#ArtThursdays
Postwar Modern Gallery
'New Art in Britain 1945-1965'
Barbican - —
We're back with our next Art Thursday featyre! Museum Late's are one of our fave things to do in London. You get to visit some of the best gallery's in the city, attend exclusive workshops / talks and there is often a musical element too. We love that they allow you to experience exhibitions from a new perspective.
We attended our first Barbican Late earlier this week and it certainly lived up to the hype! For this weeks #ArtThursday installment, the Stööki Craft Makers headed back in time to see the Postwar Modern exhibition at the Barbican.
Postwar Modern explores the art produced in Britain in the wake of a cataclysmic war.
Francis Newton Souza (Head of a man), Oil on canvas 1965
Growth and Form Exhibition 1951
This gallery demonstrates that it was these very conditions that gave rise to extraordinary and deeply moving art in these years.
'Girl with Roses' by Lucian Freud
Oil on canvas 1947-8
Francis Newton Souza, Mr Sebastian, 1955
This is a period when artists had to make sense of an entirely altered world.
'Townscape', c 1955
Hammer Prints Ltd. (Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolaozzi)
Printed wallpaper
Growth and Form Exhibition 1951, Institute of Contemporary Arts
If you're lucky, you can even grab a free chilli plant courtesy of the lovely Barbican catering team whilst you're there. We also had a lot of fun planting with Hackney Herbal!
Check the art gallery out!
Address:
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Level 3
Special thanks to Drawgia Illustrates check out her artwork too it's super fresh!