Exhibitions | Act One, Seen Too 
Act One, Seen Too
in conjunction with IKON gallery
Lisa Milroy
6 September – 18 September 2011
Still life is at the heart of Lisa Milroy’s artistic practice. In the last five years, her focus has been on large-scale paintings, including site-specific painting installations. Act One, Seen Too is a new work designed for theatre space, produced in collaboration with Birmingham’s leading contemporary art gallery, Ikon.
Banner paintings and handmade painted kimonos – each with a character-like presence – are suspended over the stage. The banner paintings present the kimonos as if cast into roles in a play. Viewed from the Concert Hall seats, the painting components, framed by the proscenium, form a single image. But by inviting viewers onto the stage, Milroy encourages them to ‘perform’ the painting for themselves. In this way, Act One, Seen Too offers a dialogue between the magic of the still image and the involvement of live action, and allows the viewers to explore the participatory nature of looking at painting.
Act One, Seen Too will also be presented at UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, London in January 2012.
Chinese Moon Festival
Tuesday 13 September, 6 – 9pm
Come and celebrate Chinese Moon Festival with us here at the Barber