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Please note: QUAD Gallery is currently closed as the next exhibition is being prepared. It will re-open on Saturday 13th February 2010.

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NEXT Exhibition:

Ian Breakwell: The Elusive State Of Happiness

QUAD Gallery, Corridors and Digital Screens

13th February - 18th April 2010

A major exhibition of the work of Derby-born Ian Breakwell (1943 - 2005)

Ian Breakwell a man with an eye for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. was a world renowned prolific artist who took a multi-media approach to his observation of society through a wide range of media including dairies, film works, work for TV, audio pieces and drawing. The exhibition explores the unique voice and mind of this very special artist. Breakwell grew up around and studied in Derby.  Curated by QUAD in partnership with Anthony Reynolds Gallery and Felicity Sparrow

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Future Focus
1 May 2010 – 20 June 2010

Spotting and supporting new talent from the East Midlands Region through new commissions by recent graduates. Professional practice for artists and events.  Curated by all staff at QUAD and special guests.

Dinu Li – solo show featuring new work
3rd July - 5th September 2010

Dinu Li is a UK based artist born in Hong Kong and living in Manchester. He works with photography and the moving image. The exhibition highlights the passing of time by drawing together China’s expanding industrial present and the traditions of its cultural past. Informed by cinematic traditions, Li’s productions are situated between documented facts, oral histories, chance observations and the figments of imagination.  Motion and sound is manipulated - prolonged, reduced or distilled - often interlaced to explore a poetic and emotionally moving concept of space and time.
The recipient of many national awards and commissions, Li has recently presented his work at Tate Modern during the Necessary Journeys symposium.

Curatorial Open (title tbc)
18th September – 31st October 2010

International/national artists.  Selected through open call from UK based curators organised by Hayward Touring, Southbank London. Selected by a panel including QUAD, Hayward Gallery, 3 other Galleries and a International artist. Exhibition develops opportunities for innovative proposals from artists, writers and imaginative thinkers of all kinds. Announcement of winner Nov 2009