Lichfield Cathedral Exhibition travels to Germany
Our Artist in Residence, Peter Walker, has returned from Lichfield’s twinned City Limburg an der Lahn having taken artworks over for an exhibition in the historic town hall in Germany.
Over 70 Sculptures, paintings and drawings from ‘A City as Sculpture’ exhibition, which were seen in Lichfield last summer adorning the Cathedral and it’s grounds, were transported and exhibited for five weeks in the Kunstslammungen der stadt Limburg. The exhibition was entitled ‘Orchestration of Line and Form’.
With a great welcome from the twinned city, fantastic reception and opening by the town mayor, thanks and tributes were made acknowledging the cultural links made by the artist in his aim to bring art and culture from both twinned cities together.
Peter Walker was the first ever English artist to be exhibited in the Central museum and gallery.
Amongst the artwork a depiction of Lichfield Cathedral at night was hung for all to admire and to see the similarities of the twinned cities.
During the visit, part of the project included outreach to working with local schools and young trainees who attended a guided tour around the exhibition and attended workshops held by the artist to learn about art, culture and to make creations, self-portraits and digital artworks themselves with the artist.
It was the first time the historic museum had young people attend an exhibition in such numbers and carry out workshops in the venue with an artist.