exploring difference and cultural identity through jewellery, photography and installation.

BARBY ASANTE, JIVAN ASTFALCK, ARI ATHANS, ROSEANNE BARTLEY, DINIE BESEMS, CLEMENT COOPER, MARTIN FIGURA, PATRICIO FORRESTER, KARL FRITSCH, KEN OHARA, GERD ROTHMANN, JOYCE SCOTT, LORNA SIMPSON, PAMELA SO.

The works in SELF are all intensely personal, as each artist responds to their own experiences. Instead of focusing on divisive terms such as 'them', 'us' and 'others', visitors will be encouraged to find common ground and value cultural diversity and difference.

We are surrounded by portraits of ourselves and others; we have all had our photographs taken. But what do these images record, how much do they reveal about us and what assumptions are made when they are seen by others? Lorna Simpson's work challenges racial stereotypes. Clement Cooper's photographs of Muslim women wearing the hijab emphasise their 'power and identity’ as individuals. Gerd Rothmann creates jewellery from casts of fingerprints or skin. Through 8ft x 6ft portraits, Ken Ohara focuses our attention on the minute differences in faces.

Some of the artists investigate cultural identity. Patricio Forrester's series of jackets is painted with the words 'You are not even British…' in different languages. Joyce Scott makes beadwork necklaces influenced by her American Indian background and Pamela So explores her Chinese-Scottish background through pattern and textiles. Other artists` work reflects change; Martin Figura photographed his son every month during his teenage years and Dinie Besems' chalk necklace and Karl Fritsch's rings are worn away by their owners.