The English population of 58 million live on 5% of England. Estate of the Nation is the visual interpretation of an English population forced and maintained in the margins…
…in the terraces that are so closely built and in housing estates where the houses overlap, casting a constant shadow over your home.
Forcibly removed from the land and banned from returning over the centuries since the invasion of England in 1066 when William the Conqueror took all of England for himself and didn’t give it back, England’s population remain jammed into tiny scraps of England.
Estate of the Nation is the observed interpretation of a population forced and maintained in the margins, living in housing estates where the houses overlap, in the perpetual shadow of next door and in terraces so closely built the television in the house opposite can be viewed without obstruction, or TV Licence.
The Bayeux Tapestry returns to England this year to illustrate to the English population that England still isn’t theirs. Estate of the Nation is the visual consequence of this.
The outdoor exhibition will run from Saturday 20th June to Saturday 4th July at RePUBlic.
Preview 2- 4pm Saturday 20th June.
Exhibition opening:
- 9.30am – 3pm Tuesday to Friday
- 10am – 2pm Saturday.
- Closed Sunday and Monday.
Free entry, no booking required.
Iain Bolton lives in Ashington, Northumberland. He does art from a small studio overlooking the bay in Newbiggin drawing, painting and photographing the unseen glamour of life. Concentrating on the communities, the people, the misrepresented, the overlooked and the ignored.
Address:
rePUBlic Gallery
The Kings Head
85 Bridge Street
Blyth
NE24 3AE
The rePUBlic Gallery CIC started in 2021. Our aim is to encourage and increase engagement with high quality, contemporary art and design and inspire creativity in our community. We offer a free program of exhibitions and events by practicing artists and designers. We hire the space simultaneously for creative and cultural pursuits.
