Somerset House - North: Fashioning Identity - exhibition opens 8 Nov

© Alice Hawkins, 2012, Derrin Crawford & Demi Leigh Cruikshank in The Liver Birds, LOVE magazine, Liverpool

NORTH: FASHIONING IDENTITY Our major winter exhibition examines truth, myth and the spaces in-between in visual representations of the north of England. Featuring over 100 photographs, fashion and multimedia work, the exhibition highlights how the realities of life in the north of England captured in the mid-20th century continue to exert an influence over new generations of photographers, artists and designers worldwide. The exhibition will feature a host of renowned photographers, designers and artists includes Alasdair McLellan, Corinne Day, Mark Leckey, Jeremy Deller, Alice Hawkins, Raf Simons, Paul Smith, Off White’s Virgil Abloh, Peter Saville, Stephen Jones, Gareth Pugh, Nick Knight, Glen Luchford, Jamie Hawkesworth, plus the likes of Shirley Baker, John Bulmer and Peter Mitchell.  8 NOV 2017 - 4 FEB 2018 EAST WING GALLERIES £7 (£5 CONCESSIONS) BOOK NOW EVENT HIGHLIGHTS © Jamie Hawkesworth, from Preston Bus Station series, 2010-2015 CURATING NORTH Join co-curators Lou Stoppard and Adam Murray as they share the inner workings of their investigations, artist relations and considered complications in showcasing the North. A conversation introduced by Somerset House and chaired by Sarah Fisher, Executive Director of Open Eye Gallery. The evening is set to explore both the initial development of the exhibition and the integration of new works in its transition from Liverpool to London. WED 15 NOV 19.00 - 20.30 STUDIO, SOUTH WING £8 - £15 BOOK NOW © John Bulmer Curlers and Chips, Yorkshire, 1965, Sunday Times magazine SPOTLIGHT TOURS Join us for lively lunchtime tours that highlight individual works within North: Fashioning Identity as a way to examine the narratives that run throughout the exhibition. Our guides wrestle the facts from fiction and reveal why the visual iconography of the North is seductive in perpetuating its own mythology. EVERY TUE & THU, 14 NOV 2017 - 4 FEB 2018 13.15 - 13.30 EAST WING GALLERY FREE DISCOVER MORE North: Fashioning Identity is curated by writer, independent curator and SHOWstudio editor-at-large Lou Stoppard and Adam Murray, lecturer at Manchester School of Art and Central Saint Martins.