Francis Upritchard Exhibition

I had a look at this exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary - primarily to see the Alfred Kubin drawings, but the sculptures were good as well.

Gallery 1: "War Dance" - A collection of sculptures depicting medieval soldiers in martial arts poses:-

Gallery 2: "Hippies and Holy Fools" - more figures, in psychedelic colours:-

In the other two galleries there is a collection of 60 drawings by the Austrian artist, Alfred Kubin (1877 - 1959). The drawings in the exhibition were all made when he was in his twenties, shortly after his suicide attempt on his mothers grave in 1896, and subsequent nervous breakdown.  Unsurprisingly, the  drawings are very dark, showing monsters and visions of hell.