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Four works on Wordsworth, a commission by the Wordsworth Trust

Commissioned by the Wordsworth Trust, Collier created this series of 4 paintings to explore whether contemporary artwork that interprets manuscripts can offer new ways of seeing and understanding the manuscript material held by the Wordsworth Trust specifically, and museums in general, widening the accessibility of the manuscripts. For this exhibition, Collier’s work was shown alongside the manuscripts of Dorothy and William Wordsworth held by the trust and his works were acquired by the Wordsworth Trust which are now on permanent display next to the Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth that the work references.

The works were shown as part of the exhibition ‘Their Colours and their Forms’ showing new work by artists, composers and creative writers responding imaginatively to Wordsworth’s life and poetry and the manuscripts of William and Dorothy Wordsworth displayed in the Museum. The exhibition was accompanied by a 112-page catalogue ‘Their Colours and their Forms’ edited by Collier and including a commissioned essay by Collier, published by Art Editions North and The Wordsworth Trust, 2013 (ISBN: 9781906832063) and distributed by Cornerhouse Publications.