IMMORTAL APPLES, ETERNAL EGGS
Explore the rich and complex genre of still life in this major new exhibition.
Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs is a meeting of two of the UK’s most significant collections – The Ingram Collection and the David and Indrė Roberts Collection – and will include work from artists including Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Sir Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Michael Craig-Martin, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Sarah Lucas, Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson.
The exhibition juxtaposes world-class contemporary sculpture, video and installation alongside traditional still life painted works. It aims to challenge assumptions about this familiar genre, inviting new perspectives and asking viewers: what really is still life?
More than 50 artworks will be on display, created by more than 50 artists over the past 100 years.
The exhibition will begin with a dramatic and theatrical display in the gallery’s largest space, placing sculptures by Hew Locke, Phyllida Barlow and Ai Weiwei alongside paintings and prints by artists including Ansel Krut and Henry Moore.
The show will progress thematically, journeying through nature and culture, trace and absence, and production and consumption, while also delving into still life’s darker undercurrents of death, violence and exploitation with works by Lonnie Holley, Gabriella Boyd and William Turnbull.
For more information, download the press release here
Image: Abigail Norris (b. 1970), The Faellen Aeppel, 2023, latex, wadding, tights, copper wire, vintage silk gloves. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection © Abigail Norris
