'Wilfred Owen and Other War Poets'

In November 2014 the students took part together in a week-long programme of events looking at World War I and developed a piece of collaborative artwork based on the messages and work of local war poet Wilfred Owen. The work that the students have produced will cause visitors to Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery to stop and think how the lives of their predecessors were so irrevocably scarred or erased by the war. These were young men and women, like themselves, who witnessed warfare on a previously unprecedented, industrial scale. Carl Jaycock is a Shropshire-based artist who has previously worked with the museum and undertaken commissions for the Houses of Parliament as artist in residence. As well as instructing and guiding the students, Carl brought their work together to produce a large collage of Wilfred Owen made out of hundreds of passport strip photographs of the students interacting with museum artefacts.

Suitable for
Any age

Admission
Included in Museum & Art Gallery ticket prices: Adult £4, child (5-17) £2, student £3.60, senior 60+ £3.50

Website
https://shropshire.gov.uk/news/2014/12/world-war-i-art-exhibition-goes-on-display-at-shrewsbury-museum-art-gallery/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//wm000021?id=EVENT512094