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Sussex Modernism

22 May 21 Sep

Edward Wadsworth, 
Sussex Bypass, 1937, tempera on linen and board, 55.8 x 40.6 cm, William Evans Bequest, Bangor University. Courtesy of Towner Eastbourne.

A real treat for Sussex art-lovers, this exhibition takes in work from the late nineteenth century all the way through to the present day and showcases those not normally included in discussions about modernism. These artists include those who opposed modernism, those who came before or after it, and artists from the 1960s and 1980s who were preoccupied with ideas of the ‘now’ and of ‘newness’. Large-form work by Jacob Epstein and Ivon Hitchens will feature, and the show will take a particular interest in foregrounding women artists who were popular on a regional rather than national level, and contemporary artists whose work bears the influence of modernism.

Devonshire Park, College Rd
Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4JJ United Kingdom
01323 434670
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