Finding Lines
DERBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
This exhibition features a fascinating variety of drawings, from Henry Moore to David Shrigley, Maggi Hambling and Frank Auerbach. Look out for commissioned works by Stephen Carley, Tim Shore, Susan Kester, Liz Atkin, Steve Chapman and Nick Parker in the gallery and adjacent spaces.
This co-produced exhibition of drawings began with a sequence of creative acts by 100s of participants, and builds on the notion of drawing as a tool to improve wellbeing. Keep an eye out for lines in your life to capture and share using the hashtag #FindingLines.
Artists: Tim Shore; Liz Atkin; Susan Kester; Stephen Carley; Alex Noble; Steve Chapman; Poetical Machine & Karl Bock; Nick Parker. Works by Frank Auerback; Horace Brodzky; Gustav Klimt; George Fullard; Pablo Picasso; Gabriel Rossetti (Lent by Museums Sheffield). Works by Linda Karshan; Ben Nicholson; Victore Pasmore; Maggi Hambling; Prunella Clough; L.S. Lowry; Jane Harris; Elizabeth Vellacott; David Shrigley; Bernard Cohen (Lent by Arts Council Collection, Southbank, London. All works © the artist). Works by Henry Moore; Jean Cocteau (Lent by Birmingham Museums Trust on behalf of Birmingham City Council)
Find out more: derbymuseums.org
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From 15 July 2017 to 3 September 2017