Exhibition
The English at Home: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Hyman Collection
26 Jan 2023 – 23 Apr 2023
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 16:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 16:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 49 Jermyn Street
- St. James's
- London
England - SW1Y 6LX
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 6,9,14,19, 38
- Green Park, Piccadilly Circus
This exhibition will present over 150 works to explore the central place of the home in British photography in twentieth century British photography.
About
The exhibition takes its title from one of the most important 20th century photography publications, Bill Brandt’s first book, The English at Home (1935). It will propose that to understand contemporary depictions of the home, there is much to learn from exploring a lineage that begins with Bill Brandt and travels through the crucial years of Picture Post magazine and on to the more conceptual strategies of photographers since the 1970s.
The English at Home will take the visitor on a journey from the street, up the front steps, and into the private spaces of the living room, kitchen and bedroom before sending them out into the back garden. It begins by exploring the ways in which the neighbourhood streets were an extension of the home, a place to chat with neighbours and for children to play. Running through this is a strand that builds from Brandt's work to address how these images reflect and critique the English class system. The exhibition is broadly thematic and includes major historical series as well as some of the most important work of the late 20th century.