Re: work at The Holden Gallery

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Re: work

The Holden Gallery, Manchester
5 November-19 December 2018

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Re: work at The Holden Gallery
Courtesy of John Wood and Paul Harrison and Gallery Vera Cortês, Lisbon
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In the production of anything of value, there is a requirement for work to be done. With artworks, what often receives less attention is a focus on the labour that is required and the possibilities present in the everyday materials that might be used. Re: work at The Holden Gallery in Manchester deals in the notion of transformation – the artists re-working ordinary things in order to make and think about something anew.

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