Exhibitions

Away from Home

What does it mean to be Away from Home? Showing until September 2026

This exhibition explores the questions: what does it mean to be Away from Home? What are the things that take us away from family and the places we feel we belong?

Travel may be by choice, an adventure or escapism. The journey can be exhilarating and life changing, and could even take us Away from Earth. Alternatively, we can be sent away from home, compelled to leave a place of safety, to go to war or flee from war. We may find ourselves adrift like Odysseus. And for those left behind, there is waiting…longing for loved ones to return from Away. Absence is tangible. Postcards, letters and photographs, social media posts and video chats, soothe the souls of the waiting. When loved ones journey to the Afterlife, the waiting has no end, for there can be no return.

All journeys end, and we all find ourselves Away from Home. We each walk many paths. What does the idea of Home mean to you?