Night in the Museum

Night in the Museum, curated by Ryan Gander, at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

The Gas Hall was full of delights from the touring exhibition of the Arts Council collection.

Jacob Epstein,  Rock Drill (polyester resin, metal and wood). The sculpture was reconstructed by Kenneth Cook and Ann Christopher in 1973.

a different view

Barrie Cook, Dean, 1977 (oil applied with spray gun on cotton duck)

Raphael Hefti, from the series 'Substraction as Addition', 2013 (museum glass)

the above sculpture reflected in Matthew Darbyshire, CAPTCHA No. 21 - Doryphoros 2016, (multi-wall polycarbonate)

Angela Bulloch, Plastic Sphere Cube Triangle (blue) 2010, (plastic, electronic, blue fluorescent lamps, DMX-Controller and assorted black cables)

Frank Dobson, Portrait Bust of Lady Keynes (Lydia Lopokova), 1924

Ralph Brown, Mother and Child, 1954 (bronze)

looking closer

Henry Moore, Seated Figure against a Curved Wall, 1956-67 (bronze)

Kevin Jonzen, Seated Nude, 1951, (terracotta)

Sean Scully, Wall of Light Blue, 1999, (oil on linen)

Leonard McComb, Young Man Standing, 1963-77, (bronze)

Kenneth Martin, Chance, Order, Change 2, 1976, (ultramarine blue)

Don Brown, Yoko XX,  2007, (acrylic composite, gesso and wood)

Stella Steyn, Girl in Blue Dress, 1951, (oil on canvas)

Frank Dobson, The Fount, 1947-48, (patinated plaster)

William Scott, Berlin Blues 6, 1966 (oil on canvas)

Lynn Chadwick, Cloaked Couple 1, (Jubilee Maquette), 1977, (bronze)

Ben Nicholson, Feb 25 1953 (contrapuntal), 1953, (oil on canvas)

John Davies, Figure with Slats, 1973-75, (fibreglass, polyester, cloth and emulsion)

Germaine Richier, La Feuille, 1948, (bronze)

Edgar Degas, Dancer at Rest, 1870-1900, (bronze)

F.E. McWilliam, Reclining Figure, 1946, (terracotta)

Ryan Gander, As Old as Time Itself, Slept Alone, 2016 (bronze and wood)

This delightful sculpture is one of eight new works commissioned by the Arts Council Collection to mark its seventieth anniversary year. It was inspired by The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, by Edgar Degas. Gander became fascinated by the ballerina's melancholic stance, her body tethered by the 'ball and chain' of her plinth. Gander's dancer is wearing a modern-day leotard rather than a tutu, and she is accompanied by her white plinth and a blue cube, which for Gander represents the realm of contemporary art. She lies asleep on the floor, exhausted by her explorations of the contemporary art gallery, She finds shelter by the large blue cube, and keeps close by her little white plinth, which has shrunk to a toy-like scale.

Patrick Caulfield, Dining Recess, 1972 (oil on canvas)

Henry Moore, Head of a King, 1952-53 (bronze)

Kerry Stewart, Untitled (Lucy), 1996, (fibreglass and paint)