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alarsen.arts@gmail.com‘We have been living in an era of revivalism’, wrote David Egerton in the Guardian in late June 2022, speaking specifically of revived notions of a ‘[Great] Global Britain’. From Brexit to hard boarders, echoes of Rule Britannia are never far from public consciousness – with political discourse, left and right alike, consistently evoking visions of a ‘buccaneering’ Britain, here to steer us through the choppy deterioration of public services, culture wars, cost of living crises and rising far-right extremism.
But after 14 years of austerity, is the deflective flag-waving finally leaving a sour taste? Is it time to question who exactly is this apocryphal notion of the ‘United’ Kingdom actually serving? Referencing the Acts of Union that created the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707, this exhibition stands as a point of rupture against nationalism, state sovereignty, imperialist legacy and political populism.
Featuring works spanning photography, sculpture, textiles and moving image, this show brings together 13 emerging artists – with works that engage critically with what it means to live, work and sow new seeds of national identity amongst the backdrop of a post-Brexit, divided, binary Britain.
Artists in the show
- Beverley Duckworth
- Jody Evans
- A. Howard
- AC Larsen
- Dave McCorry
- Joseff Morgan
- Timothy Ogu
- Isobel Scarsbrook
- Clara Scullion
- Alexandra Warren
- Rosalind Wilson
- Charlie Yetton
- Samuel Zhang
