Curated by Lorna Ough
The blackShed Gallery
Russet Farm
Redlands Lane
Robertsbridge
TN32 5NG
7 – 21 September
Tue – Fri 11am – 3pm
Sat 11am – 4pm
Launch event Sat 7 September 4pm – 6pm
A project exploring and interrogating the symbol of The Green Man / Jack in the Green / Green George / Robin Goodfellow / The Green Witch / Puck / Dead Papa Toothwort / The Girl Green blackShed Gallery brings together artists and writers from all corners of the UK with The Green Man acting as a focal point to explore our relationship to history, nature, and each other.
We are at a pivotal moment in our history, in the middle of a year of global change and yet The Green Man persists, lurking in the corner of your eye, tucked away in an old building, perhaps sold as a souvenir in a seaside town…
Lady Raglan, through coining the term ‘Green Man’, wished to: “connect with an authentic, deep-time form of British culture…sought out pure origins when really there were none.”
The exhibition will be accompanied by a related events series including traditional greenwood workshops and film screenings.
theblackShedgallery.org.uk
Contributing artists:
Beccy Mccray
Catrin Menai
Ella Husbands
Hazel Dowling
Jim Roseveare
John Fletcher
Kate Holford
Lily Paine
Mark Daniels
Martin Brockman
Naomi Salaman
Simon Page
Scott Leeming
Tracey Konyu