This exhibition explores how artists have been inspired by landscapes, nature and the seasons. Imaginary and mystical places have provided the stimulus for several of the exhibited artists; others have been inspired by Westcountry locations. Some touch on themes of spirituality and paganism. The results are pieces which are often abstract, sometimes representational and occasionally other-worldly.

The exhibition features David Bomberg, Edward Burra, Prunella Clough, Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, Richard Long, Rachel Lowe, George Shaw and Clare Woods. In addition to a core group of 20th-century paintings from RAMM’s collection, loaned works come to Exeter from the Arts Council Collection at Southbank Centre in London, the national loan collection of modern and contemporary British art, and from Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, including several of that collection’s most significant modern paintings.

This is a wonderful opportunity for visitors to see Soaring Flight (1960) by Lanyon and Daddy Witch (2008) by Woods. Bomberg’s Self Portrait (1937), one of the earlier works in the Arts Council Collection, and Trendrine, Cornwall (1947) will hang alongside RAMM’s own Bideford, Devon (1946). In other media, the exhibition includes Fourteen Stones by Richard Long, Rachel Lowe’s video A Letter to an Unknown Person No.5 and photography by Keith Arnatt and Jem Southam.

Detached and Timeless has been curated by RAMM in collaboration with the Arts Council Collection, with loans from Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery.

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