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Eastside Projects

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Eastside Projects — artist-run free public space.

Eastside Projects, museums in West Midlands

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Plan your visit

Typical visit
1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year
Year-round
Nearest railway station
Bordesley · 0.6 km
  • Family-friendly
  • Wheelchair accessible

About

Eastside Projects is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2008. Wikidata describes it as: "artist-run free public space". Coordinates: 52.4766°, -1.8822°.

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Eastside Projects is an artist-run space in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, England. It is a free public space that is imagined and organised by artists. It commissions and presents experimental contemporary art exhibitions and proposes ways in which art may be useful to society. Eastside Projects was founded by six artists: Simon Bloor, Tom Bloor, Céline Condorelli, Ruth Claxton, James Langdon, and Gavin Wade. Eastside Projects is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. The current directors are Ruth Calxton and Gavin Wade. Group exhibitions have featured artists and organisations such as Art & Language, Mel Bochner and Grizedale Arts, while past solo shows include Liam Gillick, Shezad Dawood, Carey Young, Sahjan Kooner, William Pope.L, Sonia Boyce, and Dan Graham. Since the space opened in 2008, it has made a substantial contribution to Birmingham and its burgeoning reputation as a centre for contemporary art; through Extra ordinary People, the We Are Eastside Consortium, and other partnerships, it has successfully supported the developing ecology of artists, projects, and public art commissions.

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Background

History

]] Eastside Projects opened on 26 September 2008 with its inaugural exhibition, "This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things". Since its launch, the exhibition programme has featured a series of exhibitions that use the mode of a medium to explore different ideas and representations of that medium: Sculpture Show" (2009), "Abstract Cabinet Show" (2009), "Curtain Show" (2010), "Book Show" (2010), "Narrative Show" (2011), and "Painting Show" (2011–2012).[2] Led by Gavin Wade and Ruth Claxton, the space is run by practising artists, artist-curators, artist-engineers, artist organisers, ect who combine careers within the UK and international art worlds while working at Eastside Projects.…

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Coordinates
52.4766, -1.8822
District
Birmingham
Parish
Birmingham, unparished area
Postcode
B5 5SL
Parliamentary constituency
Birmingham Ladywood
Established
2008
Nearest railway station
Bordesley0.6 km

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Eastside Projects?
Eastside Projects is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode B5 5SL), in the parish of Birmingham, unparished area.
When was Eastside Projects built?
Built or established in 2008.
How do I get to Eastside Projects?
The nearest railway station is Bordesley, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode B5 5SL.