galleries in london
Part of the course requirement is for you to visit at least 1 gallery every half term. London is full of galleries and museums which constantly showcase some of the best art work around the world.
Seeing art work in the flesh is always more beneficial than looking at copies of work online. Some photographers build installations or sculptures out of their work that you just can't appreciate if you don't see it in person. A visit to an exhibition should give you loads of ideas to develop your own art work. Check Time Out London magazine/website every week for reviews and listings on all the major and fringe exhibitions taking place. Artlyst is also a great place to find out what is going on each month. This is how your teacher finds out whats on too! Here is a list of major venues that you should also check regularly. |
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Year 12 and 13 visit 05/12/16 - "rauschenberg" at the tate modern
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Discover the modern American master who changed the face of art
Creating pop art alongside Andy Warhol and making an artwork out of his bed half a century before Tracey Emin, Robert Rauschenberg has been a global influence in the art world. This is the first major exhibition of his work in the UK for 35 years and the first retrospective of the artist since his death in 2008. A Texan artist with a passion for the world, Rauschenberg refused to accept conventional categories of what was and wasn’t art. His quest for innovation was fired by his boundless curiosity and enthusiasm for new ways of making, from painting to performance art. He worked with mass, popular and trash imagery and materials – paint, silk-screen printing, found objects, newspapers, politicians, sportsmen, and pop stars. Iconic works from his six decade career include large-scale pop art screen prints picturing the likes of JF Kennedy; Monogram, a paint splattered taxidermy goat in a car tyre surrounded by street signs; and Bed, soiled sheets spattered with brushmarks. Original, thought-provoking, witty and at times wild, this retrospective is a rare opportunity to discover the work of a remarkable artist whose influence is still felt today. |
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"feminist avant-garde of the 1970s" - the photographers gallery
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Feminist Avant–Garde of the 1970s, an expansive exhibition comprising forty-eight international female artists and over 150 major works from the VERBUND COLLECTION in Vienna.
The exhibition highlights groundbreaking practices that shaped the feminist art movement and provides a timely reminder of the wide impact of a generation of artists. Alongside established practitioners such as VALIE EXPORT, Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman and Martha Rosler, the exhibition also provides a rare opportunity to discover the influential work of artists including Katalin Ladik, Nil Yalter, Birgit Jürgenssen and Sanja Iveković. Curator Gabriele Schor coined the term Feminist Avant-Garde to underline the pioneering achievements of these artists. |
yEAR 12 VISIT 19/11/15 - nATIONAL portrait gallery 'taylor wessing' & photographers gallery
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The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect the portraits of famous British men and women. Today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, but it needs to raise sufficient funds to build on this, as well as encouraging public access to its works through outreach and educational programmes.
Taylor Wessing has a long-standing relationship with the National Portrait Gallery and we are immensely proud to be entering our seventh year of sponsoring the Photographic Portrait Prize, which is one of the most internationally recognised competitions in the photographic world. Our relationship with the Gallery has grown and evolved since we first sponsored The World’s Most Photographed in 2005. The Photographic Portrait Prize is not about capturing an image of the world’s most photographed. Indeed, you will never know who many of the people in the pictures are and may never see these sights in the course of your everyday life. Each image tells its own story and will inevitably evoke its own reaction. The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014 will showcase the work of some of the most talented emerging young photographers from around the world, alongside that of established professionals, photography students and gifted amateurs. Selected anonymously from an open competition, the diversity of styles reflects the international mix of entrants as well as the range of approaches to the portrait genre, encompassing editorial, advertising and fine art images. |