48Sheet
Birmingham, UK and Guangzhou, China 2012
The billboard is dead. Long live the billboard.
During April 2012 one hundred advertising billboards across Birmingham exhibited work by 30 UK and internationally based artists. The project transformed parts of Birmingham into an urban gallery with accompanying walking and cycling routes to present alternate views and experiences of the city. The project occupied a temporary space in the city centre to host a programme of artist talks, workshops and performance including organised cycling and walking tours . The project concluded in late 2012 where iterated work by 48Sheet artists MadeIn Company (Shanghai) was exhibited as part of The Unseen: the Fourth Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou China 28 September–16 December 2012
48Sheet Curators
Jonathan Watkins, Director Ikon Gallery
Professor Jiehong Jiang | Director Centre for Chinese Visual Arts
Claire Farrell, Director WERK
The project devised by WERK and produced in partnership with Ikon Gallery, Glenn Howells Architects and Birmingham City University.
48Sheet Artists:
Made in Company | Shanghai
Raqs Media Collective | Delhi
Mary Mazziotti | Pittsburgh
Ben Long | London
Steve Rosenthal | London
Stephen Brandes | Cork
Elizabeth Rowe | Birmingham
Redhawk Logistica | Birmingham
Heavy Object | Birmingham
Tom Tebby | Birmingham
Candice Smith | Birmingham
Maurice Doherty | Berlin
Shail Belani | Mumbai
Lucy Mclauchlan | Birmingham
Matt Watkins | Birmingham
Lawrence Roper | Birmingham
Dan Burwood | Birmingham
Glenn Anderson | Birmingham
Harry Blackett & Robin Kirkham | Birmingham
Steve Parsons | Birmingham
Helen Sweeting | Birmingham
Faith Person | Birmingham
Mark Murphy & Craig Earp | Birmingham
Jim O'Raw | Birmingham
Gerard Hanson | Oxford
Baptist Coehlo | Mumbai
Photography PS Photography
With special thanks and gratitude to the 48Sheet Advisory Board.
Grant funded by Arts Council West Midlands