Artist. Books: I.D.S.T (The Modernist, 2020), The Dereliction (Hercules Editions, 2021) Black Country Type (The Modernist, 2023) Ay It (BCU, 2025)
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12 Aug 2023
NEW BOOK! I’m delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of my new book: Black Country Type
Published by @modernistmag
Full details here:
bit.ly/BCTBOOK
This hardcover edition features over 100 photographs. Foreword by John Myers #blackcountry #ayit
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For @Telegraph, I wrote about the case of the missing masterpieces at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Where are great works by William and May Morris, the city's radical Surrealists, Sandro Botticelli, Orazio Gentileschi, Simone Martini, Eugène Delacroix and Canaletto?
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Absolutely wonderful to have a new book in stock from local artist Tom Hicks! Black Country Type II is another beautifully produced volume of smart, droll and fascinating photographs, perfectly capturing the spirit of our place. Click & Collect: waterstones.com/book/black-c…
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May 21
Black Country Type II
Photographs by Tom Hicks.
Book Launch and exhibition closing.
Thursday 28th May.
6.00 pm at the modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester.
All welcome.
buff.ly/aUwRZrc
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May 20
Black Country Type II, photographs by Tom Hicks - available now from the modernist.
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May 13
'a work of genius' says Robert Plant.
Black Country Type ll, photographs by Tom Hicks. Published by the modernist. Available now. the-modernist.org/collection…
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Out today in paperback! Ben Aitken's Sh*tty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung Cities. Featuring, among other places, an enjoyable and amusing visit to #Wolverhampton, and a cover photograph by local hero @bctype, whose own new book will be with us very soon! waterstones.com/book/shitty-…
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Short film written and narrated by #JonathanMeades about Rob Clayton's "Estate" documentary photography here: robclayton.co.uk/Estate-Film…
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Apr 27
📢"BOYS IMPACT IN ART" FREE CPD WITH ARTIST BLACK COUNTRY TYPE📢
FOR PRIMARY, SECONDARY, FE and HE teachers of art🎨
🏫Wolverhampton School of Art
📅16 May
🕰️10-2pm
💷FREE
Join us at this workshop led by artist Tom Hicks AKA Black Country Type @bctype 🧵
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Join @bctype and Steve Marland on a photo walk in Walsall...
the-modernist.org/collection…
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🧵 On Birmingham's historic Station Street is the nearly 120 year-old Electric Cinema. Film enthusiasts know it very well. Others might not.
But beyond film fans, the Electric could become very significant for Brum at large. At least, that's the bet of Ian Francis.
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Mar 18
Black Country Type by photographer Tom Hicks - "a startling study of our fractured, crazy place" says Robert Plant, former singer of Led Zeppelin
Help bring Tom's book to publication - see our Crowd funder here - buff.ly/7Snv0YI
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“I am wholly in favour of a designated heritage site at Station Street, that celebrates the UK’s first-ever repertory theatre, its oldest (working) cinema and an internationally important site of global music heritage and culture, in The Crown."
blackcountryradio.co.uk/news…
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Mar 11
"a startling study of our fractured, crazy place" says Robert Plant, former singer of Led Zeppelin.
Help bring this book to publication - see our Crowd funder here - crowdfunder.co.uk/p/black-co…
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A proper bostin’ article on the Black Country’s premier visual chronicler @bctype
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Mar 6
‘Black Country Type II’ is a forthcoming monograph from Tom Hicks and the Modernist Society, featuring a bittersweet but celebratory journey through the West Midlands wallpaper.com/architecture/t…
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Feb 28
Black Country Type ll, photographs by Tom Hicks, published in May '26 - pre-order yours here: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/black-co…
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Feb 18
Walsall Bus Station by Tom Hicks. featured in Black Country Type II, the new instalment in Hicks’ ongoing exploration of the post-industrial landscape of the Black Country.
Support the Crowdfunder here. buff.ly/ykxJoEc
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