Paintings and sculptures inspired by rivers will go on display at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill.
River is a retrospective of British artist Kurt Jackson’s different river projects from the last three decades.
Jackson, who has been the artist in residence of a Greenpeace ship, the Eden Project and Glastonbury Festival, will share paintings of the Thames, the Dart, the Avon and the Tamar – some of which are on three and a half metre canvases.
The exhibition also features more intimate pieces, sketchbooks, ceramics, print making, sculpture and jewellery, as well as documentary footage.
Kurt said: “As part of my working practice I’ve completed many projects about rivers in this country, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
“To follow a river from its source as it grows and changes, erodes and meanders, evolving itself and the land; this is not just a journey, getting to know the river itself, but is also about discovering and understanding the host country, the history, people, culture and wildlife.
“The river becomes a metaphor for life itself. This exhibition is a diverse selection, a retrospective of paintings and other works representing those different rivers from the past three decades.”
Kurt Jackson: River opens at the Horniman Museum and Gardens on Saturday, November 29 and runs to Sunday, January, 25. Admission to the exhibition is free. Go to horniman.ac.uk
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