Museum exhibition capturing post-industrial landmarks
An exhibition of contemporary artworks exploring post-industrial landmarks has opened at
Brampton Museum in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
With work by nationally and internationally renowned artists – A Post Industrial Picturesque – is a diverse range of contemporary artworks featuring fascinating and historic industrial ruins.
The collection brings the picturesque movement of the 18th century up to date by capturing modern industrial landmarks before they disappear to nature, decay, societal change or development.
A wide range of mediums and styles are on display – from the oil paintings of Rob Pointon
and acrylics by Olivia Pang to pinhole silver gelatin photography using homemade, plant-
based developer by Eileen White.
(Image by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council)
There is also a variety of subject matter – from abandoned MOD research facilities
photographed by Phil Smith to gasometers in Alex Egan’s paintings and Melanie Bellis’s
etchings.
Plus a strong local contingent to the show which reflects how the area was
shaped by the “Pits and Pots.”
Bottle ovens are depicted in Micheal Pritchard’s digital pigment prints and Peter Davies’s linocuts. Pottery factories, Chatterley Whitfield Colliery and local scenes are recorded by Mark Lippett, Robert Brooks and Ian Mood.
The museum team has worked with the Southern Exhibitions Group and artist/curators Tim Craven and Phil Smith to host the collection of artworks.
Cllr. Craig Skelding, Cabinet member for Leisure, Culture and Heritage at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said: “The Brampton Museum aims to provide a diverse, high-quality and thought-provoking exhibition programme for visitors with a mix of in house and touring shows. In an area rich in industrial heritage, we know visitors will enjoy and appreciate the way these structures have been captured through a broad range of artworks.”
The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays, and from 1.30pm to 5pm on
Sundays until Sunday, 7 September. Admission is free.
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