UnNatural History Exhibition Talks: In conversation with artists Tania Kovats and Andy Holden
Posted on 10.08.2021
This month, we co-host two virtual talks featuring 2 of the 26 ‘UnNatural History’ exhibition artists Tania Kovats and Andy Holden. Read the event details below, get your free tickets and there’s still time to see the exhibition until 22nd August 2021.
Feature image credit:
Andy Holden, UnNatural History installation detail, 2021. Photo: Jaron James
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Wednesday 11th August 2021
12:00-13:00 (GMT+1)
UnNatural History Exhibition Talk: artist Tania Kovats in conversation with Invisible Dust associate curator Adelaide Bannerman
Tania Kovats, Between 8 and 18, 2021. Courtesy, the artist
Commissioned artist Tania Kovats will discuss her ideas and the use of taxidermy to explore our relationship with nature and extinction, alongside the creation of her own natural history collections (such as collecting her son’s shoes from age 8 to 18).
The talk will include a screening of her beautiful short film made with Benjamin Wigley during the snowy months of lockdown in her Somerset home and local countryside.
Click here to book your free ticket.
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Friday 20th August 2021
12:00-13:00 (GMT+1)
UnNatural History Exhibition Talk: artist Andy Holden in conversation with Invisible Dust artistic director Alice Sharp
Andy Holden, Andy Holden by Peter Holden, Opposite of Time. Courtesy, the artist
‘UnNatural History’ exhibition artist Andy Holden will present some of his early works and talk about the wider environmental connections, from landscape to ecology, nests, and egg collecting.
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UnNatural History shows at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum until 22/08/2021.
Address: First floor, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
Opening time: Mon to Sat 10AM-4PM; Sun 12PM-4PM
Ticket: Free entry