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Bold and minimal image in monotone blue wash. The background looks like it could be cyanotype, and the foreground is a hand tightly holding up an object which looks like it could be the end of a watering can, or maybe some kind of measuring spoon. As the arm gets to the end of the page, the detail reduces to blue brushstrokes

Almost Nothing But Blue Ground

Friday 17th February – Saturday 18 March | East Gallery

Tom Pope and Matthew Benington launch a live investigation into the work and life of Anna Atkins
Bold and minimal image in monotone blue wash. The background looks like it could be cyanotype, and the foreground is a hand tightly holding up an object which looks like it could be the end of a watering can, or maybe some kind of measuring spoon. As the arm gets to the end of the page, the detail reduces to blue brushstrokes

Performative Lecture and Discussion | Almost Nothing But Blue Ground

Thursday 16 March at 13:30 | East Gallery

Storytelling, archival material, and collaboratively made cyanotype prints in a performative lecture
Indigo tells the story of the indigo plant. It was used in India as a fabric dye for thousands of years. Blue dyes were once rare and valuable. Indigo was prized for its rich, deep shade and colour-fast qualities. The main figure is Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Emperor Shah Jehan. He built the Taj Mahal in her memory in Agra, a centre for indigo production. Queen Mumtaz wears blue denim jeans, linked with modern western fashion and values. The artists challenge this idea, revealing the true origins of denim fabric in 16th-century India. Indigo was traded throughout the world. It was so costly that it was known as blue gold. A detail of the artwork shows how it was traded for enslaved people. The Singh Twins expose the misery of Indian farmers forced to grow indigo by the British. This reliance on indigo contributed to the Bengal famine of 1770, in which millions of people died.

The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion

1 October 2022 – 22 January 2023 | At Norwich Castle and East Gallery

Exhibition from the internationally-renowned artists The Singh Twins
Artwork by the Singh Twins Photo c Denisa Ilie

The Singh Twins in-conversation

Wednesday 11 January 2023 | 6.00 to 7.30pm

An in-conversation event with the internationally renowned artists, The Singh Twins
White lettering on a black wall in a an otherwise white studio space, the feature wall is slightly obscured by a modern and minimal work area with some iMacs.

Ryan Gander: The Gift

Tuesday 3 May – Saturday 16 July | East GalleryNUA

Exhibition by internationally renowned conceptual artist Ryan Gander, examining the currency of time
Equivalent Economies and Equivalent Means, 2018. Image credit: © Ryan Gander. Courtesy the artist and GB Agency. Image Aurélien Mole.

Launch Event — Ryan Gander: The Gift

Saturday 30 April | East GalleryNUA

Join us for the exhibition launch of 'The Gift' by internationally acclaimed artist Ryan Gander.
A hospital room at Northside House, Catton Ward showing bright blue and pink art works next to hospital equipment

Northside House | Hospital Rooms x NUA

Tuesday 16 November 2021 - Saturday 15 January 2022

Original artwork from six service users in NHS hospital Northside House at East GalleryNUA.
A hospital room at Northside House, Catton Ward showing bright blue and pink art works next to hospital equipment

East Gallery NUA & Hospital Rooms — Online

Thursday 13 January, 2022 — 7:30pm

Phoebe Eustance and two artists involved in the project will discuss their practice
Pink art work on a wall at North Side House, stripes in varying colours

Talk with Professor Carl Rowe

6-7pm, 8 December 2021 - Capacity 20

A talk with artist and Associate Professor Carl Rowe

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