Summer Exhibition 2023
13 JUNE - 20 AUGUST 2023
Main Galleries | Burlington House
Held every year since 1769, the Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists.
The Summer Exhibition is the world's oldest open submission exhibition - which means that anyone can enter their work to be considered for inclusion. It's happened every year since 1769, and each year a Royal Academician, such as Yinka Shonibare RA, Grayson Perry RA and Jock McFadyen RA, coordinates the exhibition.
Everything you'll see at the Summer Exhibition represents what is happening in the art world right now. It features new and recent art created by everyone, from emerging artists to the biggest names in contemporary art and architecture. Now more than 250-years-old, the Summer Exhibition continues in the tradition of showcasing a variety of work in all media, including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture, and film. This must-see exhibition is a unique window onto all areas of the contemporary art world.
Corinna Button, painter & print maker
This year one of Turner Art Perspective's artists, Corinna Button, has two paintings selected to exhibit in the Summer Show.
'People are the subjects of my work, and I am intrigued by moments that, despite initially appearing quite commonplace, are (for me) charged with great significance and meaning. My inspiration is drawn from experiences or predicaments I encounter in daily life,
such as social gatherings, images from social media and words from a song or a poem. All these generate ideas for themes that I can build upon, "dress-up" and weave into my work. I compose figures either in groupings or as a single figure or just a face. My aim is not to create exact likenesses, but rather to create prototypical or archetypal figures whose personality or identity is both partly exposed and partly hidden beneath the surface. Everything about the way I work (both technique and subject) is motivated by the desire to reveal or "bring something to light." Thus my process involves layering then scraping back, building then excavating; otherwise, peeling back layers to "carve out" and reveal something hidden beneath the surface.' Corinna Button
