Exhibition Blogs

Coventry Music exhibition: November 2009 - January 2010
This exhibition will cover the history of the popular music scene in Coventry from the 1950s to the present day. It aims to celebrate the Coventry bands of those years and inspire the next generation of musicians in the city. Familiar names featured will range from Frank Ifield and Vince Hill in the early days of rock and roll, through the Two Tone bands like the Specials and the Selecter, to the city's latest pop successes, the Enemy. The exhibition will also feature the venues, such as the Locarno and the Lanch, where top bands like the Beatles and Sex Pistols played in their heyday. It will also focus on the fans who bought the records, wore the clothes and collected the memorabilia. The exhibition will include music, film and interviews with band members and fans, and there will be a chance to see instruments, clothing and gold disks loaned by some of the stars.

New Art from South Asia: 24 January - 19 April 2009
This exhibition is an opportunity for emerging artists in South Asia to show their work for the first time in the UK.  New Art from South Asia is curated by Gerard Mermoz in collaboration with The Herbert.  Memoz is an artist-curator whose concept for the exhibition was inspired by his recent experiences of teaching at Srishti College (2006), from undertaking an artist residency at Kashi Art Gallery in Kochin, and from sitting on the jury of the KAVA Art Prize (2007) organised by Kashi Art Gallery.  The exhibition will gather together a coherent body of work which will offer insightful perspectives about living and being an artist in the 21st century and coming to terms with traditions, values, beliefs, tensions and aspirations.

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