AN INNOVATIVE art exhibition, which includes works made out of bread, has gone on show.

Hove Museum, in New Church Road, is displaying previously unseen pieces by Jewish immigrant Friedrich Nagler.

The exhibition, entitled A Personal Mythology, features some rare works from the self-taught artist.

It is part of the year-long nationwide arts festival Insiders/Outsiders, which celebrates the contribution that Jewish refugees have made to British culture.

Nagler spent most of his childhood in foster care and in an orphanage.

From an early age he found comfort in his own self-belief as an artist, hoping to attend art college.

He was never able to achieve this dream due to the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism in pre-war Vienna.

He escaped Nazi occupation and After the war, Nagler settled in England and, consumed by a passion for making art, created thousands of works.

This display and other Insiders/Outsiders events are presented at a symbolically appropriate moment, with 2019 marking 80 years since the outbreak of the Second World War.

Marc Steene, director of charity Outside In, said: “As a self-taught artist Friedrich Nagler very much fits the criteria of the non-traditional maker, creating work for himself at the expense of his family and any other material gain.

“I am particularly drawn to the heads sculptured out of bread – it is always enjoyable when artists use an unexpected material.

“The breaking of tradition and the creative freedom that represents make them powerful evidence of an alternative approach to art and making.”

The Friedrich Nagler exhibition runs at Hove Museum until September 19