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Chaos Magic at BACKLIT Gallery: A Studio Space for Embracing the Mystical
Thu 17 Nov 2022Mixing the mystical and the artistic, spirituality and style, Chaos Magic are one of the most singular art collectives in Nottingham. Our Marta Tavares stops by their spot at BACKLIT Gallery to find out more…
Notts Goes Green: the Art Gallery and Studios Creating New Connections
Wed 21 Sept 2022Keeping on with our Notts Goes Green series, we chat with Suzanne Golden of BACKLIT art gallery and studios - on practising what they preach, creating connections, and engaging the public with their environmental impact.
Preview: Silk to Silicon at Backlit Gallery
Mon 14 Feb 2022We chat to artist Sebastian Koseda, whose exhibition Silk to Silicon shines a light on the potential challenges of technological change...
"Don't waste!": Joshua Sofaer on Regulated Exhibition at Backlit Gallery
Fri 19 Nov 2021Cambridge-born artist Joshua Sofaer loves a bit of rubbish. So much so that in his latest exhibition Regulated Exhibition, currently on view at Backlit Gallery, Sofaer has transformed the gallery into a factory of sorts: a recycling sorting facility, science museum, and contemporary art gallery all rolled into one. In conversation with Leftlion arts correspondent Marta Tavares, Sofaer speaks about his passion for waste, the climate emergency, and his unending curiosity for the world we live in...
Leading From the Back: The Backlit Artists Creating Exciting Projects
Tue 18 Aug 2020From its three-story base in the heart of Sneinton, BACKLIT is home to more than eighty studio artists, spanning a diverse range of practices, including fine art, contemporary craft and creative businesses. The independent, artist-led gallery has provided affordable studio spaces for artists, graduates and emerging local talent for almost twelve years. With the studio currently still closed to the public, we took a look around to find out more about some of their exciting artists, including what they’ve been up to during lockdown...
Art Review: Exaggerate Everything at Backlit Gallery
Mon 25 Nov 2019Thinking about good mental health can often be a struggle for artists.
A Long Engagement: Contemporary Abstract Art at Backlit Gallery
Mon 04 Nov 2019This new exhibition celebrates the work of seven artists, featuring a range of abstract art which varies freely in theme, tone and technique. A playfully experimental vibe informs the work and is evidence of the artistic boundaries these individuals have challenged. Seven artists brought together with Backlit Director Mathew Chesney, in a democratic and collaborative collective.
Art Review: Familiar Machines at BACKLIT
Wed 13 Mar 2019Familiar Machines brings together works which explore the movement of body and machine through public and online space. The exhibition presents mechanisms of power and feminine governance that question patriarchal systems, and reinforce ideas around social disobedience. Our Caroline got down on International Women's Day to see the exhibition...
BACKLIT: Same as it Never Was / 10 year anniversary review
Fri 02 Nov 2018Backlit have just celebrated their 10thanniversary, which coincided with the new ‘Same as it Never Was’ exhibition. The exhibition reflects upon the journey of the organisation over the last decade. We got down to check it out...
Art Review: Mountain of Tongues at Backlit Studios
Wed 25 Jul 2018Our Adrian went to Backlit to find that although Mountain of Tongues has just finished, but nothing stops him from a good review. Better late than never, he says...
Mountain of Tongues at Backlit
Mon 11 Jun 2018Backlit’s new exhibition Mountain of Tongues is devoted to the transmission of languages in the Caucasus region – on the border of Europe and Asia – which Arab geographers call "Jabal Al-Alsun" or "Mountain of Languages". The show features works by local artists like Leila Al-Yousuf and Ryan Heath, as well as the internationally renowned collective Slavs and Tartars, or the “archaeologists of the everyday” as they call themselves. We grabbed a coffee with Ryan Heath to find out more…
Backlit Galllery Are Looking For a Writer in Residence
Wed 30 May 2018The St Ann's gallery is offering up a very exciting opportunity for one of you wordy-whizzes...
Art Review: Strike Site at Backlit
Mon 05 Mar 2018Strike Site brings together a number of artworks created in response to the current refugee crisis. Spanning several rooms of former factory Backlit, the pieces evoke contrasting feelings of stubborn presence and fleeting transportability. Seeking refuge from the snow, we followed curator and Chair of the Board of New Contemporaries Sacha Craddock on a tour around the exhibition...
Art Review: Performing Gender at Backlit Gallery
Mon 19 Jun 2017We got down to the latest exhibition at Samuel Morley's old gaff...
7 Arty Activities on Backlit Gallery's New Summer Programme
Thu 04 Aug 2016Get stuck in to loads of free activities at the Sneinton Market gallery. All the events are run by Backlit studio artists and you can drop in without having to book
Turner Award-Winning Artist Simon Starling Exhibits at Nottingham Contemporary and Backlit
Thu 07 Apr 2016"My work can be quite demanding on a technical and financial level to stage, they've done a fantastic job in realising a very precise exhibition there"
Art Review: Mass at Backlit Gallery
Fri 19 Feb 2016"The gallery intertwines a combination of video performance, sculpture, ceramics and drawing. Matt explained how he wanted each artist involved to come up with an entirely new work that had a theme of mass"
The Sneinton Art Scene
Tue 17 Jun 2014Nottingham will never be mistaken for Paris but it is slowly being reorganised into French-style ‘quarters.’ In April the city council approved plans for Royal, Canal and Castle quarters to go with the business-orientated Creative Quarter that is based in and around Hockley. While LeftLion understand that there are as yet no plans to actually reorganise residential areas of Nottingham into arrondissements, readers may be wondering if there are also plans afoot to create the equivalent of Paris’ bohemian Left Bank.
"Bring Back Mat" - How Artist Mat Collishaw Re-Connected With Nottingham
Fri 21 Jun 2013We speak with Matt at Backlit Studios to talk zoetropes, myth-making and the crucial influence of Wollaton Hall...
Drawn Together
Thu 01 Oct 2009Since the sixties Nottingham has been very much the capital of the region in terms of contemporary art. LeftLion's Arts Editor takes you through the current scene...