The De La Warr is the ultimate iconic building, one which confidently embraces the seafront in Bexhill-on-Sea. Commissioned by the 9th Earl De La Warr in 1935 and designed by architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, the De La Warr Pavilion was the UK‘s first public building built in the Modernist style.
Pioneering in structure as it was in spirit, the purpose of this steel and concrete Pavilion was to provide accessible culture and leisure for the people of Bexhill and beyond and so regenerate the economy of the town and the surrounding area.
Today it is an art gallery and theatre, cafe and shop. The current exhibition is called Myth, Manners and Memory: Photographs of the American South and includes the work of a number of photographers who deal with the raw south, its culture, its people and its towns. Photographers edit their world, they make choices and they work out what makes a visually interesting picture...just as illustrators do.
It's on until 3rd January 2011. If you want to find out any more about the De La Warr and its exhibitions and performances go to http://www.dlwp.com/
