| Opening times | - Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
- Admission free
- Tue-Sat: 10am-5pm
- Sun: 2.30pm-4.30pm
- Winter closing commences 31st Oct
- Tue-Sat: 10am-4pm
- Sun 2.30pm-4pm
- Christchurch Park closes at dusk
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The exhibition is at the Wolsey Art Gallery at Christchurch Mansion and runs from 16th October to 7th November 2004.
 | | An exhibition of Wilf's career |
The cartoons evoke certain times and styles throughout the 30 year period and
examine how drawing changes in response to political and cultural events. Pyman describes the work as 'a biography from a parallel universe where history is
informed by the present'.
 | | A mix of nostalgia and reality |
Throughout Wilf's working life he maintained friendships with a group of fellow cartoonists, the thoughts of this group, their personal and professional relationships over the period are reflected in the works on display. In the exhibition, Wilf's cartoons are shown with invented archive material and examples of his peers' artwork.
 | | A biography from a parallel universe |
A key subject of the work is the decline of a common newspaper culture, where editorial and strip cartoons detailed domestic responses to global events. The cartoons reference political scandals and minor historical incidents in a mix of nostalgia, reality and the familiar, chosen with a politicised form of hindsight. Pyman is interested in the way ordinary voices come through because of the power of what they have to say. | 
