Thursday, 19 September 2013

THAMES ESTUARY

Museum of London - Docklands 

Free 

to 27th October

DLR West India Quay

Highly recommended

'With its dramatic landscape – desolate mudflats and saltmarshes, vast open skies, container ports, power stations and seaside resorts – the Estuary has long been a rich source of inspiration for artists and writers. Through film, photography, painting and printmaking, the contemporary artists featured in this exhibition offer new insight into this often overlooked, yet utterly compelling, environment and the people that live and work there.'
  • Thames Film, William Raban
  • Seafort Project, Stephen Turner
  • Thames Painting: The Estuary and Study for The Estuary, Michael Andrews
  • Purfleet: from Dracula’s Garden and Dagenham, Jock McFadyen
  • Horizon (Five Pounds a Belgian), John Smith
  • Southend Pier 2011, from the series Pierdom, Simon Roberts
  • Medway, Christiane Baumgartner
  • 51º 29'.9" North - 0º11' East, Rainham Barges, Bow Gamelan Ensemble
  • The Golden Tide, Gayle Chong Kwan
    Jaunt, Andrew Kötting
  • Thames Gateway, Peter Marshall
  • A new film commission by Nikolaj Larsen


Canvey Island is on the Thames estuary

 Map of Essex by Emanuel Bowen, c1780