Understanding and Imagining the World Beyond Ourselves

Funded by the Arts Council, and coinciding with the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary and the British Art Show in Nottingham, Beyond Ourselves brings together five innovative contemporary artists, demonstrating their different emotional responses to understanding the natural phenomena in our universe.

The varied works respond directly to man’s quest to understand the world and his place within it, with some marvelling at our physical laws and others playfully imagining how these might be overturned. Exploring man’s passionate engagement with both physics and philosophy on an everyday level, Beyond Ourselves aims to inspire a new approach for contemporary artists.

Ingrid Hinton, curator of the exhibition:

"This is a fresh and thought provoking show in which these artists are encouraging the viewer to consider the role of imagination in our quest to understand our world better. They are working within the realms of reflexion, hypothesis, philosophy and sensation and searching for new ways of expressing their compulsion to describe that which we do not yet know; presenting radical new views on how we see ourselves and how we could navigate our world with a world with a new perspective."

Beyond Ourselves launches at the Lace Market Gallery in Nottingham during the British Art Fair and opens in London in February 2011 at the Royal Society.

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An innovative programme of educational events for school children will be delivered by Ignite Futures, the Science Museum, National Physics Laboratories and the artists.

We are supported by our partners and sponsors: The Royal Society, The Arts Council England, National Physics Laboratories, Nottingham City Council, The Science Museum and Ignite Futures.