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SUMMARY:Things As They Ought To Be - Private View
DESCRIPTION:THE SUPER ESTATE\n\n“Things as they ought to be” will 
 display 5 completed paintings and 1 in-progress installation with imag
 es captured by the residents and McCorry together. During his residenc
 y at EXHIBIT, McCorry has always had an on-going interest in the Golde
 n Lane Community Club, and has constant dialogue with the participatin
 g residents. It is his hope that by engaging as many residents as poss
 ible to collaborate in his process, their emotional viewpoint about li
 ving on the estate will be brought closer to the observer.\n\nArtist's
  Bakground\n\nAnthony McCorry was born in Birmingham in 1963, where he
  spent his childhood in the Chelmsley Wood area of Birmingham, at the 
 time the largest area of social housing in Europe. After graduating fr
 om the University of Sunderland with a BA (Hons.) in Fine Art, and com
 pleting an MA Fine Art at Coventry University, McCorry spent many year
 s focusing his work on built environments and exploring the theme of s
 ocial housing through painting. During excursions made to other Britis
 h towns in the 1980’s as a football supporter, McCorry confronted a 
 number of unsettling landscapes, which reinforced his unique observati
 ons and recurring memories of living in Chelmsley Wood. Since then, he
  has captured whatever triggers his consciousness and compulsions, usi
 ng photography, brushes and paint. In his work, shut-down pubs, run-do
 wn structures and uncanny vistas, all display a disquieting quality ab
 out decay and alienation. McCorry idealizes the actuality, shuns the c
 onspicuous, and subtly turns everything into a world of meditation.\n\
 nIn 2001, McCorry received a Creative Ambition Award from West Midland
  Arts and the encouragement resulted in his biggest and most ambiguous
  project yet - “British Estates.” This involved documenting specif
 ic areas of social housing in and around major British cities. The pro
 ject has continued to develop, as has his style and approach. During h
 is 6 months artist-in-residency at EXHIBIT, McCorry has extended his a
 rtistic manifesto to challenge long-held preconceptions. Influenced by
  the unique environment and the supportive community, the dream-like q
 uality of the new series of work will expose the artist’s own emotio
 nal response to a reality he once ceased to believe in.\n\nFor more in
 formation visit http://goldenlaneestate.org/events/things-as-they-ough
 t-to-be
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DTEND:20100121T203000Z
CATEGORIES:private, view, opening
LOCATION:EXHIBIT at Golden Lane Estate
WEBSITE:http://www.exhibit-goldenlane.com/2010/01/11/things-as-they-ou
 ght-to-be/
URL:http://www.exhibit-goldenlane.com/2010/01/11/things-as-they-ought-
 to-be/
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