Wallace #6 Open Call (Exhibition & Residency)

Theme: TimeFrame

Deadline: Fri 2 December 2022 at 5pm

Exhibition dates: 3 - 30 June 2023

Decision by: Fri 9 December 2022

Inclusive Fee: Includes travel, accommodation, artist fee & materials

This Open Call represents a unique opportunity for one NI Artist/Maker to undertake the following:

To create work (in any media) on the theme detailed below and inspired by The Wallace Collection

• To undertake a one-week residency at The Wallace Collection in London early 2023 (dates to be confirmed).

• The selected artist will receive an inclusive fee of £2200 to include materials, transportation and the provision of promotional content for the organisation including both live and recorded artist talks, high resolution images of the work and any other relevant expenditure or activity associated with the artistic delivery of the exhibition.

Theme:  TimeFrame

There are a number of clocks and watches in the Wallace Collection, and it is said that Sir Richard Wallace wanted them all to chime at the same time. 

The principal founder of the Wallace Collection, the 4th Marquess of Hertford, had a passion for clocks, collecting them in both Paris and London. Most were kept in his apartment in the rue Laffitte in Paris, but several, acquired in England, were part of the furnishings of Hertford House, notably the astronomical clock. Despite the elaborate movement of the latter, Lord Hertford, like the French 18th-century noblemen whose tastes he so often shared, bought his clocks for the artistry of their cases, whether in Boulle marquetry, gilt and patinated bronze, gilt bronze and marble, Sevres porcelain, lapis lazuli, tulipwood or ebony.

From the book: French 18th Century Clocks & Barometers in the Wallace Collection by Peter J.E.Hughes 1999 (Available at the Gallery)
Concord Brothers Clockmakers

The proposal should convey the artist’s interest in the Wallace Collection, an overview of the potential research ideology and possible choice of materials/basic concept of approach/symbolism.

Required response documents by 5pm Fri 2 December 2022:

• A 250-500 word personal statement / proposal containing details of how you feel you are suited to this open call.

• CV (no longer than one side of A4)

• 5 x images to include previous work, and drawings / images / artist impressions which you feel support the artistic brief.

Please email submissions (include address & contact details) to Anthea McWilliams and Robert Martin via rspace@linenroomslisburn.com. Images must be in jpeg / png / pdf format and documents in Word or PDF. Any high-resolution images can be sent via Google docs link / Dropbox / WeTransfer.

Aims / Objectives:

• To provide the opportunity for a Northern Irish artist/maker to work with new approaches and techniques in response to the paintings and decorative art objects collected from around the world by Sir Richard Wallace and his predecessors, the third and fourth Marquesses of Hertford.

• To facilitate responses to the Wallace Collection and produce new commissioned signature works of art that will continue to remain the property of R-Space.

• To celebrate/promote the creativity of a Northern Irish artist/maker and help place Lisburn (former Hertford Estate in Co. Antrim), more firmly on the creative and cultural map.