Jupiter Artland

Jeremy Deller with Alan Kane

3 August – 15 September 2013

In the year he represents the UK at the Venice Biennale, Jeremy Deller and his long-standing collaborator, Alan Kane will exhibit at Jupiter Artland.

Since their early collaborative show at the infamous London nightclub Stringfellow’s in 1995 to Folk Archive (2007), their acclaimed and unique celebration of British popular art, Deller and Kane have explored and captured the unusual, the off-beat and sometimes the overlooked.

The exhibition will include the artists' Steam Powered Internet Machine - inspired by, as Deller describes it, “thinking about something that connects the industrial revolution with the digital revolution”. Their quirky, customised tea urn and teapot will also make an appearance in Jupiter’s café.

Marking another significant collaboration with the banner-maker Ed Hall, Jupiter will exhibit Deller’s series of vast, colourful and evocative banners. Paraded through the streets of Manchester in 2009, they were a key element in Deller’s Procession, a march coordinated by the artist to celebrate life in contemporary Britain. 

Another of Deller’s long-term collaborators, the Caribbean steel drum band Steel Harmony, will celebrate the opening of the exhibition on Saturday 3 August by performing covers of hits by Joy Division, Buzzcocks and other seminal UK indie bands. 

Thurs–Sun, 10am–5pm

Mon 5 Aug, 10am–5pm 

Day ticket: Adult £8.50, Children (6–16) £4.50

Family and concession rates available (see Jupiter’s website for details)

A free shuttlebus to Jupiter Artland, is available from the city centre during the festival, leaving from and returning to the EAF Kiosk on George Street. Tickets for the shuttlebus also allow free entry to Jupiter. 

Events

3 August 2013
Steel Harmony

1–5pm

Contact Jupiter for booking details.

6 – 8 August 2013
Sculpture is Fashion

10.00am–3.30pm

£105.00 for the 3-day course including materials, booking essential.

14 – 15 August 2013
Festival Artsparks

10.00am–3.30pm

£80 for the 2-day course including materials, booking essential.