48 SHEET

From April 2-29, 48Sheet from EC Arts transformed 100 billboards across Birmingham into public art, featuring world-renowned conceptual artists. The project has been named 48Sheet following the 2010 pilot project that explored using the 48Sheet traditional billboards as platforms for art. Madeln Company (Shanghai) and Raqs Media Collective (Delhi), famous for their innovative and inspiring artwork, have been selected to create new work for 45 billboards by the Fourth Guangzhou Triennial Co-Curators and 48Sheet project partners Jonathan Watkins, Director of the Ikon Gallery and Dr Jiang Jiehong, Director of Centre for Chinese Visual Arts and Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. The project has been sponsored by The Arts Council England and generously supported by outdoor advertising company JCDecaux and NEC Graph Fix.