Photographic Landscape Work Exhibited in 'A Picture of Britain', Tate Britain, London in Collaboration with the BBC, (15 June – 4 September 2005)

Billingham, Richard ORCID: 0000-0002-6474-5656 (2005) Photographic Landscape Work Exhibited in 'A Picture of Britain', Tate Britain, London in Collaboration with the BBC, (15 June – 4 September 2005). [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

Photographic work from Billingham's series 'Landscapes 2001 - 2003) was exhibited in 'A Picture of Britain', Tate Britain, London in Collaboration with the BBC, (15 June – 4 September 2005) This exhibition explores subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning by exploring historical and contemporary artistic response to the landscape. It was a unique collaboration with the BBC which broadcasted a complementary six part BBC One programme presented by David Dimbleby. Both the TV programmes and the exhibition took six journeys around the UK, covering the North, South, East and West of Britain, the Heart of England and the Highlands and Glens. By exploring the artistic response to the landscape. The exhibition, book and TV series included major artists from Thomas Gainsborough, JMW Turner and John Constable to Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Research Priority Areas:	Creative Practice and Theory
Depositing User:	Richard Billingham
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2019 13:55
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2023 09:24
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/7583

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