A História da Arte Britânica Moldada por Migrações de Artistas e Idéias

John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children, 1896, Oil on canvas, 201.4 x 134 cm, Private collection

Tate Britain
Migrações: Viagens na Arte Britânica
31 janeiro - 15 agosto, 2012



Zineb Sedira, Floating Coffins, 2009, videostill, © the artist.

Migrações: Jornadas na Arte Britânica explora como arte britânica tem sido moldada pela migração. Artistas como Van Dyck, Whistler e Mondrian, Steve McQueen e Francis Alys, Migrações traça não sòmente o movimento de artistas, mas a circulação da arte e de idéias


Migrations: Journeys into British Art explores how British art has been shaped by migration. ing artists from Van Dyck, Whistler and Mondrian to Steve McQueen and Francis Alÿs, Migrations traces not only the movement of artists, but the circulation of art and ideas


 
James Tissot, Portsmouth Dockyard, c.1877, © Tate.







Lubaina Himid, Between the Two My Heart is Balanced, 1991, Tate, © Lubaina Himid.


Também explora a criação da Academia Real, com obras da suíço-austríaca Angelica Kaufmann, do anglo-americano Benjamin West, e de outros fundamentais para a sua fundação em 1768.

It also explores the establishment of the Royal Academy, with works by Swiss-Austrian Angelica Kaufmann, Anglo-American Benjamin West, and others fundamental to its foundation in 1768.





Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Charles I (1600-49) in three positions, 1635, Oil on canvas, 84.4 x 99.4 cm, Painted for Charles I; eventually acquired by George IV in 1822.


Artistas estavam envolvidos num intercâmbio amplo de idéias entre a Grã-Bretanha, França e Estados Unidos no final do século 19, como fica demonstrado em obras como a Mrs. Carl Meyer e seus Filhos,1896 por John Singer Sargent.

Artists were involved in an extensive interchange of ideas between Britain, France, and America in the late 19th century, as demonstrated in works such as John Singer Sargent’s Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children, 1896.






Steve McQueen, Static, videostill, 35 mm film transferred to HD, approximately 7 minutes, continuous loop.

Outras figuras importantes que marcaram o curso da Arte Britânica incluem Piet Mondrian, Naum Gabo e Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, que se refugiou na Grã-Bretanha enquanto escapava agitação política e da guerra na Europa nos anos 1930 e 1940

Other important figures who marked the course of British Art include Piet Mondrian, Naum Gabo and Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, who sought refuge in Britain while escaping political unrest and war in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s


 

Keith Piper, Go West Young Man, 1987, Tate, © Keith Piper.




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