University Place
The event launches a nationwide celebration of Your Paintings - a BBC website showing the entire UK national collection of over 210,000 oil paintings. Between 4.30pm and 10pm the projections will be made onto 28 iconic buildings and landmarks around the country including University Place, Exeter Cathedral, Carrickfergus Castle in Northern Ireland and George's Dock Building in Liverpool. They will show four paintings of national interest, ranging from Vincent Van Gogh's instantly recognisable Sunflowers in the National Gallery to lesser known works depicting life in the UK such as The Clay Pits, 1923 by Cornish painter Harold C. Harvey. Each light show will also contain three paintings specific to the region in which they are shown including Coming from the Mill, 1930 by L. S. Lowry. The projections mark the start of a month of exhibitions and events organised by the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation to celebrate the completion of Your Paintings, a website showing the entire UK national collection: bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings Hundreds of oil paintings, which have not been seen by the public in generations will go on show at galleries, museums and civic buildings across the UK from February 8 - 28. Due to limitations of exhibition space, 80% of these works are normally held in storage and not easily visible to the people who own them - the UK public.
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