From the North

Bird shop, Wigan

Harold Riley, Bird Shop Wigan, 1978

Bird Shop Wigan, Harold Riley, 1978.

abstract shapes on gold brown background

Cecile Elstein, Small Offering, 1980

Small Offering, Cecile Elstein, 1980.

Cobbled Street, Terraced houses

Harold Riley, Street by the Docks, 1977

Street By the Docks, Harold Riley, 1977.

bright red abstract, splatter

Kip Gresham, All Things, 1981

All Things, Kip Gresham, 1981.

abstract with figure, circles

Kip Gresham, The Microbe Man, 1981

The Microbe Man, Kip Gresham, 1981.

abstract, orange

Kip Gresham, Reserved for the Dons, 1981

Reserved for the Dons, Kip Gresham, 1981.

semi abstract, brown, orange

Kip Gresham, Tie, flower, scalpel, 1981

Tie, flower, scalpel, Kip Gresham, 1981.

Poster of silkscreen printing, process, abstract, horses,

Kip Gresham, Bradford Printset (Silkscreen), 1980

Bradford Printset (Silkscreen), Kip Gresham, 1980.

green hedgerow, semi abstract

Adrian Henri, Hedgerow, 1981

Hedgerow, Adrian Henri, 1981.

black print of one man band with dogs, with text underneath: Jack Hall had a dancing dog band, his dogs were called Jip, Joey, Jim, Jason, Jock, Jeff and Jacob. He played in the pubs, clubs and on the streets

Harold Riley, Mr Hall’s Dancing Dog Band, 1980

Mr Hall's Dancing Dog Band, Harold Riley, 1980.

Derek Wilkinson, Winter Reflection – Rydal, nd

Winter Reflection - Rydal, Derek Wilkinson, nd.

town, bridge, pastel, blue

David Wild, View of Calderdale Burnley, 1987

View of Calderdale Burnley, David Wild, 1987.

male, portrait, head

Harold Riley, Head of Man, 1970

Head Of Man, Harold Riley, 1970.

Greengrocer's Shop, monochrome

Harold Riley, Greengrocer’s Shop, 1970

Greengrocer's Shop, Harold Riley, 1970.

Duke of Edinburgh, portrait, Chancellor

Harold Riley, Sketch for Portrait of Chancellor (HRH Duke of Edinburgh), 1971

Sketch for Portrait of Chancellor (HRH Duke of Edinburgh), Harold Riley, 1971.

Driver in car viewing a motorway accident. Figure by side of vehicle at side of road and speed limit signs visible

Harold Riley, Motorway Accident, M62 Manchester, 1976

Motorway Accident M62 Manchester, Harold Riley, 1976.

Manchester docks from mode wheel. Watercolour wash

Harold Riley, Manchester Docks from Mode Wheel, 1962

Manchester Docks from Mode Wheel, Harold Riley, 1962.

Urban Ginnel, Grafitti on brick walls

Harold Riley, The Passageway Graffiti (Brindle Heath), 1976

Harold Riley The Passageway Graffiti (Brindle Heath) 1976.

Stephen Ashdown, Dirt, 2007

Title, Artist, Year.

Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy, 1981

Title, Artist, Year.

A layered, abstract screenprint with a cream-y yellow background. A cresent shaped newspaper cutting and a blue and white patern forma circle in the centre encompasing overlaping shapes of grey, reds, cream and blue. In the lower centre of the design is a simple figure, sat and looking out at the viewer.

Cecile Elstein, A Letter from Mrs Gould, 1981

Title, Artist, Year.

A painting depicts a view of Salford Quay's where the bulidings along the waterfront are refelcted in the water. The abstracted buildings in greys, browns, and blues run across the middle of the painting, while the sky and refelction surronds them, blue at the top and bottom, turning golden at the centre.

Liam Spencer, Salford Quays (Sunset), 2012

Title, Artist, Year.

A view of a desolate and destructed post-apocalyptic Media City with an abandoned forklift loader in the centre.

James Chadderton, Media City (from the Manchester Apocalyse series), 2012

Title, Artist, Year.

A blue-hued snowy street scene shows a group of figures walking up a street lined with redbrick houses towards an illuminated carousel sitting in the top left corner of the image. The scene is viewed from above, as if from the roof of a building in the bottom right.

Harold Riley, The Christmas Roundabout, Salford, 1980

Title, Artist, Year.

a sculpture representing a nurturing pose.

Karen Lyons, Iron, 2007

Clasp,Karen Lyons,2007.

Several chairs are placed in a hallway.

Lizzie King and Craig Tattersall, Allerton to New Adelphi, 2015

Allerton to New Adelphi,Lizzie King and Craig Tattersall,2015.

A man sits on the ground with a mask.

Rachel Goodyear, Unable to Stop because they were too close to the line, 2006

Rachel Goodyear,Unable to Stop because they were too close to the line,2006.

Sculpture of the head of a bearded man.

Jai Redman, Engels’ Beard, 2016

Engels' Beard, Jai Redman, 2016.

An abstract sculpture on a light grey background. It includes a large pastel yellow circle base, painted with navy blue squares. The sculpture is an assemblage of clear coloured perspex sheets and small pieces of MDF, in circle and square shapes. The colours are mainly orange, blue and yellow.

Matthew Houlding, New Olympia Building 5, 2012

Matthew Houlding, New Olympia Building 5, 2012

A colour photograph shows a black person. They have curly hair styled in a bob and are wearing a necklace and earings made from coloured pencil segments, and a dress with a green and yellow floral pattern. They have their nose piereced and visible armpit hair. Their right eye is half obscured by shadow.

Jesse Glazzard, LGBT+ Letters, 2018-19

Jesse Glazzard, LGBT+ Letters, 2018-2019