The aerodrome
Subtitle: an exhibition dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley
By: curated by David Austen, George Shaw and Jonathan Watkins ; edited by Jonathan Watkins ; texts by David Austen [and three others]
Contributors: Ikon Gallery; Modern Art Oxford
Publisher: Ikon Gallery; Modern Art Oxford
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Birmingham, UK; Oxford, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781911155225
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions
Description: This catalogue is dedicated to the memory and curatorial achievements of Michael Stanley, who tragically died in 2012. Co-curated with David Austen and George Shaw and structured loosely on Rex Warner's 1941 wartime novel 'The Aerodrome' - a book that made a great impression on Stanley,. It includes many of the artists he worked with, all of whom held him in great affection and regarded him as one of their own. He was as likely to be enthusing about working with a sculptor in his nineties, [as] raising funds to facilitate a young filmmaker's vision. His poetic sensibility, combined with a can-do attitude where everything's possible, is what made him so magnetic and convincing. It includes an introduction co-written by Modern Art Oxford Director, Paul Hobson and Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins, as well as texts by artists George Shaw, David Austen and Carrie Stanley. The catalogue also features biographies of all artists showing in the exhibition.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 12 June to 8 September 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Funded by Modern Art Oxford"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Paul Hobson, Jonathan Watkins; title: Nothing's fixed, in this place / Jonathan Watkins; title: Notes for The Aerodrome / George Shaw; title: A love story / David Austen; title: Plates / All texts by Michael Stanley unless otherwise indicated; title: M and I / Carrie Stanley; title: Michael Stanley selected exhibitions and projects; title: List of works.