Island
This exhibition brings together a broad selection of artists to explore the notion of 鈥業sland鈥� life in Britain since 1945. The artworks in the exhibition are predominately loaned from the Arts Council Collection as part of Sunderland Culture鈥檚 three-year National Partners Programme.
鈥業sland鈥� includes work by renowned modern British photographers including Martin Parr, Chris Killip, Ingrid Pollard, Tacita Dean and Tony Ray-Jones, alongside a major new commission by John Kippin & Nicola Neate and artist-led community projects.
鈥業sland鈥� explores current debates central to the costal experience including environmental change and rising sea levels, unemployment, poverty, inadequate housing and resources, and our difficult relationship between land and sea. These concerns are presented side-by-side with romantic seascapes and documentary photography celebrating the heydays of the British seaside holiday.
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This exhibition brings together a broad selection of artists to explore the notion of 鈥業sland鈥� life in Britain since 1945. The artworks in the exhibition are predominately loaned from the Arts Council Collection as part of Sunderland Culture鈥檚 three-year National Partners Programme.
鈥業sland鈥� includes work by renowned modern British photographers including Martin Parr, Chris Killip, Ingrid Pollard, Tacita Dean and Tony Ray-Jones, alongside a major new commission by John Kippin & Nicola Neate and artist-led community projects.
鈥業sland鈥� explores current debates central to the costal experience including environmental change and rising sea levels, unemployment, poverty, inadequate housing and resources, and our difficult relationship between land and sea. These concerns are presented side-by-side with romantic seascapes and documentary photography celebrating the heydays of the British seaside holiday.
Artists on show
- Abigail Reynolds
- Alberta Whittle
- Burk Uzzle
- Charlie Meecham
- Chris Killip
- Chris Locke
- Christine Pearcey
- David Hockney
- Dawn Felicia Knox
- Derek Hill
- Dod Miller
- Hamish Fulton
- Ian Macdonald
- Ingrid Pollard
- J.A. Ramsay
- Jem Southam
- John Benton-Harris
- John Blakemore
- John Kippin
- Julian Germain
- Ken Baird
- Liv Thomas
- Martin Parr
- Nicola Neate
- Patrick Ward
- Paul Seawright
- Ray Thomson
- Rhea Storr
- Roger Mayne
- Shezad Dawood
- Sophie Ellingworth
- Tacita Dean
- Tony Ray-Jones
- Tracy Thomas
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