Echoes of Us
See a powerful series of works from the Government Art Collection in an ambitious display organised around themes of Belonging, Memory and Connection.
Echoes of Us places art in conversation with a series of questions about the human experience: Where do we belong? What does it mean to revisit a place, a person or a feeling? How do the connections we make shape who we are? What do our memories hold and leave behind?
Spanning work from 1692 to 2024, and bringing together painters, sculptors, photographers and installation artists in unexpected dialogue, the exhibition has been shaped through a series of conversations and workshops with a diverse group of teenagers and young adults from Plymouth over the last 12 months.
Alongside internationally celebrated names such as Barbara Hepworth, Cornelia Parker and Chris Ofili, the exhibition spotlights dynamic contemporary artists including Phoebe Boswell, Alvaro Barrington and Alberta Whittle. Future Artefact, a new commission from artist collective Keiken, takes the form of an embossed fibreglass triptych and invites visitors to touch the work and experience belonging and communication beyond language.
To coincide with the exhibition, a Children and Young People's Open will also be on display at The Box throughout the summer showcasing the creative talents of youngsters from across the South West.
