VICTOR WILLING : VISIONS

19 Oct 2019-5 Jan 2020

Overview

Hastings Contemporary holds the first retrospective of work by British artist Victor Willing (1928-1988), representing each period of his career. The display includes work from all aspects of Willing’s artistic practice, including painting, drawing and sculpture. The gallery-wide exhibition is the first major display of Willing’s work in the UK in over a decade, featuring paintings from his days at the Slade, the development of his artistic vision while living in Portugal with his wife, the artist Paula Rego (b.1935), and his years working in London until his untimely death in 1988.