Salford Zine Library at the Durham Art Gallery

We will be taking the Library to the people of Durham at the end of July. Come peruse the self-published works in Salford's ever growing archive

The DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham,DH1 5TU

Friday 23 July – Tuesday 10 August 2010

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David Galletly

David Galletly is a freelance artist, illustrator and graphic designer living and working in Stirling, Scotland. He graduated with a degree in graphic design in 2004. David has exhibited throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.

Contribution:

Red Neck

Running Amok 14 (published by Analogue Books)

David Galletly

David Blandy

David Blandys work deals with his problematic relationship with popular culture, highlighting the slippage and tension between fantasy and reality in everyday life. Either as a white man mouthing the words to the underground soul classic "Is it because Im black" in "hollow bones" (2001), or being taught how to make art by the deceased martial arts star Bruce Lee in "emotional content" (2003), Blandy is searching for his cultural position in the world. He often uses humour to ask the difficult question of just how much the self is formed by the mass-media of records, films and television, and whether he has an identity outside that.

Contribution:

The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim

The Man from Elsewhere

Really Find Mingering Mike / Can the Barefoot Lone Pilgrim

David Blandy

Anse Hagen

Anse Hagen is an artist from Norway.

Contribution:

Konstruksjon # 6

Approaches

Vanilla Galleries

Vanilla Galleries is a collective of around 30 emerging artists, most of which graduated from Loughborough University.

Initiated as a social enterprise and directed by its members. Our main objective is to foster emerging artists from Loughborough University and provide a professional gallery environment. We also want to enrich the local community with creative projects and give residents the chance to experience unique and diverse creative projects.

Contribution:

Animals Issue One

Vanilla Galleries

Art Bureau

Since 2002, ART BUREAU has published a variety of comix, zines, prints and postcards. Our publishing efforts foster a grassroots approach in promoting artists, artistic collaborations and art organizations from around the globe.

Contribution:

Art Bureau Eleven

Art Bureau

Banal Pig

Steve Tillotson and Gareth Brookes began Banal Pig comics in the summer of 2005. Back in those days Gareth’s role was limited to occasionally writing one of his trademark rhymes for Steve’s comic Banal Pig. However one day he noticed he could draw quite well. After this nothing could stop him and Banal Pig now boasts more than a dozen mighty publications to its name!

Contribution:

Woman Woman # 1

Man Man and Friends # 4

Can I Borrow your Toilet

The Smell of the Wild

The Manly Boys Club

Banal Pig

Antoinette Burchill

Antoinette Burchill created Ms. Mischief as an alter-ego character in 2005, initially as a method to differentiate the mischief-based artworks from the paintings she was making at that time. She had been making mischievous artworks since 1993 and distinctly remembers the first misachievement, made aged about 8 on the kitchen table at home. Creating a distinct persona gave the body of work a renewed focus, clarity and energy.

Contribution:

Ms. Mischief's Quest for the Golden Fleece

Antoinette Burchill

Comfortable on a Tightrope all dayer

Our friends Comfortable on a Tightrope are putting this great looking all-day event at The Deaf Insitute on Saturday 26th June, its got a great line up and they're showing The Shield Around the K a film about K Records.

We'll have some space there for you to browse away at the library so far! Exciting!

Salford Zine Library over the summer...

As Salford Zine Library's permanent home, Islington Mill, is being refurbished over the summer, you won't be able to chance visit the collection. We're touring the library a couple of times which we will give you a full update of soon.

If you would still like to see the library's collection, email us and we will be able to arrange a visit.

If you are a gallery or institution in the surrounding areas of Salford and Manchester and would like to house the library for a short time over the summer, please do get in touch.

Salford Zine Library Catalogue

The full Salford Zine Library Catalogue is now available to view.

Either follow the link at the side of the page under the obvious heading or click here.

Please note that the catalogue does not include the STOMACH PUMP collection which was kindly donated by Steve Higgins to whom we owe a massive Thank You!