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