Image: Oliver Beer • Mandy El-Sayegh
Oliver Beer, installation view: Oma’s Music, 2020 © the artist.

Oliver Beer • Mandy El-Sayegh British Art Show 9

22 January—10 April 2022
Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Wolverhampton School of Art Wolverhampton, UK

British Art Show 9 takes a critical look at art produced in Britain, from 2015 up to the present moment, a period that begins with Britain voting to leave the European Union and closes with the still unfolding Covid-19 pandemic. The exhibition was shaped after meeting with over 230 artists in 23 cities in the UK and beyond.

Responding to this complex time, the 47 artists in BAS9 look at how we live with and give voice to difference, while also extending our understanding of identity to beyond the human. Their projects often blur the boundaries between art and life, and imagine alternative futures. Through their works, they propose alternative economies and ways of living together that emphasise commonality, collaboration and care. They do so through film, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance, as well as through projects that don’t sit easily in any one category.

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