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Artworks
Anna Fox
22. Back to the Village (Hampshire Village Pram Race), 2004Matt light jet print archival49 x 49 cms 19 4/16 x 19 4/16 insSeries: 08. Back to the Village (1999-2008)5676Provenance
Acquired directly from the artistExhibitions
Creating the Countryside: 1600-2017, Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, 2017 (This print)
Creating the Countryside: 1600-2017, Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, 18 March - 18 June 2017Literature
Ed. Verity Elson & Rosemary Shirley, Creating the Countryside: The Rural Idyll Past and Present, Paul Holberton Publishing, 2017, p.120Back to the Village was produced between 1999 - 2011. In Back to the Village, a series of colour portraits documenting the social fabric of villages in Hampshire, Fox photographs...Back to the Village was produced between 1999 - 2011.
In Back to the Village, a series of colour portraits documenting the social fabric of villages in Hampshire, Fox photographs rural events including Halloween, Guy Fawkes' Night and village Nativity plays.
Originally inspired by Sir Benjamin Stone's photographs of his travels around Britain, Fox's work observes how extraordinary the ritual of country life can be.
Anna Fox / British Photography / The Hyman Collection
