Going to Coventry

The Stackyard by Paul Nash

Base of Graham Sutherland's
Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph at Coventry Cathedral

Paul Hill's Christ Stripped with John Piper's Baptistry Window at Coventry Cathedral in the background

Ecce Homo By Jacob Epstein

Reconciliation by Josephina de Vasconcellos

These are photos of some of the art that I saw last week on a visit to Coventry. The Paul Nash can be found at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, recently reopened after a £20 million redevelopment. Their collection also includes works by other Neo Romantics including John Minton, John Piper and Graham Sutherland.

Sutherland and Piper were, of course, among those commissioned by Sir Basil Spence, to produce works for the 'new' Coventry Cathedral, for which he was architect. The Cathedral is currently hosting an exhibition called 'The Cross, the Resurrection and the Shroud of Turin' which features a modern retelling of the Stations of the Cross called Jesus on the Cross Road by artist Paul Hill, from Castle Vale in Birmingham.

The 'old' Cathedral also contains several significant artworks including Jacob Epstein's Ecce Homo, which captures the sense of Christ setting his face like flint towards Jerusalem, and Josephina de Vasconcellos' Reconciliation, which has become something of an international icon with versions in the Peace Park in Hiroshima, at the Berlin Wall, in the grounds of Stormont Castle, Northern Ireland and at Bradford University, in addition to Coventry.

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Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star.