Into The Wyld - 'Autumn'
Wirral artist dream team, harnessing natural earth colour to create site specific, abstract art.
'Material Matters presents Into the Wyld: a festival of contemporary art at the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum exploring the continuing legacy of the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and its unique connection to the Wirral.
From 1st August to 21st December 2024 the Material Matters Collective will be in residency at the Williamson in Birkenhead. Into the Wyld also features work from over 20 invited artists across the region, plus an associated five mo month programme of performance art, poetry readings, children's workshops, film screenings and a symposium.
Material Matters' artists will respond to key themes in the Gawain poem across three exhibitions "Nature' curated by Patric Rogers from 1st Aug 13th Sep, Chivalry' curated by John Elcock from 19th Sep 25th Oct and 'Spirituality curated by Angelo Madonna from 7th Nov 21st Dec. 'Weavers' a parallel programme of performance, talks, workshops and readings will be curated by Silvia Battista.'