Gordon Parks
in ‘Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary’, Nottingham Contemporary
24 September 2022 – 22 January 2023
Gordon Parks, The Invisible Man, Harlem, New York, 1952. Courtesy: © The Gordon Parks Foundation
Gordon Parks and Michelle Stuart are included in a group show at Nottingham Contemporary titled ‘Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary’. Including painting, photography, sculpture, sound, installation and video, the exhibition explores a wide range of responses to the image and idea of the cave.
Beneath Nottingham are over 800 caves, hand-carved into the sandstone bedrock. For centuries, they have played host to dwellings, mines, cellars and tanneries. Inspired by this subterranean city, Hollow Earth brings together 150 works by more than 50 artists to explore questions of thresholds, darkness and prehistory.