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REBEL VISIONS: THE WAR ART OF C.R.W. NEVINSON │ Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham → 25 January 2015

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‘Returning to the Trenches’, c. 1916 ©The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
A Star Shell, exhibited 1916, painting. Oil on canvas support: 508 x 406 mm. © Tate, London
‘War Profiteers’, 1917 (Reproduced with the kind permission of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth.) ©The Nevinson Estate / Bridgeman Images.
‘La Patrie’, 1916 ©Birmingham Museums Trust
‘Britain’s Efforts and Ideals: Acetylene Welding’, 1917 © Tate, London 2014

“Ɖ pârfl āt n contṛdictri prṣnaḷti v Britiš worātist Ričd Nevinsn z xplord in ɖs grândbrêcñ xibišn – ɖ sentrpìs v âr ōtmprôgram.

Fems fr hiz dṛmatc, ofn hwntñ imijz v ɖ batlfīld n its soljrz, Nevinsn’z arestñ pêntñz, drōñz, prints n pôstrz olso acnolijd ɖ smtmz unpaḷṭbl ifcts wor hd on Britiš ssayti. Olwz a rebl, h pṛdyst wrc ɖt renjd in vrayti fṛm ofišl worproṗganda t antīwor condemnešn – sm v ẇč wz sensrd. Wɖ mêjr pêntñz n ci drōñz n prints lent bî mêjr YC public n prîvt c̣lẋnz, includñ Têt, ɖ Impirı̣l Wormyziym n ɖ Britiš Myziym, ɖs xibišn z acumṗnid bî a fl prôgram v rletd lecčrz, twcs n uɖr xîtñ ivnts.”

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THE SENSORY WAR 1914-2014 │ Manchester Art Gallery → 22 February 2015

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“Ɖs mêjr grūpexibišn mācñ ɖ Sentīṇri v ɖ Frst Wrldwor xplorz hâ ātists hv cmynicetd ɖ impact v militri conflict on ɖ bodi, mînd, invîrnmnt n hymn sensz btwn 1914 n 2014.

Ɖ šo xaminz hâ ātists fṛm 1914 onwdz dpictd ɖ devstetñ impact v ny militri tecnoḷjiz yṭlîzd in a senčri v conflict bginñ wɖ ɖ Frst Wrldwor. It brñz tgɖr wrc fṛm a renj v līdñ ātists includñ Henri Lam, CRW Nevinsn, Pwl Naš, Oto Dix, Nansi Spero, Ričd Mos, Omer Fast n fīčrz wrcs bî ɖ hībacūša, svîvrz v ɖ atomic bom dropt on Hirošima, ẇč wr crietd in ɖ 1970z n r biyñ šôn in ɖ YC fr ɖ frst tîm.

Fumiko Ya: Hospital. 1973-74. (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Yoshiko Michitsuji, aged 48 at the time of drawing. I ran towards my house through a sea of flames (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Kichisuke Yoshimura, 75 at time of drawing. Riverbank near Hiroshima Railway Station. Their clothes ripped to shreds. Their skin hanging down. 1973-74 (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Masahiko Nakata, age 72 at the time of drawing. Bloated bodies in the river over Yokogawa Bridge, 1973-74 (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Gisaku Tanaka aged 72 at the time of drawing. Lights blinking on in the atomic desert (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

(Ṣmanʈa Pein, Đ INṬNAŠNL BIZNISTÎMZ, 24 Septembr 2014)

Ɖ Frst Wrldwor involvd a pṛfând rīcnfiğrešn v senṣri xpirı̣ns n pspšn ʈru ɖ invnšn v devstetñ militri tecnoḷjiz, ẇč dstrŷd hymn lîvz n oltrd ɖ invîrnmnt bynd recgnišn. Its leġsi hz cntinyd n ivolvd ʈru īvn mr radicl fwmz v dstruẋn ovr ɖ last hundṛd yirz. Ʈrt ɖ senčri, ātists hv strugld t undrstand ɖ tru ifct v modn tecṇlojicl warfér. Ẇl militri n pres ftogṛfi hv brwt a ny c̣paṣti t coldli dokyment sč līʈl dsplez, ātists fând a dfṛnt we v siyñ.

Mančestr Ātgaḷri hz a našnli impwtnt c̣lẋn v āt v ɖ Frst Wrldwor, ẇč wz asmbld bî its frst drctr, Loṛns Hêẉd. Têcñ ɖs rič c̣lẋn az ɖ stātñpŷnt, ɖs šo includz historic n cntmprri āt fṛm ɖ YC, Jrṃni, Frans, Iṭli, ɖ Neɖrḷndz, ɖ Ynîtd Stêts, Caṇda, Jpan, Vietnam, Ny Zīḷnd, Aljiria, Îrḷnd, Iran, Izrel n Paḷstîn.

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