LOST GENERATION
The Assembly House on Westgate Road was open for three days this September to exhibit work by Andy Farr and Jenny Purrett.
The showing of Lost Generation coincided with the opening of an exhibition of Paul Nash’s work at the Laing Gallery. One of Farr’s paintings Teenage Wasteland is a modern take on Nash’s iconic Menin Road (1919).
The Response inspired by the Renwick war memorial which stands near the Civic Centre will be part of the exhibition. This painting was purchased by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Councillor Hazel Stephenson, and is briefly moving from its home in Newcastle City Library.
Tribute to Menin Road part of Newcastle Heritage Open Days
The Response goes Home
Andy farr meets with Coun Stephenson, Lord Mayor.of Newcastle to hand over his painting "The Response" for permanent display in Newcastle Library.
An artist’s moving and timely twist on one of Newcastle’s most celebrated landmarks is to find a permanent home in the city, thanks to the Lord Mayor.
Andy Farr’s painting, The Response, was inspired by the war memorial of the same name which stands near the Civic Centre.
The Renwick memorial, which commemorates the raising of several battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War.
The Andy Farr painting shows two children in 21st Century dress embracing, and in one case being embraced by, the soldiers in the memorial as they march off to war.
The painting, done on three wooden boards and measuring nine feet by five feet, was unveiled last year at an event organised by Newcastle Libraries to mark the unveiling of a memorial to 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
