Creative Midlands South

Creative Midlands South


Michael Stanley 1975 - 2012

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:26 AM PDT

Michael Stanley 1975 - 2012 We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Modern Art Oxford Director, Michael Stanley.  A short statement is available on their website

Michael Stanley was Director of MK Gallery from 2004 – 2009.  Paying tribute, MK Gallery's current Director, Anthony Spira, said:  

"Mike was incredibly talented and in his five years in Milton Keynes he developed a rich and adventurous artistic programme.  He forged exciting connections, from the local to the international, and was an ambassador for the city.  He was extremely popular and will be missed enormously.  Our thoughts and feelings go out to his family, friends and colleagues."

Exhibitions that Michael Stanley was involved with at MK Gallery:

Hayward Curatorial Open: Quiet Revolution Lyndall Phelps: The Pigeon Archive James Lee Byars

James Lee Byars Lived Here (Venice offsite exhibition) Polly Apfelbaum: Anything can happen in a horse race Gilberto Zorio Richard Woods: Flora & Fauna Cathy Wilkes Marcel Broodthaers Pascale Marthine Tayou: Plastik Diagnostik Phoebe Unwi: A Short Walk from a Shout to a Whisper Alex Frost: Adults Circa 1967: Works from the Arts Council Collection Stephen Willats -  Person to Person; People to People Adrian Paci Wolfgang Weileder David Austen Carlos Amorales: Spider Web Negative Anja Schrey: Solo Entertainer Rose  Finn-Kelcey Roger  Hiorns Carlos Bunga Phillip Allen Shirana Shahbazi Boyd & Evans: Landmarks 

Pae White: In no particular order Kristian Ryokan

Daniele Puppi: Fatica n.28 Mike Ballou / Maria Pask: Summer School Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK produced by Alan Kane and Jeremy Deller

Langlands & Bell: Domain

Phil Collins: yeah...you, baby you

Boyd & Evans: Landmarks

Keith Wilson: Galvanised

Michael Craig-Martin: Surfacing Elizabeth Magill: Recent Paintings

Other artist projects, film and video presentations:

John Smith: The Black Tower William Cobbing: Excavation Shaun Gladwell: Storm Sequence Daniel Guzman: Happiness Stephen Wilks: Travels with my Donkey Hayley Newman: MKVH Mark Boulos: The Gates of Damascus Sarah Morris: Midtown Alec Finlay: Two fields of wheat seeded with a poppy poem Michael Macrae – A City Begins with People Peter Finnemore – Greenhouse Effect Allora and Calzadilla – Amphibious (Login-Logout) Jacaranda Pictures – New York Bob/Tony Wolfgang Weileder – Transfer Andrew Cross – VIA Michelle Deignan – Il Cittadino Pascale Marthine Tayou: Plastic Bags Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard: The 24 Seven Kurt Laurenz Theinert – Getting Serious Sonia Boyce: For you, only you Luke Fowler – Pilgrimage from Scattered Points Anthony Howell – Tango Schumann Mircea Canto – The landscape is changing Michael Pinsky, Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich: Panacea Adrian Paci - Vajtoika dRMM – The Culture of Construction drMM – MK Forty Tower Johanna Billing – You Don't Love Me Yet

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