Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Jordan Well
Coventry
Coventry
CV1 5QP
England
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024 7683 2386
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024 7629 4790
We provide places for the people of Coventry and visitors to the City to meet, celebrate and explore their cultural and creative past, present and futures.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery, Archive
Collection details
Archaeology, Decorative and Applied Art, Film and Media, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Social History
Caught in the Crossfire: Artistic responses to Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation
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+
Wasted
Wasted is an exhibition of work by Gina Czarnecki exploring the life-giving potential of 'discarded' body parts and their relationship to myths, history, cutting edge stem cell research and notions of what constitutes informed consent.
The art works are sculptural, incorporating milk teeth, bones and fat. The end products are visually stunning and, together, they will take on a vast wealth of associated meanings for diverse audiences
Suitable for
- Any age
Caught in the Crossfire: Artists responses to conflict, peace and reconciliation
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
Cylinder City #2
After the success of last year's Cylinder City event, join us for its return and help create a huge group sculpture in response to Matthew Picton's mixed media artwork Dresden 1945.
The new masterpiece will be temporarily shown at the Herbert. The work will be filmed as it grows and then shown as a time lapse film on the Herbert's YouTube channel.
Participants will help to decorate structures that rebuild the city of Dresden and which at the same time will sensitively address themes of peace and reconciliation
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Drop-in sessions
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