To be Human
To be Human
Thursday 16 June 2016
To be Human
To be Human
Thursday 16 June 2016
Curator Kate Jesson discusses the Exhibition
Featuring mid-20th-century portraits from the
Manchester Art Gallery permanent collection.
Throughout history artists have painted portraits to capture a likeness, often idealising the appearance of the sitter. However as this collection of paintings demonstrates, capturing the individual characteristics and personality of the sitter was not the only aim: many of the artists exhibited here were seeking a way of expressing visually their experience of, and relationship with the sitter. In so doing, the artists explore expressions of human emotion common to us all – love, desire, frustration, grief and loneliness. The portraits become more than simply depictions of individuals, but a starting point to investigate human relationships generally, and the extent and limitations of emotional intimacy and isolation.
Portraits by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud are included in the exhibition.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Time: 2.00pm Manchester Art Gallery
Curator Kate Jesson discusses the Exhibition
Featuring mid-20th-century portraits from the
Manchester Art Gallery permanent collection.
Throughout history artists have painted portraits to capture a likeness, often idealising the appearance of the sitter. However as this collection of paintings demonstrates, capturing the individual characteristics and personality of the sitter was not the only aim: many of the artists exhibited here were seeking a way of expressing visually their experience of, and relationship with the sitter. In so doing, the artists explore expressions of human emotion common to us all – love, desire, frustration, grief and loneliness. The portraits become more than simply depictions of individuals, but a starting point to investigate human relationships generally, and the extent and limitations of emotional intimacy and isolation.
Portraits by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud are included in the exhibition.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Time: 2.00pm Manchester Art Gallery
EVENT DATE
JUNE 16, 2016
COST
£10.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Max. places: 27
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