‘Tiny Tate’ show has opened in county
AN exhibition described as being “akin to having a tiny Tate show in the East Midlands” has opened.
Members of the public are invited to enjoy Drawing Together, an exhibition of drawings created between 1970 and 2020 by some of the most prominent and highly respected artists – including Turner Prize winners – working today.
Taking place in Loughborough University’s Martin Hall Exhibition Space, the show features Richard Deacon (who won the prize in 1987) and Elizabeth Price (who won in 2012), who have both created works specifically for the exhibition.
Drawing Together also features two drawings by Michael Landy RA (Royal Academician) – once one of the Young British Artists and a Loughborough University alumnus – and Eileen Cooper RA, the first female Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools.
Visitors can also see work by other eminent artists, including Lala Meredith-Vula, Nigel Hall RA, Janette Parris, Simon Patterson, Soheila Sokhanvari, Amikam Toren and Jacqueline Donachie, a doctoral prize fellow in Fine Art at Loughborough University.
The show is made up of drawings of different types, including sketches, exhibition project plans and realised artworks, all of which give a window into the working methods, processes and thinking of influential artists.
Professor Phillip Lindley, a professor of art history, is the curator of the exhibition and has been working on the show for more than a year.
He said: “This small but stellarquality show brings some worldclass drawings to Loughborough.
“Conceived before the pandemic, the exhibition includes several works produced during lockdown.
“This will be a great opportunity to see a variety of drawings – conceptual, abstract and figurative.”
Drawing Together is open until October 30 on weekdays from noon until 2pm or by appointment with the curator via email: