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  John Hansard Gallery Location in Southampton | |
| Address | 142-144 Above Bar St |
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| Location | Southampton |
| Coordinates | 50°54′28″N1°24′16″W / 50.9078321°N 1.4045241°W /50.9078321; -1.4045241 |
| Owner | University of Southampton |
| Type | Art Gallery |
| Event | Contemporary art |
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| Opened | 1979; 46 years ago (1979) |
| Expanded | 2018 |
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TheJohn Hansard Gallery is acontemporary visual art gallery and part of theUniversity of Southampton.
The John Hansard Building was originally located in building 50 in theUniversity of Southampton building coding scheme. It is named after benefactor John Hansard, a member of the family which originated the daily reports of proceedings in the Houses of Parliament. It was built in 1959 and was originally designed to house a tidal model of the Solent.[1] The architect was Ronald Sims.[2] The building was converted to gallery use in 1979–1980.
In 2018, the gallery moved to a new location in the centre of Southampton, opposite Guildhall Square, as part of a new arts complex.[3] The new gallery opened on 12 May.[4] The new building was designed byCZWG, while the interior was designed byGlenn Howells.[5]
Previous exhibitions have includedPanacea, an artist's collaboration betweenMichael Pinsky andWalker & Bromwich;There Where You Are Not byAlec Finlay,Jeremy Millar, andGuy Moreton;Familiars byHamad Butt;Lines in the Sand byJoan Jonas;20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong withFrancis Alÿs andSantiago Sierra; andVoices in the Gallery by Sarah Hayden, Christopher Robert Jones, andLiza Sylvestre.[6]
From 11 February to 31 March 2012, the gallery hosted an art exhibition of new cutting-edge3d technology by designer David Cotterrell. Cotterrell is an installation artist and launched this new exhibition entitledMonsters of the Id. using a new 3d technique of creating art work. This interprets his experiences through image manipulation, staging,CGI,3D scanning,3D printing and new projection techniques.[7]
The opening exhibition in the new building consisted of works by Gerhard Richter, followed byTime after Time, curated by Stephen Foster, gallery director, with works by artists shown in Foster's previous exhibitions includingJohn Latham,Caroline Bergvall,Charlotte Posenenske andHamad Butt.[8]
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