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FESTIVAL ART
‘Art is a denial of death.‘ Jacques Lipchitz
>i~' Thread An exhibition of sculptural work. which explores the spatial limitations of the gallery. The installations are created by a group of internationally recognized artists including David Batchelor (work pictured). Smith/Stewart. lan Davenport. Carl Andre Cornelia Parker and others. See preview. page 70. lng/eby Gallery, until 9 Sep. tit Van Gogh and Britain - Pioneer Collectors An exhibition of drawings and paintings purchased by British collectors just after the artist's death. The paintings demonstrate the enormous formal advancement that Vincent made in the year or so before his tragic An exhibition of new works by the ECA graduate, end. and focuses on the who returns to Doggerfisher to exhibit pastel collection put together by the drawings and oil paintings that look at the almost- Glasgow dealer Alexander Reid. human debris of fantastical stories. the half thought See review. page 71. monsters and ill devised heroes and heroines that Dean Gallery, until 24 Sep. litter the astral plane of our imaginations. * Beyond the Palace Walls rtxlui m l’r.'rirrnp.a.~. l‘lriw. iii-‘2'. ‘t‘g:g:"is.l‘i=x Mir 3.? Six: Islamic art and antiquities on loan from the State Hermitage Museum, Russra. The exhibition presents treasures from the 7th 40 U E S T i O N Century to the early 20th Century. a varied array of objects and influences from an obsession with This year’s exhibition at Talbot Rice is a group show Chinese ceramics to a passion for called Girlpower and Boyhood. Curator Patricia European art from the 17th Fisher submits herself to an interrogation. Century. See review. page 70. Royal Museum, until 5 Nov. What is ‘Girlpower and Boyhood’ about? * Robert Mapplethorpe Patricia Fisher The exhibition explores firear" irr‘eigifl .. The first show in a decade to magic. fantasy. tarp; tales. childhood rllftCCellCE. lléiit‘ .; :i' -': bring the controversial w0rk of 'rtystery. In a modem c'ld apnear increas vigil, to ' ‘24-“: the New York photographer to escape — rea‘ and imagined. These anrsts fake thw- the UK. The exhibition centres How does art explore ‘gender and fantasy’? around Mapplethorpe's society PF in The Hero Centaur 1:, Her'm Bas .-.«e,- sec- fa; 3 portraits, but is peppered by the men in a wooded ’andscape ir‘ 'natu'e'. The image .9" it. v 2" odd flaccid penis and a pretty is very much ticker? to feCunCl't:. and masculine Lower. bu. flower or two. avoiding the grainy an innocent .sr‘k to nature. 8 & M images that brought him Why did you focus on painting? to our attention. See feature. PF The lustration of fan; tales wt.“ t"e'r rite'iace lurm‘g Leon ’1 page 68. sweet facades childhood n‘ev‘cr'es cf us all - ne" se to set National Gallery of Modern Art, the theme as :nterpreted =r‘ nfmg an cl;.~ous Croce until 5 Nov. Who are you most excited about showing? PF l". genera the wcnoer‘o , rch m x s f"e pc “i — The age- For venue addresses see scan be: case Bourgecs .a O". ‘9 ' exa" :, r; index page 80.
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