Rude Britannia: British Comic Art
Tate Britain 9 June – 5 September 2010
Explore:
Room 1: British Comic Art
This exhibition explores the comic in British art from the seventeenth century to the present day.
The works brought together in this first room highlight the assortment of media, techniques, styles and artistic strategies to be seen in the exhibition as a whole. You can see allegorical and caricature images from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, ceramics and mass-produced prints from the nineteenth century, and early comic books and comic strips, as well as contemporary artworks in various media. Together, they demonstrate the sheer variety and range of British comic art over history.
