Landscape Exhibitions for the summer

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There are two exhibitions with the theme of landscapes I'm keen to see this coming summer. I've already blogged about the first one.

Tate Liverpool

Radical Landscapes

the second is going to be held at:

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Earth: Digging deep in British Art 1781-2021

Earth examines how attitudes towards the landscape have evolved over the centuries and how artists’ approaches have changed over time; from the pastoral idylls of the 18th century, through representations of the Romantic Sublime, to present-day confrontations of the climate emergency. Encompassing depictions of the natural world from geological, spiritual, industrial, cultural and scientific perspectives.

This exhibition goes deep beneath the earth, exposes the core materiality of its elements, explores the substance of the surface, climbs dizzying heights and perches perilously on its edges. It bears witness to the earth’s mistreatment and its magnificence, its fullness and its fragility. Earth surveys the representation of our environment across four centuries, inviting us to consider our planet in all its abundance, precarity and preciousness.

Earth will be accompanied by a full-colour publication by Sansom and Co including three essays and over 50 images of work

Looking forward to seeing work by Ingrid Pollard - we draw on her work for our teaching on distinctive landscapes and have done since 2013 - Claire Kyndt well ahead of the curve there...

I also like the work of Julian Perry very much.

Brittle England was an exhibition from 1997.


Detail from Julian Perry. Sea View Caravans, 2009. Oil on panel, 46 x 34 cm. 

Photo copyright, and shared on https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/julian-perry-interview-there-rolls-the-deep-southampton-city-university-climate-change by Colin Mills and Julian Perry.

2010: An Extraordinary Prospect

There's an interesting article on the exhibition from Will Self in this article here.

There's also a new Yinka Shonibare 'Earth Kid' figure to be seen.

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