Radical Landscapes is a major exhibition showing over a century of art inspired by the land.
Radical Landscapes is an exhibition that explores the natural world as a space for artistic inspiration, social connection, and political and cultural protest through the lens of William Morris, one of Britain’s earliest and most influential environmental thinkers. Organised in collaboration with Tate Liverpool, the exhibition displays work spanning two centuries and features more than 60 works by artists including JMW Turner, Claude Cahun, Hurvin Anderson, Derek Jarman, Jeremy Deller and Veronica Ryan.
Delving into ideas of freedom, exploitation and trespass, the exhibition reflects on how British landscapes have been read, accessed and used across social, class and racial lines, as well as the current global climate emergency, starting from Morris’ own relationship to and love for the land. Through the works on display and an expansive public programme, visitors are encouraged to engage with the Gallery’s surrounding borough of Waltham Forest, once a rural outpost and now an urban London borough, where Morris was born and which shaped his environmental and political views.
Organised in collaboration with local artists, campaigners, foodbanks and allotments, the public programme will run alongside the exhibition and expand beyond the Gallery’s walls into the wetlands, forests and green spaces of Waltham Forest. The programme will invite participants to reassess their relationship with local landscapes and respond to the climate crisis. Read more about the programme here.
| Duration | 21 October 2023 - 18 February 2024 |
| Times | Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm |
| Cost | Free entry (suggested donation of £5) |
| Venue | William Morris Gallery |
| Address | Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4PP |
| Contact | / wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk / www.wmgallery.org.uk |