Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19
What: Design Exhibition Where: The Courtland Gallery (Somerset House) Closest Tube: Charing Cross, Covent Garden When: Until 20th September How Much: £5 (£4 Concs)
Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19 is a revealing reappraisal of this experimental moment in British design history. It seeks to lift the Omega Workshops out of the context of the ‘Bloomsbury Group’ of bohemian artists and intellectuals in which it has so often been seen and to consider it as a boldly ambitious experiment in design which had a far-reaching influence, particularly in the field of artist-designed textiles in Britain.
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