'London Calling' exhibition comes north

Preview night - 22/07/10 6.30 to 8.30 pm

Exhibition dates – 23/07/10 to 07/08/10

Opening times – Monday to Sunday 10am to 4pm,

Late night – Thursdays 9pm close

Admission - Free

Venue - The See Gallery, Oddfellows Hall, 1 Binns Street Crawshawbooth, Lancashire BB4 8AA

Sponsors - Viva, Sony Music and 8Ball

The hugely successful exhibition held recently in London is about to open its doors to a northern audience for 2 weeks.

The exhibition was listed as The Guardian’s “pick of the week” event, it featured in the NME and Mojo magazines, gained the front cover of the London Evening Standard and the homepage of BBC News.

An estimated 1000 requests from people wanting to attend the opening night had to be turned down. Over 500 people attended the opening night

The organisers of the exhibition are about to open the exhibition here in the northwest for two weeks before continuing the tour to New York and Tokyo.

The exhibition was inspired by the 30th anniversary of the iconic album cover London calling by The Clash.

The designer of the cover Ray Lowry died in 2008 and in tribute to his artistic talent; over forty artists were invited to create their own interpretation of London Calling.

The exhibition includes the work of Tracey Emin, Billy Childish, John Squire, Pennie Smith, Liam Spencer and Humphrey Ocean.

This year marked the launch of the Ray Lowry Foundation which has been set up to provide scholarships for creative further education courses.

All the artwork has been donated by the artists and will be auctioned across the three gallery venues with all the proceeds going to the Ray Lowry Foundation.

The exhibition will be at the SEE gallery in Rossendale, Lancashire close to where Ray Lowry resided for most of his adult life.

An exhibition of Ray Lowry’s own work will be held at the SEE gallery in September that will include some unseen work.

For press images. interviews or preview night invites contact Julian Williams

The See Gallery, Oddfellows Hall, 1 Binns Street, Crawshawbooth, Lancashire BB4 8AA,

t. 07769670348
m. 01706220269
e. julian@seegallery.co.uk