Andrew Hardwick Included in 'Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781 - 2022'

Andrew Hardwick is included in the major public exhibition ‘Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781 - 2022’. Spanning four centuries of artwork, the exhibition tackles the most expansive and urgent of subject matters, bringing together important modern, historical and contemporary artworks by artists including : Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Samuel John Lamorna Birch, William Blake, John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough, William Henry Hunt, Susan Derges, Laura Knight, Tania Kovats, Richard Long, John Martin, David Nash, John Nash, Paul Nash, Samuel Palmer, John Piper, Yinka Shonibare, Stanley Spencer, Graham Sutherland, J. M. W. Turner and Anthony Whishaw among others.

Earth examines how attitudes towards the landscape have evolved over the centuries and how artists’ approaches have changed over time; from the pastoral idylls of the 18th century, through representations of the Romantic Sublime, to present-day confrontations of the climate emergency. Encompassing depictions of the natural world from geological, spiritual, industrial, cultural and scientific perspectives.

This exhibition goes deep beneath the earth, exposes the core materiality of its elements, explores the substance of the surface, climbs dizzying heights and perches perilously on its edges. It bears witness to the earth’s mistreatment and its magnificence, its fullness and its fragility. Earth surveys the representation of our environment across four centuries, inviting us to consider our planet in all its abundance, precarity and preciousness.

Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022 can be seen at The Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX from 9 July- 11 September 2022 and is accompanied by a full-colour publication by Sansom and Co.


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