Connor – BAS9 LGBTQ+ Ambassador
• The Good Shepherd – (Kate Penman)
• Georgia Goodman – installation Student
• Amarjit Nar
• Alex Vann
• The Way
• The Wolverhampton Business Improvement District (BID)

More information about BAS9 Ambassadors available at: www.britishartshow9.co.uk

Helen Cammock

A renowned artist has visited the University of Wolverhampton School of Art in preparation for starting work on her installation for the British Art Show 9 (BAS9) which is opening in Wolverhampton in January 2022.

Helen Cammock, who was born in Staffordshire, works across film, photography, print, text and performance and is one of the artists taking part in the exhibition. In her forthcoming exhibit for BAS9, Changing Room II (2021), Helen will be exploring work made by her Jamaican-born father who was an amateur ceramicist, magistrate and an art teacher in Wolverhampton. She will re-create ceramic objects that he made in the 1960s, along with a new banner work, to form a multimedia installation that will be presented across both the Wolverhampton Art Gallery and University of Wolverhampton School of Art.

Helen was shortlisted for the 2019 Turner Prize and was awarded the prize along with the other three nominees. She was also awarded the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2018. She has exhibited her work in London, Dublin, Cambridge, Beirut, Berlin and Venice and has had articles published in Frieze Magazine and the British Journal of Photography.