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Show And Tell: Art And The Asylum
Part of Scratch the Surface - DIALOGUE 2017 mental health arts festival, curated by Collective//Pod
Since at least the 19th century, mental health service users have been creating art in psychiatric settings. Many of their paintings, sculptures and drawings are kept in outsider art and hospital collections around the world.
But why were these items created and kept?
Focusing on the Bethlem Royal Hospital (the original “Bedlam”) art collections and archive, explore art by David Beales,
Since at least the 19th century, mental health service users have been creating art in psychiatric settings. Many of their paintings, sculptures and drawings are kept in outsider art and hospital collections around the world.
But why were these items created and kept?
Focusing on the Bethlem Royal Hospital (the original “Bedlam”) art collections and archive, explore art by David Beales,
12.00pm – 1.30pm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1JD
Thu 5 Oct 2017
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