Exhibition archive
The World We Live In: Art and the Urban Environment
- 21 May 2022 - 4 September 2022
- Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
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Cities around the world have developed and diversified more rapidly over the last ten years than ever before. Today, over half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment.
The World We Live In explores the many facets of urban life - architecture, migration, commuting, crowds, noise, lights – which have been a rich source of inspiration to artists. The exhibition brings together important works from the Arts Council Collection, the largest loan collection of modern and contemporary British art, to consider how city dwellers have engaged with their built-up surroundings. The World We Live In also includes examples from the Arts Council Collection’s outstanding collection of documentary photographs, presenting an unparalleled view of inner-city life across the UK.
Exhibition credits
Established in 1946 as a national collection for the UK, today the Arts Council Collection cares for over 8,000 works by close to 2,200 artists. The Collection is managed by the Southbank Centre on behalf of Arts Council England, and is committed to supporting artists from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, most often at an early stage of their career, in order to reflect the rich, diverse culture of the UK.
- Lights II: The Ship Engulfed, 1972
- Michael Andrews
- acrylic on canvas
- © The Estate of Michael Andrews, Courtesy of James Hyman Fine Art
