The world’s largest open submission
contemporary art show, now in its 244th year, continues the tradition of
showcasing work by both emerging and established artists in all media including
painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture and film.
There were over 11,000 entries received
this year and each year more than 100 first-time
'open submission' artists are chosen to show their work in the Summer
Exhibition; approximately 1,200 entries are displayed and almost two thirds of
those are by non-Academicians.
We visited the gallery on Piccadilly in London on the 1st of July, it wasn’t too busy and we spent several hours pouring over work. There was a large quantity of smaller work, this demonstrates that work of a more modest scale can be as powerful as larger work. It's great to see Tracey Emin's etchings next to Joe Blogg's. I love this exhibition; it is such an eclectic mix of styles, media and subjects. My grandfather exhibited here a few times in his life and though he died long before I was born I can’t help but imagine him wandering through the rooms looking for his painting over 80 years ago.
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