Reimag(in)ing The Victorians, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham
"From taxidermy and photography to forgotten live and colonial histories, this exhibition explores how leading contemporary artists reimagine the Victorians in their work.
By exploring how artists creatively respond to the 19th century, the exhibition asks why its legacies still matter today.
Through the display of work by artists including Heather Agyepong, Mat Collishaw, Dorothy Cross, Mark Dion and J. Morgan Puett, Mark Fairnington, Tessa Farmer, Andrew Gilbert, Sunil Gupta, Nicolas Laborie, Debbie Lawson, Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Sally Mann, Kate MccGwire, Polly Morgan, Ingrid Pollard, Yinka Shonibare, alongside Victorian taxidermy and images by 19th-century practitioners like John James Audubon and Julia Margaret Cameron, the exhibition invites viewers to rediscover the Victorians through contemporary paintings, sculptures and photographs that reimag(in)e them in ‘the present’. "
Little Savages, 2007, displayed alongside Victorian examples of taxidermy and sculptures by Polly Morgan.
A Wounded Herring Gull 2012
A Wounded Herring Gull with works by Mark Fairnington and Debbie Lawson.
A Wounded Herring Gull and Little Savages with works by Mark Fairnington, Debbie Lawson, Alastair and Fleur Mackie and Kate MccGwire.
Swarming Fever 2021, shown alongside a Victorian entomology collections cabinet.