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Edgelands posted on 1 May 2012

'Edgelands' has been defined as that uncertain and overlooked zone, neither city nor countryside, lingering on the urban edge. George Shaw's series, Twelve Short Walks, 2005, is drawn from revisited scenes of his childhood on the Tile Hill council estate in the suburbs of Coventry. Michael Landy's Nourishment, 2002, features life-sized images of weeds, or 'street-flowers' - the overlooked and neglected vegetation of Edgelands. The Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Timothy Potts commented: “All the prints featured in Edgelands were made using traditional printmaking techniques in a fresh way: in particular etching and lithography.  Although this is a contemporary look at things, both artists were making very carefully observed drawings with long-established methods.  It is an accessible exhibition that should appeal to those interested in the new and the traditional.”

Tue 27 March 2012 to Sun 23 September 2012

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This article relates to the following Cambridge A-Z entry: The Fitzwilliam Museum

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