Art exhibition opens at Loughborough University

The 'Drawing together' exhibition features two winners of the Turner Prize.

Members of the public are invited to enjoy drawings created between 1970 and 2020 by some of the most prominent and highly respected artists working today.

Hosted in the Martin Hall Exhibition Space, the show features two winners of the Turner Prize, Richard Deacon (1987) and Elizabeth Price (2012), who have both created works specifically for the exhibition.

Drawing Together also features two drawings by Michael Landy RA [Royal Academician], once one of the Young British Artists and a Loughborough University alumnus, and Eileen Cooper RA, the first female Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools.

A host of other eminent artists, including Lala Meredith-Vula, Nigel Hall RA, Janette Parris, Simon Patterson, Soheila Sokhanvari, Amikam Toren and Jacqueline Donachie – a Doctoral Prize Fellow in Fine Art at Loughborough University – are also represented by pieces in the show.

The show is made up of drawings of all different types, including sketches, exhibition project plans and realised artworks – giving a window into the working methods, processes and thinking of influential artists.

Professor Phillip Lindley, a Professor of Art History is the curator of the exhibition and has been working on the show for over a year. 

He said: “This small but stellar-quality show brings some world-class drawings to Loughborough.

“Conceived before the pandemic, the exhibition includes several works produced during ‘lockdown’.

“This will be a great opportunity to see a variety of drawings – conceptual, abstract and figurative – produced by Turner Prize winners such as Richard Deacon and Elizabeth Price and a host of other eminent artists, including some of our own practitioners.”

Drawing Together will be open to the public until 30th October weekdays 12-2pm or by appointment with the curator via email p.g.lindley@lbro.ac.uk. Up to five visitors at a time can be accommodated and there is a fully illustrated catalogue.