From the historical to modern masters, traditional to contemporary, marvels of Victorian engineering, local street corners to the football terraces, and the humdrum of everyday life to the party atmosphere of the carnival – they’re all depicted and they all paint a picture of Stockport.
From January – February 2017 the people of Stockport and beyond were asked to vote for their favourite work of art depicting Stockport.
The top-eight works in the public vote have now been reimagined by contemporary artists and poets with the help of the public.
New works created in response to the original pieces of art range from animation, sound art, poetry, textiles and graffiti art and these will be exhibited alongside the top-eight favourite works from the public vote, which include:
Viaduct by Jackie Wagg, Celebration by John D Dronsfield, The Crowd at County by Lucy Burgess, ‘The Crown’ Inn by S. Garbutt, The Carnival by Helen Clapcot, Painting the Town by Chris Cyprus, Bramall Hall by Andy Clayton, and Dame Dorothy by Abigal Betton.
Everyone can now see the new works alongside the originals in this brand new free exhibition at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery from 23 June – 14 July 2017.
Picture Stockport is a partnership between Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and Manchester Histories with funding from Greater Manchester Arts and The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities.
