Titanic

The 'Titanic' is synonymous with the sinking of a luxury liner on its maiden voyage and 2012 will mark its 100th anniversary, an event which has created its own history through numerous books, documentaries and films,and which now features in a new exhibition at the Coterie Gallery, PackHorse Lane, High Green, but what of the men who built the ship?.

The 'Titanic was launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast at 12.13pm 31st May 1911 after 3 years of building, what at the time was a massive feat of engineering, and to commemorate this human endeavour local artist Martyn Hague has produced a series of paintings to create the scale and process involved in the building of this iconic liner.

Inspired from his childhood views of liners in Southampton and an engineering background gave him an appreciation and understanding of the mechanical side of the 'Titanic's' construction. 

Martyn has used monotone colours to emulate the atmosphere of the original photographic records taken by Irish photographer Father Brown showing the scale and perspective of both workers and their creation.

The Exhibition runs from the 1st to the 31st September 2011 and will run in conjunction with a further exhibition of contemporary images featuring F1 motor racing.