Jerwood Gallery

Jerwood is lending Edward Bawden’s Brighton Pier to  Sea Fever: From Turner to Today, which was opened by Alan Grieve (Chairman of the Jerwood Foundation) at Southampton City Art Gallery on 13 May 2010.

Sea Fever: from Turner to Today (14 May – 5 September 2010) curated by Helen Waters and Alice Workman, includes over 80 works by some of Britain’s best known artists.

It draws on highlights from Southampton City Art Gallery’s permanent collection including Turner’s recently conserved Fisherman upon a Lee Shore in Squally Weather and Christopher Nevinson’s Loading Timber at Southampton Docks as well as a large number of loans from public and private collections including Barbara Hepworth’s Sea Form (Porthmeor), Maggi Hambling’s recent painting, Erosion and Julian Opie’s We swam in the Sea.

The exhibition demonstrates artists’ fascination with the sea and how the subject has been interpreted in art within a historical context.   A relevant exhibition for Southampton, it examines our relationship with the sea, from work and leisure to times of contemplation.  It looks at the pull the sea has had on many artists over the centuries and the intrigue and magic surrounding it.  This includes traditional paintings representing sailing, to dramatic images of storms and rough waters, to the contemplative, calmer, romantic impression.

Further highlight’s include Bill Fontana’s Wave phases at Chesil Beach, a sound recording which will echo through the main hall of the gallery; Dalziel and Scullion’s film Another Place, a film taken of members of their community filmed against the north-east coast of Scotland, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Ligurian Sea and Richard Deacon’s work UW84DC #1 from his 2001 series of lyrical sculptures.

The exhibition is aimed at audiences of all ages, and there is an accompanying exhibition guide and family trail available.

Summer opening times:
Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11am – 6pm

Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP
tel: 023 8083 2277
email: art.gallery@southampton.gov.uk
website: www.southampton.gov.uk/art