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Showing posts with label modernism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modernism. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Of Croatian Beasts and London Artistic Feasts

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'suspended' It has been an orgy of art since I arrived back in London just over a week ago. Russian/Communism inspired exhibitio...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014

From Stigmata to Golf: Praying through the ages

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This was an interesting start to Birkbeck Arts Week . Given the MA  Catholic reformation module , I thought it would be a on topic diversi...
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Friday, 31 January 2014

Seminar: Museums I have known - reflections on being a guest curator

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These notes were quite difficult to write up because in the end I wasn't sure what I wanted to say. I'm seriously regretting not g...
Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Lowry: Painting the past

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River Scene © The estate of L.S. Lowry I have a vague personal connection with  artist L.S. Lowry. He lived opposite my playgroup in th...
Monday, 1 April 2013

Paris; or a tale of two cities

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The Eiffel Tower is truly a modern wonder. The modern elegant sweep of metal, the solid mechanism, the symbolism and history that surround...
Monday, 2 July 2012

Ut pictura poesis: Or, poetry in stillness

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Paul Writing, c.1894 by Camille Pissarro Forgive the Latin pretension but I'm talking about poetry and it's a licence to be pret...
Monday, 12 March 2012

Exuberant and Orgiastic: Wyndham Lewis and his 'Kermesse'

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This is a follow on from the Modernism posting and is also inspired by the current exhibition at Tate Britain on Picasso (and I may even h...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Definitions of Modernism: The New Objectivity

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I have been meaning to thank Nick Lambrianou  from the 'Shock of the New' course at  Birkbeck College for some time. I went into th...