See artist Michael Landy’s artwork ‘Essex Man (after Collet)’ (2021) – a larger-than-life standing figure in our Welcome Area made from a hand drawn reproduction of the original ‘Essex Man’ illustration by Edward Collet in a 1990s Sunday Telegraph.

The sculpture was created as part of our exhibition, ‘Michael Landy’s Welcome to Essex’, earlier this year – which invited visitors to explore, celebrate and question the recent history of Essex and its contemporary portrayal in popular culture. Find out more

Michael Landy’s Welcome to Essex documentary

Watch our specially commissioned documentary with artist Michael Landy, as he travels from Colchester to Southend, Tilbury to Romford Market, to talk ‘Essexism’  with the likes of comedian Russell Kane, artists Elsa James and Maria Anastassiou, Professor Pam Cox (Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Essex), journalist & historian Simon Heffer and The Only Way is Essex legend, Amy Childs.

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