"Art Now Cornwall?" is an interactive exhibition being held at Goldfish Contemporary Fine Art, Penzance, from February 3 to complement the "Art Now Cornwall" exhibition taking place at The Tate Gallery, St Ives The aim of the event, says director Joseph Clarke, is to ask questions rather than give answers, and to create wider debate on what he sees as the provocative subject of The Tate's dealings with contemporary Cornish artists.
"It is clear that the objectives at The Tate have continually moved since the conception of the idea, with a constantly changing stance adopted in response to expanded knowledge and an unfortunate mounting negative response," he said.
"I, like others who are passionate about what is produced in Cornwall, have an expectation that The Tate be fully aware of contemporary art practices in their locality, when they set out that they aim to reflect what is happening. If they are not well enough informed, then it is a concern that the theme could and would not be covered properly. I feel strongly that this exciting and important opportunity appears, by their own admission, not to have been given time to be covered fully, either geographically or creatively. Is there then a danger that it will be too ill informed to even form an adequate subjective curatorial exhibition that would cover the theme adequately to a wider critical audience?"
For his exhibition, Mr Clarke will show a limited display of diverse artists that he considers to be worthy of note, no more than that, and contenders to be art in Cornwall now.
The second part of the exhibition will be an installation that looks at the huge variety of artists in Cornwall. This will enable visitors to look more closely at the theme and form their own judgements, and indeed ask their own questions.
Mr Clarke says all information gathered from this event will be submitted to The Tate, St Ives.
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