The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain

 

The Pallant House Gallery will hold the first major exhibition to explore British still life.

The Shape of Things questions the idea that still life is a lesser genre, showing how important it is to artists and society. Featuring a ‘Who’s Who’ of Modern and Contemporary British artists, the exhibition digs into still life’s rich symbolism and how it’s pushed boundaries and new ideas.

The exhibition will shift from 17th-century ‘vanitas’ paintings to post-impressionism to abstraction and from pop to conceptual art. It will invite viewers to think about life’s challenges, such as love and grief, identity and the subconscious, life and death and plenty and waste. Today, these challenges also include biodiversity loss, the legacy of colonialism, and climate change.

On display will be a selection of works by modern and contemporary artists in Britain including Hurvin Anderson, Vanessa Bell, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Gluck, Duncan Grant, Richard Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Jann Haworth, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, William Nicholson, Eric Ravilious, Anwar Jalal Shemza, William Scott, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Edmund de Waal, Rachel Whiteread and Clare Woods. The exhibition will look at how these artists have used traditional art history to express the complexities of the human condition.

Phoebe Cummings, an artist working with clay, will create a site-specific installation for this exhibition – Phoebe Cummings: I hear myself with my throat.

OPENING TIMES:

Tuesday – Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday/Bank Holidays: 11.00am – 5.00pm

Last timed-entry slot is an hour before closing.

ADMISSION

Adults: £14.00*
Pallant House Gallery Friends: Free
Under 18s: Free
Art Fund Members: £7.25**
Students (with NUS card or Student ID card): Free

* Includes a £1.50 donation which allows us to claim Gift Aid on the whole ticket price.
** Includes a £1 donation which allows us to claim Gift Aid on the whole ticket price.

PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY

9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ

Tel: +44 (0)1243 774557

E-mail: info@pallant.org.uk

www.pallant.org.uk