G.R.I.T. Events Programme from 13 September to 12 October 2024 in Dundee

Image courtesy of G.R.I.T. Berlin, Geraldine Swayne speaking at the Artists's Tour,  Photo credit: Natalia Oglanov @oatmilk_on_the_rocks

Image courtesy of G.R.I.T. Berlin, Geraldine Swayne speaking at the Artists's Tour of G.R.I.T. in Berlin. Photo: Natalia Oglanov

The exhibition, Gestural Reflective and Inquiring Tales (G.R.I.T.), is an accompanied by an events and education programme, delivered with partner venues in Dundee, and includes:

- Exhibition tour with the artists and curator at Drawing Projects UK on Friday 13 September at 3pm, more information and booking here
- Symposium on Saturday 14 September from 11am to 6pm, held at the University of Dundee, more information and booking here 
- Online talk: Haptic reception in art with Jessica Chloros and Isabella Streffen on 27 September at 6pm, booking available here
- Tour with the Curator, Alex Roberts on 5 October at 2pm, booking available here
- Screening: Harun Farocki's The Silver and The Cross, at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, 6.30pm, booking available here
- Closing event with exhibiting artists, Michaela Zimmer, with Jenny Smith and Nicole Tait at Freebird Studio on Saturday 12 October at 5pm, more information and booking here.

About the Exhibition: Gestural Reflective and Inquiring Tales (G.R.I.T.), features fourteen painters from the UK and Europe, and explores how gesture and its physicality in contemporary painting engage both the maker and the viewer. With international contributors, G.R.I.T. aims to bridge a conversation about painting across Europe, and the exhibition will be shown first in Berlin, Germany, and then in Dundee, Scotland. Through these two iterations, the project aims to develop a model for sustainable artistic exchange. Beyond the exhibitions, a public program and a symposium will be held in each location, and it is intended to produce a publication. 

Artists: Angove, Jacopo Dal Bello, Jenny Eden, Rao Fu, Ina Gerken, Alena Hil, Erika Krause, Eglė Otto, Alex Roberts, Geraldine Swayne, Anita Taylor, Henry Ward, Waldemar Zimbelmann, Michaela Zimmer. Curator: Alex Roberts is a British painter based in Berlin and Dundee.  www.alexroberts.com 

Further information about the exhibition and events programme is available here, and on Instagram: @painting_grit 

Alex Roberts with Henry Ward Artwork, image courtesy of G.R.I.T. Berlin
Photo: Laurin Gutwin