Transition Gallery

Like the numerous luggage labels from different locations pasted onto battered suitcases, artists' journeys now take centre stage on the cultural landscape. In his manifesto of altermodernity Nicolas Bourriaud proclaims that in our era of globalisation, artists have become nomads 'wandering in time, space and mediums'.... And that their work now 'arises out of negotiations between different agents from different cultures and geographical locations.'

The impetus for There and Everywhere began with painter David Webb's focus on his grandmother's journey made by sea in 1955 from Tanzania to London. This personal history, and his experiences of residencies overseas have led to his making work about travel and ancestry, which he interestingly describes as 'a turn inwards'.

Reflecting on these themes Webb selected Helen Couchman and Liz Harrison to show alongside him in There and Everywhere . Each artist brings a distinct perspective to the project revealing surprising and unexpected connections between their painting, photography and video installation, so that the general somehow becomes the specific.
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