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MARIA MCKINNEY: SIRE.

February 5, 2019 - October 27, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Photograph of large bull with a colourful sculpture on its back from Sire an exhibition by Maria McKinney

Sire. by Maria McKinney is an innovative exploration of the themes of selective breeding and genetics in contemporary cattle farming, directly informed by The MERL’s collections of livestock portraiture and straw craft. The exhibition consists of nine largescale photographic portraits, taken at an Irish stud farm, that depict bulls wearing eccentric, multi-coloured sculptures mounted on […]

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FRONTIERS: EXPLORING THE EDGE

February 26, 2019 - April 20, 2019
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Frontiers is a multi-site exhibition curated by third year Museum Studies students, showcasing the University of Reading's diverse collections. Frontier: To be a frontier, or as a frontier; to border on or upon. Frontiers are seen as a physical border, but they can also act as conceptual borders of knowledge, actions, and discovery. Each subject […]

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WRITING THE RURAL

February 28, 2019 - March 14, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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A black and white archive photo of sheep in a field being watched over by a shepherd leaning on a fence, for the seminar series

We welcome back our popular collaboration with the Department of English Literature for a third exciting series, Writing the Rural. This year’s talks are chaired jointly by Dr Paddy Bullard and by our current Research Fellow, writer Suzy Joinson. Their guests include the usual inspiring mix of writers and literary thinkers, as well as folk […]

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