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Lights II: The Ship Engulfed’ 1972 (detail), by Michael Andrews acrylic on canvas 183x152.5cm. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © The Estate of Michael Andrews/Tate
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Visitor at the The World We Live In exhibition at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
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Visitors at the The World We Live In exhibition at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
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The World We Live In exhibition view at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
Exhibition
The World We Live In: Art and the Urban Environment
5 Feb 2022 – 2 May 2022
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Friday
- 11:00 – 16:30
Address
- 53 New Walk
- Leicester
- LE1 7EA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The museum is less than ten minutes walk from Leicester train station.
A new Arts Council Collection exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, and film that explores themes from urban development to migration and the relationship between inner cities and suburbia.
About
A new Arts Council Collection exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, and film that explores themes from urban development to migration and the relationship between inner cities and suburbia.
The many facets of urban life – architecture, migration, commuting, crowds, noise, lights – have been a rich source of inspiration to artists throughout history. Following events of the last couple of years, there has been much emphasis and reflection around the concept of ‘city’, its purpose, and its future in the context of urban communities.
The World We Live In brings together modern and contemporary works which explore many of these issues and considers how city dwellers engage with their built-up surroundings.
The exhibition also presents some of the Arts Council Collection’s outstanding collection of documentary photographs from the 1960s and 1970s which present an unparalleled view of inner city life across the UK.
Artists featured include Michael Andrews, David Austen, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Suzanne Treister and Rachel Whiteread.
