Grundy Art Gallery's autumn programme

Grundy Art Gallery is unveiling a bright new season of exciting exhibitions and creative commissions that celebrate storytelling, community and imagination, all with a bold splash of Blackpool sparkle.

- Nicola Atanassova

Dawn Ward: Dawn Tony

The powerful new autumn programme will run from Saturday 18th October to Saturday 20th December at the popular Blackpool gallery and brings together major works by internationally acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE, a dynamic multidisciplinary collaboration with SIGNAL Film and Media and a heartfelt new commission from artist Dawn Ward.

From larger-than-life adventures to playful seaside-inspired sculptures and fascinating historical and personal perspectives, there's plenty to discover at Blackpool's home of contemporary art this autumn...

Jason and the Adventure of the 254 is to be presented across Grundy's galleries 1, 2 and 3. A Wellcome Collection exhibition, Jason and the Adventure of the 254 showcases the renowned artist's largest and most personal work to date. Drawing on Jason's experience of becoming disabled as a child, the exhibition is a joyful and subversive exploration of the human body. An immersive installation of huge sculptures, vibrant illustrations and interactive dioramas, Jason and the Adventure of the 254 delves into the transformative moment of Wilsher-Mills' diagnosis of an autoimmune condition, triggered by contracting chickenpox at the age of eleven, and uses the artist's trademark humour to challenge the cultural and societal perceptions surrounding disability, medicine and the human body.

Gallery 4 will host After the Archive a captivating multidisciplinary exhibition of archive image inspired, painting, collage, video, installation, photography and sculpture from emerging artistic voices from Barrow and Blackpool that explores the rich and diverse history of these areas.