Saturday 18 October 2025
11am – 12pm
Slugtown’s directors will be at the gallery to answer your questions and to tell you more about the exhibition. If you are interested in art, but want to know more about the show, this is the perfect opportunity for you. We will talk about Mac’s influences, use of materials and the processes and techniques that go in to producing his works.
Coffee and refreshments will be served free of charge.
There is no need to book in advance, this is a drop-in event.
Miscue is a solo exhibition by Mac Collins. The exhibition transforms the gallery into an immersive abstraction of a traditional pub. Initially informed by The Limekiln pub in Nottingham, Collins is interested in the point where cultures collide and merge, and both the camaraderie and conflict that can occur in civic spaces. An amalgamation of pub and social club references will influence the installation with a colossal and distorted pool table confronting viewers as they enter the space. Contrasting the sleek table, upholstered panels adorn the surrounding walls, enveloping the space in ubiquitous textures synonymous with public house environs.
Mac Collins (b.1995, Nottingham, UK) lives and works between Newcastle and Nottingham. He graduated with a BA in 3D design at Northumbria University in 2018. Collins has undertaken residencies at The New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK (2021) and Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2019). Recent exhibitions include: Bold Tendencies, London, UK (2025); Take a Seat, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA (2024); By Design, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA (2024); Black Star, Strada Gallery, New York, USA (2024); Dancing Before the Moon, British Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, Venice, Italy (2023); Global Tools, Side Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2023); To Be Held, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK (2023); Stems Gallery, NADA Miami, Miami, USA (2022); Open Code, Primary, Nottingham, UK (2022); Radical Acts, Harwood House Biennial 2022, Harewood House, Leeds, UK (2022); Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (2022); Mac Collins: The Ralph Saltzman Prize, The Design Museum, London, UK (2022). Recent awards include: The Ralph Saltzman Prize, the Design Museum, London, UK (2022); The Emerging Design Medal, London Design Festival, London, UK (2021).
Collins work is held in permanent collections both nationally and internationally including; Denver Museum of Art, Denver USA; Harewood House Trust, Leeds, UK; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA; The Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany; and The Design Museum, London, UK. He currently holds the position of Lecturer at Northumbria University and sits on the board of Trustees at Primary, Nottingham, UK.