Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

The exhibition takes us on a challenging journey from the home front to the frontline and back again, as seen through the eyes of artists, soldiers and people affected by conflict.

Visitors will travel through divided lands, debate the role of protest art, explore the aesthetics of violence and machinery of war, and reflect upon the aftermath of war where hope emerges and lives are rebuilt. A section of the exhibition focuses on the work of kennardphillipps made in response to the invasion and occupation of Iraq

Suitable for

• 14-15
• 16-17
• 18+

Caught in the Crossfire explores how artists grapple with both the brutality of war and the desire for peace. The exhibition takes us on a challenging journey from the home front to the frontline and back again, as seen through the eyes of artists, soldiers and people affected by conflict.

Visitors will travel through divided lands, debate th role of prtest art, explore the aesthetics of violence and machinery of war, and reflect upon the aftermath of war where hope emerges and lives are rebuilt. On show will be historical works by John Piper, Eric Kennigton and Muirhead Bone alongside contermporary works by Banksy, Peter Howson, kennardphillips, Matthew Picton and Cornelia Parker. This major exhibition brings together for the first time new aquisitions made by the Herbert in partnership with Wolverhampton Art Gallery as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund's Collecting Cultured grant.

Suitable for

• Any age

Where

Gallery 1 - 3

Admission

Free