The Lie of the Land

Vulgar Earth - The Lie of the Land

An exhibition of contemporary art, in painting, sculpture and mixed media.
13 independent artists from the Vulgar Earth collective explore ‘the lie of the land’.
"Where we see ourselves today, concepts of our land, our place in it and it’s place in our consciousness.”

Artists -

Simon Meiklejohn
Glenn Morris
Frances Carlile
Deanne Doddington Mizen
Charlotte Turner
Jackie Yeomans
Rose Sanderson
Alex Orgill
Lois Meiklejohn
Rob McCarthy
Phil Jell
Charlotte Greenwood
Celia de Serra

Our Land

Long formed in time

Beyond forces of control

Through generations in infinite balance

Of life and death recurring

And here we are, but the flit of a fire fly

And in this flit of our span

We have levelled hills and dug the earth

Trees felled and woods to ashen stumps

Without protest life scatters at our advance

This land surrenders to our whim

We like gods shape our world

But a delicate balance is disturbed with ease

And a world tipping hard to halt

The slow creep of change builds

Silently to envelop

By S E Meiklejohn