Exhibition to offer rare glimpse of Art in the Asylum

Image: Johann Hauser (ca. Königin Elisabeth [Queen Elizabeth] Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne. Privatstiftung-Künstler aus Gugging. Photo: Claude Bornand. The therapeutic use of art in British psychiatric institutions from as early as the 19th century will be showcased as part of a major new arts and mental health exhibition at Nottingham's Lakeside Arts Centre. Art in the Asylum: creativity and the evolution of psychiatry , which runs in the Djanogly Art Gallery from Saturday September 7 to Sunday November 3, will look at the key role British psychiatric institutions played in using art as part of the humane treatment of people with mental health problems. It will offer a rare opportunity to view examples of the earliest use of art by Dr W.A.F. Browne and patients at the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries from the 1800s, which have never before been exhibited outside of Scotland.
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