This exhibition is curated by the Women's Group of the Harbour Project. Over four sessions, participants learnt about Swindon's art collection, and selected works which resonated with them. They each wrote down words and phrases to describe what they enjoyed and felt about their selected artworks. The exhibition title was chosen by a member of the group, and reflects the variety of artworks chosen, and the diverse perspectives offered.
The Harbour Project aids refugees and asylum seekers across Swindon, providing friendship, advice and hope for visitors to our town. Swindon Museum and Art Gallery has been excited to work with a group that has bought different voices and fresh perspectives to Swindon's art collection.
Refugee 1943
Kathleen Williams (active c.1920–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 49.7 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Girl with a Fig Leaf 1947
Lucian Freud (1922–2011)
Etching on paper
H 30 x W 24 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Victoria Road, Swindon, Wiltshire 1950s
Roy Bizley (1930–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 91 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Central Library, Swindon, Wiltshire c.1960
Harold Dearden (1888–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 44.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The Italian Garden, the Lawn, Swindon, Wiltshire
F. W. Salvage (active 1974)
Oil on canvas
H 39 x W 48.7 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Separate Ways 1991
Eileen Cooper (b.1953)
Charcoal on paper
H 166.2 x W 126.3 cm
Museum & Art Swindon