Heads Roll

The depiction of the head or face is one of the most compelling images in our visual language. Heads Roll, curated by artist Paul Morrison, presents a constellation of historical and contemporary perspectives to explore the subject through ideas of resemblance, abstraction, fiction and authenticity.

Ian Anderson | Frank Auerbach | John Bellany | Glenn Brown | Phong Bui | Matthew Burrows | Patrick Caulfield | Nigel Cooke | Michael Craig-Martin | Al Daw | Jessica Diamond | Machiko Edmondson | Jacob Epstein | William Etty | George James Frampton | Deme Georghiou | Robert Edward Glassby | Charles Green | Dudley Hardy | Gerard Hemsworth | Richard Jacobs | Augustas John | Gwen John | Scott King | Alexej Koschkarow | Klara Kristalova | Henri Laurens | Edwin Landseer | Èlise Legal | Fernand Léger | Percy Wyndham Lewis | L.S. Lowry | Caroline McCarthy | Ryan McGinness | Dawn Mellor | Paul Morrison | Ryan Mosely | Ben Nicholson | Mary Obering | Julian Opie | Carl Ostendarp | John Baptiste Perronneau | Daniel Pettitt | Ged Quinn | Jusepe Ribera | Bede Robinson | Ruth Root | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Carlo Saraceni | Walter Sickert | Tomoaki Suzuki | Luc Tymans | Rembrandt van Rijn | Unknown Artist | Henry Weekes | Mathew Weir | Richard Wentworth | James White | Christopher Wood. 

"A mesmerising treasure trove" - The Guardian

"A remarkable journey to unpick one of the world’s most popular and enduring artistic genres: the portrait" Sara Jaspan, Creative Tourist Exhibitions

2018, oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

2023, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm

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