New book by Arthur Lockwood
A new book has just been published by publishers Sansom & Co.. Change in the Midlands: Urban and industrial watercolours by Arthur Lockwood is described as…
“Probably the most searching examination in the visual arts of any urban landscape in Britain” … the artist having been engaged in “20 years of painting change in the industrial landscapes of Birmingham and the Black Country … Arthur Lockwood has dedicated himself to recording the demolition of nineteenth-century buildings and the construction of new landmarks such as the Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham. Alongside this, he set out to document the decline of the region’s manufacturing, painting working factories and foundries before many were closed down and some of them demolished. … Brendan Flynn, Curator of Fine Art at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, has written an introduction, noting that “In capturing the process of change, Lockwood slows it down for us and offers an overview of the economic and social forces at large in the urban landscape. His drawings are probably the most searching examination in the visual arts of any urban landscape in Britain.”“
