G.R.I.T. Exhibition Tour with curator, Alex Roberts

Join us on Saturday 5 October at 2pm for this exhibition tour with Alex Roberts, curator of Gestural, Reflective and Inquiring Tales: a painting exhibition bridging Europe at Drawing Projects UK in Dundee.

The exhibition, Gestural Reflective and Inquiring Tales (G.R.I.T.) features fourteen painters from the UK and Europe, and explores how gesture and its physicality in contemporary painting engage both the maker and the viewer. With international contributors, G.R.I.T. aims to bridge a conversation about painting across Europe, and the exhibition will be shown first in Berlin, Germany, and then in Dundee, Scotland. Through these two iterations, the project aims to develop a model for sustainable artistic exchange. Beyond the exhibitions, a public program and a symposium will be held in each location, and it is intended to produce a publication.

Artists: Angove, Jacopo Dal Bello, Jenny Eden, Rao Fu, Ina Gerken, Alena Hil, Erika Krause, Eglė Otto, Alex Roberts, Geraldine Swayne, Anita Taylor, Henry Ward, Waldemar Zimbelmann, Michaela Zimmer

Curator: Alex Roberts. Roberts is a British painter based in Berlin and Dundee who intermittently curates art exhibitions and platforms of exchange which seek to examine how painting beholds the viewer.

Drawing Projects UK is dedicated to research and development, production and presentation of exhibitions, events and workshops in drawing and contemporary art, and operates on a non-profit basis. Established in 2009 to deliver the Trinity Buoy Wharf [then the Jerwood] Drawing Prize annual open exhibition, amongst other projects, a centre for Drawing Projects UK was opened in 2015 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The centre for Drawing Projects UK in Dundee will open to the public in 2025.

Exhibition Venue: Corner of West Bell Street and Constitution Road, Dundee DD1 1EX. The former Bell Street Public Hall will form the exhibition and project space for Drawing Projects UK. With its entrance on Constitution Road, this heritage space provides an atmospheric venue for the G.R.I.T. exhibition. There is level access to the building and a disabled parking space outside the entrance; however, there are currently no washroom or other visitor facilities. Visiting the exhibition is strictly by pre-booked, timed entrance. The exhibition opens Wednesday to Sunday, 12-2pm, from 13 September to 12 October 2024.

See: www.drawingprojects.uk Instagram: @drawingprojectsuk @drawingprojectsscotland

More information about the exhibition and events programme is available via www.paintinggrit.comand @painting_grit

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Drawing Projects UK - Scotland, 1A West Bell Street, Dundee, United Kingdom