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| Alice Neel Exhibition | 6.30pm |
event £ 15
ALICE NEEL: PAINTED TRUTHS
PRIVATE TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY
We will meet for pre-tour drinks in the Gallery Cafe/Bar at 6.30pm and then will be shown around the exhibition by the curator, Jeremy Lewison.
The Whitechapel Gallery completed an ambitious expansion project in 2009 and continues to play a pivotal role in East London becoming the world's most vibrant contemporary art quarter. This exhibition has generated much publicity, including this review in The Observer: (11/7/10) http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jul/11/alice-neel-painted-truths-review
'Alice Neel: Painted Truths at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery is the revelation of the year' Laura Cumming, The Observer
About the exhibition:
Influential 20th century American painter Alice Neel, 1900–1984, is best known for her portraits of celebrated artists and writers from New York, including Andy Warhol, Frank O’Hara, Meyer Shapiro and Linda Nochlin.
Neel reinvigorated the traditions of portraiture at a time when the predominance of abstract art and the male white painter went largely unchallenged. Her portraits stand out for their psychological insight as much as for their vivid sense of colour and animated brushwork. As well as famous subjects Neel was equally interested in those marginal to mainstream society fromHarlem’s immigrant communities to children and the elderly.
Concentrating on her work as a portraitist, the exhibition is structured thematically in a way that mirrors the artist’s way of thinking: the Allegory, the Essential Portrait, the Psychological Portrait, Portraits from Memory, Parents and Children, Nudes, the Detached Gaze and Old Age. A focused selection of cityscapes alongside the concentration on the human form manifests not only Neel’s attachment to the city of New York but her own predicament as a woman artist confined to the domestic environment.
Cost includes pre-tour drink, private tour and exhibition tickets;
£15 members, £18 guests
There will be an opportunity to have supper at a local Indian Restaurant. If you would like to join us let the Administrator know at the time of booking.
Latest bookings / cancellation by 28 August 2010 03:00 PM
