UPROAR!
The first 50 years of The London Group 1913-1963
Ben Uri Museum
108a Boundary Road - London
1 November 2013 - 2 March 2014
The London Group exploded onto the British art scene in 1913 as a radical alternative to the art establishment and in the wake of two modernist exhibiting platforms, Frank Rutter's liberal Allied Artists’ Association and The Camden Town Group, headed by Walter Sickert, whose members the new group absorbed.
The first minuted meeting took place on 25 October 1913, and Jacob Epstein is credited with coining the Group's name the following month. The opening of the centenary show coincides closely with these two significant dates.
The London Group’s controversial early years reflect the upheavals associated with the introduction of early British modernism and the experimental work of many of its members. The ‘uproar’ which followed Mark Gertler’s exhibition of The Creation of Eve at The London Group’s third show in 1915 lends its name to the Ben Uri show, which showcases 50 works by 50 artists. Wherever possible, Ben Uri has selected the most debated works, whether from within its own collection or outside it.
Image: CRW Nevinson, 'Returning to the Trenches', 1916, on loan from the British Museum
The first 50 years of The London Group 1913-1963
Ben Uri Museum
108a Boundary Road - London
1 November 2013 - 2 March 2014
The London Group exploded onto the British art scene in 1913 as a radical alternative to the art establishment and in the wake of two modernist exhibiting platforms, Frank Rutter's liberal Allied Artists’ Association and The Camden Town Group, headed by Walter Sickert, whose members the new group absorbed.
The first minuted meeting took place on 25 October 1913, and Jacob Epstein is credited with coining the Group's name the following month. The opening of the centenary show coincides closely with these two significant dates.
The London Group’s controversial early years reflect the upheavals associated with the introduction of early British modernism and the experimental work of many of its members. The ‘uproar’ which followed Mark Gertler’s exhibition of The Creation of Eve at The London Group’s third show in 1915 lends its name to the Ben Uri show, which showcases 50 works by 50 artists. Wherever possible, Ben Uri has selected the most debated works, whether from within its own collection or outside it.
Image: CRW Nevinson, 'Returning to the Trenches', 1916, on loan from the British Museum
