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Venture Arts, 43 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RF

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Artists

Barry Finan

Barry Anthony Finan works consistently with text. The text highlights a vision of life in large letters.

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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Ceramics created by Barry Finan - lamp post inspired pots which he has covered in writing etched into the surface
White porcelain postcodes, inscribed with repeated text. One postcard is stood up against a pile of postcodes.
Barry Anthony Finan, brick from ‘WRRIGHHTINNGS ONN WALL’, 2019
Ceramic cylinders inscribed with text by artist Barry Finan.

Commissions

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

An arm holding a white pen leaning over a large piece of art painted orange.