What Lies Behind - an exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery

23 Oct 2021 — 08 Jan 2022

Newlyn Art Gallery

An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition.

Please read this page before your visit for details of our current safety measures

What Lies Behind is a mixed exhibition featuring works from the Arts Council Collection selected by a core group of 10 participants, referred to the project through social prescribing initiatives in local GP practices. In a series of online meetings, the group chose pieces that reflected their personal responses to the pandemic and their hopes and dreams for the future, from more than 8,000 works in the Collection.

What Lies Behind includes textiles, sculpture, installation, photography, prints, paintings, and collage by Chila Burman*, Derrick Greaves, Nerys Johnson, Bryan Kneale, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Abigail Reynolds, Simon Starling, Emma Talbot, and Edward Weston.

(* See Read More below for a Talk Art podcast with Chila Burman)

The works reflect the breadth of the collection and date from throughout the Arts Council Collection’s 75-year-history. The earliest work, by Edward Weston, dates from 1936 and the most recent is by Abigail Reynold, which was made in 2021.

Presented alongside the loans from the Collection are works made by the group, who worked with artists, many of whom are represented in the Collection, to learn new creative skills and make work for the exhibition.

QUIET TIME visits are available on Tuesday mornings 10.00 – 12.00
Booking essential.

Dogs are not permitted in the gallery spaces during this exhibition but they are welcome in the shop and cafe areas.

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange is an Arts Council Collection National Partner. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.

Find out more about the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme.