L.S Lowry’s 360 exhibition is here to stay

With moving images, walls and surround sound, L.S Lowry’s 360 exhibition is here to celebrate the work and the theatre itself.

L.S Lowry is an iconic figure in the city of Salford, who was honoured with the Salford quays theatre named after him 25 years ago.

The Lowry is home to one of the biggest collections of his artwork with over 400 pieces of his work.

This May saw the space celebrating their 25th anniversary with a permanent exhibit, the 360 exhibit, the first of its kind for the Lowry.

It has been frequented by locals and people outside of the area since its opening.

L.S Lowry was known for his distinctive style of visual art typically classed as ‘Naive’.

Although Lowry lacked any traditional art training or education, this never stopped his art becoming iconic like it is today.

Lowry was known for only using five colours in his artwork, despite this his elongated stick figure paintings did not fail to create a world for people to escape into.

The immersive experience is short at around five minutes, but creates a world you can literally step into with the use of his 1953 work, ‘Going to the match’.

The 1953 painting depicts herds of fans heading into Bolton Wanderers former stadium, Burnden Park.

Set against an industrial backdrop of factories billowing smoke it leaves little to the imagination, it allows those who weren’t alive at the time to experience the atmosphere.

The painting focusses on the fans as opposed to the match itself.

The painting itself won first prize in the “Football and fine arts competition” in 1953 beating 1,700 other entries to win.

The exhibition runs most days, every five minutes and it is free to enter.

For more information about this exhibit and others, or to book your place all information can be found on their website here.