Artists
Barry Finan
Barry Anthony Finan works consistently with text. The text highlights a vision of life in large letters.
Barry Finan
Ceramics
Barry Finan
brick from ‘WRRIGHHTINNGS ONN WALL’
Barry Finan
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Barry Finan
Barry Anthony Finan is an artist born in Manchester. Defining himself as a writer, actor and artist, he produces bold, text based visual art he calls ‘WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS’. He uses repetitive letters to elongate his words, which can become scripts, personal messages and hopes for the future.
The viewer is invited into Finan’s interior world, to engage with his thoughts and his fascination with particular objects and people. It is also important for him to enact the work through readings and broadcasting. He works with a range of materials including paper, canvas, metal and wood, but in recent years he has focused especially on ceramics.
Barry Finan's exhibitions and events
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The Hand that Makes the Sound
The Old Abbey Tap House
5th May 2023
Guildhall Close, Hulme M15 6SY -
YESS LAD
T J Boulting Gallery, Fitzrovia, London
19th Nov 2022 -
Completely a Hustling Place
Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square.
31st Dec 2021 -
Cordially Invited IV
Online
30th Nov 2021 -
Venture Arts at the Manchester Contemporary
Manchester Central Convention Complex
13th Oct 2019
Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX -
Spilling Out, a joint presentation with Castlefield Gallery, The Manchester Contemporary
Manchester Central, 2018.
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Venture Arts Presents, The Manchester Contemporary
Manchester Central, 2017.
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MADE, Venture Arts Studio Show
People’s History Museum, Manchester, 2015.
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The Art of Nature, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry, Salford Quays, 2014.
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Articulate, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry, Salford Quays, 2013.
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We are delighted when people want to commission work from us and our artists. This can either be as a group project or an individual artist creating one of their unique pieces for you.
To find out more and to arrange a studio visit please contact Katherine Long on 0161 232 1223 or email katherine@venturearts.org
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