Conflict(ed): Art and War in Britain, 1912–60

14 January – 25 March

Are we “all in it together”?

Conflict(ed) explores the alienation caused by war, twisting familiar places and faces: Southampton Common, the docks, even the human body. Curated by history undergraduates from the University of Southampton, the exhibition challenges familiar accounts of war’s effect on the home front, from the First World War to the Cold War.

The artists on show include Percy Wyndham Lewis and Graham Sutherland, as well as others, such as Norman Thelwell, not usually considered ‘war artists’ at all. The works include a number of watercolours, pastels and drawings rarely put on show, owing to their sensitivity to light.