12/10/2023
Well worth a look!
Coming soon: Alexander Hollweg - Journeys in Art. 🖼
We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting a major exhibition about the art and life of Alexander Hollweg (1936-2020), a remarkable artist who worked for many years from a studio in Nettlecombe, West Somerset. 🏡
The exhibition, which opens on 📅 14 November, will be the largest ever show of Hollweg’s art and will feature paintings and sculpture from across the six decades of his career.
Hollweg created art that translates the ordinary and everyday into surprising, often humorous, reflections on modern life. Space and people were enduring themes. He wrote: "Landscape was my subject. Not the wilderness but the landscape made by man. Farm, factory, city, housing estate. The places where people live and work and play."
Hollweg exhibited internationally during his career, including through long relationships with galleries in New York and Italy, and achieved both commercial and critical success. He was also a gifted teacher of art. The New York Times described his works as “secreting a poetic charge, like a three-dimensional haiku”, and as "witty, intelligent and serious investigations of a middle ground that lies somewhere between painting and sculpture."
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue featuring an essay, previously unpublished writings by Hollweg and reflections from those who knew him. 📖🎥
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the amazing art and life of Alexander Hollweg 🎨🎷at the Museum of Somerset. We will be posting more details about the exhibition and further events soon, so stay tuned!
More here: https://swheritage.org.uk/events/alexander-hollweg/
Image: Yarde, 1982
