Touring Chernobyl exhibition heading to Hartlepool AN ART exhibition commemorating the 30th anniver - Thursday 10 August 2017

By Hartlepool Alert

Touring Chernobyl exhibition heading to Hartlepool AN ART exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster will go on show at Hartlepool Art Gallery next month. The exhibition 30 Years On Chernobyl Exposed opens on Friday 1 September and will include numerous works of art from the 2686 Collective, a group of exhibiting artists named after the day and year of the disaster. The multidisciplinary exhibition will run until November and will feature various photographs, installations and graphic art work, inspired by the 2686 Collectives recent trip to Chernobyl, Ukraine. Each piece of work is a personal response from each artist who visited the area, and the group hope to raise awareness of the issues surrounding the use of nuclear energy. Claire A Baker, a lecturer at Cleveland College of Art and Design in Hartlepool and leader of the project, said The purpose of the exhibition is to try and raise awareness of the effects of Chernobyl and issues that are still really relevant. The UK has more stored chemical waste than anywhere else in the world how we act now has possible detrimental effects on the next generation and we want to make people really stop and think. The tour has had a fantastic response so far and it will make a fascinating and thoughtprovoking visit for the people of Hartlepool. Hartlepool Art Gallery is located in Church Square and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. For further information, call (01429) 869706 or visit www.hartlepoolartgallery.co.uk

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