THE WALLS of the Herbert art gallery and museum will be transformed into stunning pieces for a new exhibition this summer.
Work on Walls will see contemporary artists create their pieces in response to the Herbert’s own collections.
Eight artists have been commissioned to explore the Herbert’s collections and develop ideas for several of the galleries.
A similar exhibition, ‘work on windows’, enjoyed great success at the Herbert in 2020.
The pieces have each been designed to create a ‘street art’ feel in the galleries.
The work of the first six artists will open on Friday, June 23, with a further two to follow before the start of the school summer holidays.
Exhibitions manager Dominic Bubb said: “Work on Windows was a fantastic way of using the Herbert’s collections to create new works when it was difficult to gather indoors at the height of the pandemic.
“Work on Walls builds on that success and will transform some of the galleries for the next few months and bring striking, colourful images to the walls.
“We’ve given all of the artists time with our collections and they’ve really been inspired by what we have and, because many of them depict animals and wildlife in their work, they’ve been particularly interested in some of the taxidermy we have.”
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