Art History Course | Circles of Influence - Artists Amongst Artists
10.30 - 1pm
£45
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Join our curators and special guest Colin Wiggins—artist and former Special Projects Curator at the National Gallery—for a new series of thought-provoking art history lectures – In the Company of Artists.
In our first session Circles of Influence – Artists Amongst Artists, Melanie Vandenbrouck, Chief Curator at Pallant House Gallery, will introduce key themes from Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists, delving into how artists have related to one another across time—through their art training, shared styles, schools, and collaborative circles and shared values.
Colin Wiggins, artist and former Special Projects Curator at the National Gallery, will explore the enduring power of self-portraiture. This genre offers important context for understanding how artists present and perceive themselves within the broader history of art.
When Van Gogh made his famous Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, he was following a long tradition of artists representing themselves. From medieval monks including their own images in the pages of illuminated manuscripts, to painters such as Durer, Rembrandt and Caravaggio, artists have frequently depicted themselves in a variety of different guises. During the Renaissance they would even portray themselves in sacred altarpieces. Nearer to our own time, figures such as Lucian Freud or Francis Bacon have also turned their scrutiny onto themselves. This talk will ask why self-portraits are such a common theme in the history of art.
The session will feature two engaging lectures with opportunities for questions and stimulating discussion, plus a coffee break (refreshments provided) in between. Please bring anything you would like to make notes with and let us know when booking of any special dietary or access requirements.
£45 per session or book all three for the discounted price of £125
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Other sessions in this course are:
Wednesday 8 October 10.30am – 1pm – Face to Face – Collaboration in Portraiture
Wednesday 22 October 10.30am – 1pm – Homage – Tracing Artistic Lineage
Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck
Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck is Chief Curator at Pallant House Gallery. Formerly Curator of Sculpture 1900–Now at the V&A and Curator of Art Post-1800 at Royal Museums Greenwich in London, she has led major contemporary art initiatives. Her wide interests include the porosity between artforms and the ways in which art and identity intersect. and focused on collecting work by women artists and photographers. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Trustee of Time and Tide Bell, she holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute and trained at the École du Louvre and, Sorbonne University in Paris, and Sussex University.
Colin Wiggins
Colin Wiggins worked for over 30 years at the National Gallery. He was responsible for the Associate Artist scheme, inviting contemporary artists such as Paula Rego, Peter Blake and Ana Maria Pacheco to become involved in the life of the Gallery and to hold exhibitions of their work there. During his time at the Gallery he also curated exhibitions of work by artists such as Frank Auerbach, Bridget Riley and Lucian Freud.
