Emily Bronte’s shopping trolley contains the components of her inspiration, according to Cumbrian artist Conrad Atkinson.
He has also had a go at filling similar trolleys on behalf of poets William Wordsworth and Ted Hughes.
These drawings form part of an exhibition called Dreams Of Transience, Hopes Of Permanence, which opens at Thornton’s South Square Gallery on April 1 and runs until May 29.
He will also be revisiting a 1992 installation, For Emily. Atkinson maintained that Emily Bronte, daughter of an Irish clergyman in early 19th century Britain, had a link with Bangladeshi women in 20th century West Yorkshire.
“The Northern region is the crucible in which so many ideas, meanings and cultures have been forged, it has a special sense of identity; it has the resilient energy which can fuse creativity and work together,” he says.
* South Square gallery is open from noon to 3pm, Thursday to Sunday. Admission is free.
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