From the North

A large flat-screen television on a blue wall. The video on the screen depicts a club party, with everyone covered in bubbly foam. There are subtitles on the screen reading: "I feel like the music sounds better with you"

Elliott Flanagan, A piece of something bigger, 2018

A piece of something bigger, Elliott Flanagan, 2018

A large flat-screen television on a blue wall. The screen has green blocky text upon it, like you'd see in old movies where they hack computers - think the matrix. The screen reads: industry, a pillar of flame, the call to industry

Joe Fowler, Call to Industry, 2023

Call to Industry, Joe Fowler, 2023

A large sculpture, a floating island. A lower rocky layer, followed by soil, then grass, then a whimsical scene. 3 figures - one perching on an outstretched cliff outside of a cave. The next half-submerged in the water below a waterfall running through the center of the sculpture. and the last amongst the trees toward the back side of this diorama.

Jack Jameson, Arcadia; Queer by Nature, 2023-24

Arcadia; Queer by Nature, Jack Jameson, 2023-24

A large oil painting. spouts of crimson red, sky blue, and hints of yellow emerge through a luscious collection of forest greens.

Adam Rawlinson, ‘The birds will sing, that you are part of everything’, 2024

'The birds will sing, that you are part of everything', Adam Rawlinson, 2024

A large predominantly charcoal black artwork hung on a blue wall. This work depicts a park bench on the lower right, grass along the bottom, trees toward the top, and a figure on the left - all of which are in a contrasting white tone emerging from the black.

Lizzie King, Belonging, 2021

Lizzie King, Belonging, 2021

2 portrait orientated rectangles, in an almost 4 by 3 format. The left one has a subdued cyan tone on its left side, and a desaturated orange on the right. The righthand object is cyan and white on its right side, but bare cardboard on its left. Both are textured with thick paint and cardboard, hung on a blue wall.

Mollie Balshaw, Painting Sandwich #7 & #5, 2019

Mollie Balshaw, Painting Sandwich #7 & #5, 2019

A colourful screenprint with a red, blue and yellow patern on a black background, in a white frame.

Cecile Elstein, The Sisyphus Suite, 1979-80

The Sisyphus Suite, Cecile Elstein, 1979-1989.

Meg Woods, Condescending Order 1-5, 2015

Condescending Order 1-5, Meg Woods, 2015.

Layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow hand carved marks form the image of a mans face.

Gwilym Hughes, Salford Faces, 2018

Salford Faces, Gwilym Hughes, 2018.

A pink, black, white, and yellow abstract print.

Joey Collins, Gathering of Strangers, 2018

Gathering of Strangers, Joey Collins, 2018.

A digital photograph shows Jackie Kay, a black woman with short hair, wearing a black and red paterned shirt.

Claudia Alonso, Jackie Kay, 2015

Jackie Kay, Claudia Alonso, 2015.

Joshua Turner, A Seat in the Shade, 2020

A Seat in the Shade, Joshua Turner, 2020.

chalk pastel drawing of building

Harold Riley, Building by the Railway, Trafford Park – tribute to Edward Hopper, 1976

Building by the Railway, Trafford Park - tribute to Edward Hopper, Harold Riley, 1976

small landscape, mill

Harold Riley, View of the Acme Spinning Mill, from Barton Moss, 1976

View of the Acme Spinning Mill, from Barton Moss, Harold Riley, 1976

urban, street, alleyway, city, black and white

Harold Riley, Back Entry, Salford, 1975

Back Entry, Salford, Harold Riley, 1975

town, chapel, watercolour

Harold Riley, Old Chapel, Broad St, Salford, 1976

Old Chapel, Broad St, Salford, Salford, Harold Riley, 1976

black and white mixed media, window

Harold Riley, Window in Chadderton, 1975

Window in Chadderton, Harold Riley, 1975

two drawing studies, dental hospital

Harold Riley, Studies in the Dental Hospital, Manchester, 1978

Studies in the Dental Hospital, Manchester, Harold Riley, 1978

landscape study, colliery, mixed media

Harold Riley, Study of Colliery, Atherton, Spring, 1976

Study of Colliery, Atherton, Spring, Harold Riley, 1969

landscape, docks

Harold Riley, Manchester Docks from Mode Wheel 1962

Manchester Docks from Mode Wheel, Harold Riley, 1962

figures, boy and brother

Harold Riley, Boy and Brother in Salford Street, 1977

Boy and Brother in Salford Street, Harold Riley, 1977

rugby players painting

Walter Kershaw, Scrum Half and Prop Forward, 1970

Scrum Half and Prop Forward, Walter Kershaw, 1970.

Abstract screenprint, arch, lines, rainbow shape, grey and pink

Pat Eason, Untitled (Grey) chopped, 1980

Untitled (Grey) chopped, Pat Eason, 1980.

Abstract screenprint, arch, lines, rainbow shape, grey and pink

Pat Eason, Untitled (Pink), 1980

Untitled (Pink), Pat Eason, 1980.

landscape, silhouette of church, town

Harold Riley, View of St. Luke’s Church, Seedley, 1975

View of St. Luke's Church, Seedley, Harold Riley, 1975.

cinema interior, room

Harold Riley, The Cinema Interior, 1975

The Cinema Interior, Harold Riley, 1975.

portrait of elderly lady

Harold Riley, Hannah Smith, who at 109 was the oldest woman in Britain, 1971

Hannah Smith, who at 109 was the oldest woman in Britain, Harold Riley, 1971.

portrait, female

Harold Riley, Alice Fairweather, 1960

Alice Fairweather, Harold Riley, 1960.

manchester view, salford, cityscape, town

Harold Riley, View of Manchester from Salford, 1975

View of Manchester from Salford, Harold Riley, 1975.

man, figure, body, morgue

Harold Riley, Man from the Canal, 1977

Man from the Canal, Harold Riley, 1977.