Writings by/on David Hancock
John Tunnard - Pas de Deux (1947)
by David Hancock
REVIEW Sep 2024 Object – Space – Time: John Tunnard and the English Modernists at Leeds Art Gallery
Director of the Fourdrinier, artist, lecturer, and curator, David Hancock provides a fascinating insight into the work of the British Surrealist artist, John Tunnard, from his exhibition ‘Object – Space – Time: John Tunnard and the English Modernists’ at Leeds Art Gallery until 23 March 2025. Hancock is currently developing work on six Surrealist artists from the collection at Salford Museum & Art Gallery for the exhibition, ‘The Omnipotence of Dream’ which will run from 19 October 2024 – 23 February 2025. One of the artists that Hancock will be focusing on is John Tunnard, whose work Pas de Deux (1946) will be included in the show. Hancock came across the exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery by chance.
by David Hancock
REVIEW Aug 2024 40 Years of the Future: Where Should We Be Now? Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Director of PAPER Gallery Manchester Ltd and the Fourdrinier, artist and lecturer David Hancock reviews ‘40 Years of the Future: Where Should We Be Now?’, presented at Castlefield Gallery, in partnership with the University of Salford Art Collection, on show until 6 October 2024, and gives a fascinating insight into the work of the three exhibiting artists: Jeffrey Knopf, Theo Simpson and Hope Strickland.
by Mike Chavez-Dawson
In the wake of a dream, the surreal is evoked…
Manchester based artist-curator and previous Visual Arts Editor of FLUX Magazine – Mike Chavez-Dawson (Rogue Artists’ Studios stalwart) reflects on the work of Artist David Hancock and talks to him about his highly ambitious, multi-layered and collaborative exhibition The Omnipotence of Dreams at Salford Art Museum & Art Gallery which is on until 23rd February 2025.