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About
Small Wonders is a unique contemporary art exhibition reminding us of the richness and beauty of the wildlife waiting on our doorsteps, in some of the special places dotted around the UK and highlights the precarious situation in which many of these species are now found.
For the exhibition Kurt Jackson followed the trail of the now vanished New Forest cicada; Julia Manning explores the mysterious and mind-boggling lives of eels and the wonders of common garden moths; we find Angie Lewin among the plants of the machair in the Outer Hebrides; Carry Akroyd's screenprints capture some of our most beloved birds and combines her imagery with the words of that great champion of rural wonders the poet John Clare; Geoffrey Dashwood's minimalist bronzes capture the character of smaller native birds; contrasting sculptures from Harriet Mead feature insects made from found scrap and old tools; Esther Tyson champions the humble house sparrow, stonechat and snow bunting in small but perfectly expressive paintings; Kim Atkinson marvels at the Six-Spot Burnet Moths, Mottled Grasshoppers and Thrift Clearwings to be found among the wild flowers on the Gwynedd coast.
Artists Nik Pollard and Kittie Jones were invited to spend a week working near Lymington, Kittie capturing the flora and birdlife on the Solent shore and Nik hunting for rare plants and insects in the meadows, heaths and ancient woodlands of the New Forest.
Local naturalists have been selecting and writing about their favourite small wonders to be highlighted in the exhibition and nearby conservation groups will be celebrated for the work they do in protecting species and habitats. The exhibition also encourages visitors to go out and experience these wonders for themselves and reminds us of the benefits to mental and physical health of re-engaging with the natural world.
The artworks will be largely contemporary but also included are historic woodcuts by Allen William Seaby from the St Barbe Museum collection, featuring some species that were plentiful when the artist was working a hundred years ago but are now in severe decline, including the dormouse, lapwing, nightingale and cuckoo.
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