MICHAEL LANDY
LOOK
A new exhibition from Michael Landy CBE RA – his first in Sussex
Michael Landy may be best known for his large installations and participatory works, but this exhibition celebrates his skill as a draftsman, revealing a quieter and more intimate consideration of the world around him.
In LOOK, Landy presents a group of intensely personal drawings relating to his own experience of testicular cancer and his father’s tunnelling accident. Through deep observation and focus, Landy has created a body of work that reflects on memory, vulnerability and family relationships.
These works are accompanied by a new self-portrait made for this exhibition, and Landy’s Nourishment etchings that render the often overlooked weed in meticulous detail, as icons of survival and endurance.
This exhibition considers Landy’s continued engagement with marginalisation, our ideas of value, and his interest in the overlooked or disregarded. Finding beauty in the ordinary, giving new meaning and dignity to that which is passed over by most, he elevates the everyday while bringing our attention to simple complexity.
Lead supporters: Thomas Dane Gallery and The Garcia Family Foundation
With additional support from Ivor Braka Ltd and those who wish to remain anonymous
Image: Michael Landy, Self portrait at the age of 62, 2025 © Michael Landy. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
