Indrė Šerpytytė’s and Professor David Cotterrell’s works feature alongside those by other international artists including Ai Weiwei and Grayson Perry in the “Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11’ which runs until 28 May 2018.
The 50 works of art including film, sculpture, painting, installations, photography and prints, many of which will be exhibited publicly in the UK for the first time, the exhibition is the museum’s largest contemporary visual art exhibition to date.
Staged in Imperial War Museums’ centenary year, the exhibition looks at artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 and features more than 40 British and international contemporary artists.
Professor David Cotterell, the University’s Professor of Fine Art, is an installation artist and digital media specialist in video, audio interactive media, artificial intelligence, device control and hybrid technology. Watch Professor Cotterrell discussing the exhibition with the BBC.
Indrė Šerpytytė, who graduated with a photography degree in 2006, focuses her work on the impact of war, history and perception through photography, sculpture, installation and painting.