Creating the countryside: Thomas Gainsborough to today

Fox, Anna (2017) Creating the countryside: Thomas Gainsborough to today. [Exhibition/show, Photography]

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Anna Fox and Alison Goldfrapp’s Untitled from their Country Girls series

Anna Fox and Alison Goldfrapp’s Untitled from their Country Girls series

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Creators:
Fox, Anna
Description/Abstract:

Group exhibition examining our relationship with the countryside, bringing together Old Masters and contemporary artists whose work spans more than 350 years.

Creating the Countryside provokes reflection on the artistic, social and political forces that have played an important role in forming successive generations' perceptions of this 'green and pleasant land'.
The rural idyll occupies a deeply rooted place in the nation's psyche – Compton Verney's 'Capability' Brown landscaped grounds are themselves an expression of this. Creating the Countryside explores how artists have shaped the vision of rural life and landscape, offering a new perspective on the countryside and its expression in contemporary art and society.
Works by artists including Thomas Gainsborough, Claude Lorrain, George Stubbs and Stanley Spencer are joined by pieces from contemporary artists such as Mat Collishaw, Anna Fox, Sigrid Holmwood and Grayson Perry to present you with a broad spectrum of responses to, and interpretations of, this sceptred isle.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
March 2017
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
18 March 2017
18 June 2017
Additional Information:

Reviewed in The Guardian and The Telegraph, and BBC Radio 4's Front Row (Thursday 16 March 2017).

Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
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Depositing User:
Amy Robinson
Date Deposited:
21 Mar 2017 09:46
Last Modified:
08 Mar 2018 17:14
Fox, Anna:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7728-4660
Art/Design Categories:
Exhibition/show, Photography
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3302

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