Another Way of Seeing

An exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery will invite visitors to explore art using different senses, not just sight. Another Way of Seeing features artworks inside wooden boxes – made to be touched, listened to, smelled, and discovered in surprising ways.

The artists and curator of this exhibition have been inspired by the art of Audrey Barker. Barker was a pioneering disabled artist who embraced issues around disability, accessibility and different forms of communication. She created multi-sensory installations that often used boxes, grids, and frames – many titled ‘Another Way of Seeing’.

Taking part in the latest version of Another Way of Seeing are disabled and neurodivergent artists from Leeds and beyond:

Emma Bentley-Fox, Emma Bolland, Jem Clancy, Michelle Duxbury, Tony Heaton, Sam Metz, Vickie Orton, Zoe Partington, and Saba Siddiqui.

It is curated by Gill Crawshaw.

Another Way of Seeing runs alongside the Henry Moore Institute’s exhibition Beyond the Visual, the UK’s first major sculpture exhibition in which blind and partially blind practitioners are central to the curatorial process and make up the majority of participating artists. Visitors can easily explore both venues.

Another Way of Seeing is funded by Leeds City Council through the Leeds Cultural Investment Programme.