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Bob and Roberta Smith I BELIEVE IN JOSEPH MALLARD WILLIAM TURNER, 1998 Gloss paint on wood panel, 162.5 x 122.5 cm British Council Collection. © Bob and Roberta Smith
Exhibition
Legacies: JMW Turner and contemporary art practice
22 Sep 2017 – 14 Jan 2018
Event times
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sundays 12noon - 4pm
Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays
Cost of entry
Free admission
Address
- Gallery Square
- Walsall, WS2 8LG
- Walsall
- WS2 8LG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Walsall
Legacies will consider the impact of JMW Turner through the lens of contemporary art, highlighting the ongoing relevance of his work for artists practising today.
About
A master of history, landscape and marine painting, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) challenged accepted conventions in art, often shocking his contemporaries with his techniques and candid portrayal of the modern world.
Legacies will consider the impact of JMW Turner through the lens of contemporary art, highlighting the ongoing relevance of his work for artists practising today.
Tate is home to the largest collection of works by Turner. Legacies will present a selection of paintings, sketchbooks, diagrams and works on paper from the Turner Bequest, alongside existing work by contemporary artists who have made work after Turner or evoke typically Turnerian subjects in their work. Dorothy Cross and Jonathan Wright have been specially commissioned by The New Art Gallery Walsall to produce a new work each in response to Turner’s art.Legacies is presented as part of a three-year partnership with Tate involving major loans from the Tate collection to exhibitions at The New Art Gallery Walsall.
