Somewhat Abstract

Virtually every significant artistic movement since the Second World War is touched on in this major exhibition of British made art. It presents the work of 70 artists including eight Turner Prize winners and is curated by Nottingham Contemporary’s Director, Alex Farquharson.

Somewhat Abstract is the largest exhibition of works from the Arts Council Collection since Hayward Gallery’s How to Improve the World in 2006.

Although the exhibition includes several great exponents of abstract art, including Anthony Caro, Barbara Hepworth, Kenneth Martin and Bridget Riley – most of the works are not strictly speaking abstract. Instead they are near abstract or made with abstraction in mind.