Peter McArdle Peter McArdle

X – Contemporary British Painting

14 APRIL 2023

Saturday 20th May  – Saturday 17th June 2023

X – Contemporary British Painting is a vibrant, exciting free exhibition of painting, the likes of which has not been staged in the North East in decades. Opening on May 20th at Newcastle Contemporary Art, it has been curated by multiple award-winning artist Narbi Price, and brings together the work of over 80 artists. Featuring names such as Andrew Grassie, George Shaw, HUSH, Biggs & Collings alongside members of Contemporary British Painting and recent graduates, the exhibition explores the huge range of possibilities of what painting can be, from photorealism, through gestural abstraction, tiny intimate studies to big bombastic works, paintings that come off the wall and paintings that will make you question what you’re looking at.

Marking the tenth anniversary of CBP, the exhibition features all 6 previous winners of the Contemporary British Painting Prize showing together for the first time. It also showcases former prizewinners of the John Moores Painting Prize, BEEP Painting Biennale, Culture Awards Visual Artists of the Year, and Turner Prize nominees.

Join us on the opening night on Saturday May 20th from 7pm, as part of The Late Shows to be the first to view the work, accompanied by DJ sets by Opal Tapes founder Bishop and Maxïmo Park frontman Paul Smith.

X – Contemporary British Painting 
Newcastle Contemporary Art
High Bridge Works
31-39 High Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1EW
Saturday May 20th – Saturday June 17th
Open Thurs – Sat, 12-5pm and by appointment

Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue..

Artists: Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, John Ball, Richard Baker, Karl Bielik, Biggs & Collings, Claudia Boese, Day Bowman, Marius von Brasch, Julian Brown, Lesley Bunch, Marco Cali, Ruth Calland, Simon Carter, John S Clark, Jules Clarke, Deb Covell, Lucy Cox, Andrew Crane, Gordon Dalton, Pen Dalton, Angelina May Davis, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Natalie Dowse, Nathan Eastwood, Geraint Evans, Andrew Grassie, Susan Gunn, Susie Hamilton, Abigail Hampsey, Alex Hanna, Kirsty Harris, Roland Hicks, Suzanne Holtom, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, HUSH, Phil Illingworth, Linda Ingham, Brendan Lancaster, Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Bryan Lavelle, Andrew Litten, Cathy Lomax, Juliette Losq, Paula MacArthur, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Gavin Maughfling, Peter McArdle, Donna McLean, Monica Metsers, Nicholas Middleton, Ruth Murray, Joe Packer, Stephen Palmer, Mandy Payne, Julian Perry, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Steve Port, Narbi Price, Freya Purdue, James Quin, Ellen Ranson, Greg Rook, Katherine Russell, George Shaw, Jesse Leroy Smith, Paul Smith, David Sullivan, Matilda Sutton, Harvey Taylor, Sally Taylor, Molly Thomson, Judith Tucker, Casper White, Joanna Whittle, Sean Williams.


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LANDMARK PAINTING EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN NEWCASTLE CITY CENTRE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

X - Contemporary British Painting is a vibrant painting exhibition, the scale of which has not been staged

in the North East in decades.

Opening on May 20th at Newcastle Contemporary Art, X – Contemporary British Painting has been

curated by award-winning artist Narbi Price and brings together the work of over 80 artists, including

George Shaw, Andrew Grassie, HUSH, Biggs & Collings, alongside members of the Contemporary British

Painting organisation (CBP) and innovative emerging artists.

The exhibition explores the huge spectrum what painting can be, from photorealism through gestural

abstraction, tiny intimate studies to big bombastic works, paintings that come off the wall and paintings that

make you question what you’re looking at.

The exhibition marks the tenth anniversary of CBP and features all previous winners of the Contemporary

British Painting Prize. It also showcases prizewinners and nominees of the Turner Prize, the John Moores

Painting Prize, BEEP Painting Biennale, and Culture Awards Visual Artists of the Year.

Join us on the opening night on Saturday May 20th from 7pm, as part of The Late Shows to be the first to

view the work, accompanied by DJ sets by Opal Tapes founder Bishop and Maxïmo Park frontman Paul

Smith.

Exhibiting artists: Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, John Ball, Richard Baker,

Karl Bielik, Biggs & Collings, Claudia Boese, Day Bowman, Marius von Brasch, Julian Brown, Lesley

Bunch, Marco Cali, Ruth Calland, Simon Carter, John S Clark, Jules Clarke, Deb Covell, Lucy Cox, Andrew

Crane, Gordon Dalton, Pen Dalton, Angelina May Davis, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Natalie Dowse,

Nathan Eastwood, Geraint Evans, Andrew Grassie, Susan Gunn, Susie Hamilton, Abigail Hampsey, Alex

Hanna, Kirsty Harris, Roland Hicks, Suzanne Holthom, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, HUSH, Phil

Illingworth, Linda Ingham, Brendan Lancaster, Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Bryan Lavelle, Andrew

Litten, Cathy Lomax, Juliette Losq, Paula MacArthur, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Gavin Maughfling, Peter

McArdle, Donna McLean, Monica Metsers, Nicholas Middleton, Ruth Murray, Joe Packer, Stephen Palmer,

Mandy Payne, Julian Perry, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Steve Port, Narbi Price, Freya Purdue, James

Quin, Ellen Ranson, Greg Rook, Katherine Russell, George Shaw, Jesse Leroy Smith, Paul Smith,

David Sullivan, Matilda Sutton, Harvey Taylor, Sally Taylor, Molly Thomson, Judith Tucker, Casper White,

Joanna Whittle, Sean Williams.

Contemporary British Painting is an artist led organisation which explores and promotes current trends in

British painting through the activity of our members, exhibitions, talks and publications, and placing work in

art museums and collections. The group is run entirely by volunteers from within the membership. In 2016

we founded The Contemporary British Painting Prize, an annual prize promoting the best of contemporary

painting produced in the UK.

X - Contemporary British Painting

Newcastle Contemporary Art

High Bridge Works

31-39 High Bridge

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 1EW

Saturday May 20th

- Saturday June 17th

Open Thurs - Sat, 12-5pm and by appointment

FREE ENTRY

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Everybody knows this is nowhere ...

Back exhibiting in a physical space. A survey exhibition curated by Dr Narbi Price for Newcastle Contemporary Art, Formerly Baltic 39 .

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Painting in the North East. Now., an exhibition featuring some of the most talented artists currently working in the region, is currently taking place at the North-East’s newest gallery space, Newcastle Contemporary Art. The show has been curated by artist Narbi Price and features work from twelve local artists working in a broad range of styles and forms. A large proportion of the work on display focuses on current events such as the war in Ukraine and the pandemic, as well as concerns changes in culture, advances in technology and isolation.

The artists involved are Mark Bletcher, Rachael Clewlow, Deb Covell, Gordon Dalton, Jonny Green, Oliver Hoffmeister, Rachel Lancaster, Peter McArdle, Narbi Price, Christopher Tansey, Jill Tate and Jonathan West.

The exhibition runs until 9th April and is open Thursday – Saturday (12-5pm) and by appointment from Monday – Wednesday.

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Pause & Punctuate

Through the synthesis of painting and drawing in relationship to the digital image, I explore the ways in which images relate to the history of fine art. Through the use of traditional methods, I make connections between the narratives, devices and formal qualities of the figurative tradition and the everyday images we consume and produce. In doing so, I attempt to see both the history of painting and the digital image afresh. My work also emphasizes the atemporal dimension of contemporary visual culture and considers how our relationship to history and to the future has been irrevocably changed by the digital image.

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