ARTISTS
Print Power: The Religious, the Social & the Body
Jun 10, 2010 - Aug 01, 2010
In the 20th century, a number of artists rejuvenated the centuries-old art of printmaking to respond powerfully to modern issues.
Visual motifs sourced from Christianity, society and the body were used to express the pain of contemporary life and to call for drastic change. The dynamic power of these prints, by artists such as Picasso, Kollwitz and Nolde, will be explored in combination with journals to demonstrate the original context in which they were produced and viewed.
This exhibition shows the versatility and expressive potential of engraving, lithography and woodcut printmaking, and highlights this important cache of works on paper from the Barber’s collection. The curators, postgraduate students from the University’s Department of History of Art, will be available in the exhibition between Thursday 10 June and Thursday 17 June to talk to visitors.
Visual motifs sourced from Christianity, society and the body were used to express the pain of contemporary life and to call for drastic change. The dynamic power of these prints, by artists such as Picasso, Kollwitz and Nolde, will be explored in combination with journals to demonstrate the original context in which they were produced and viewed.
This exhibition shows the versatility and expressive potential of engraving, lithography and woodcut printmaking, and highlights this important cache of works on paper from the Barber’s collection. The curators, postgraduate students from the University’s Department of History of Art, will be available in the exhibition between Thursday 10 June and Thursday 17 June to talk to visitors.
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Visual motifs sourced from Christianity, society and the body were used to express the pain of contemporary life and to call for drastic change. The dynamic power of these prints, by artists such as Picasso, Kollwitz and Nolde, will be explored in combination with journals to demonstrate the original context in which they were produced and viewed.
This exhibition shows the versatility and expressive potential of engraving, lithography and woodcut printmaking, and highlights this important cache of works on paper from the Barber’s collection. The curators, postgraduate students from the University’s Department of History of Art, will be available in the exhibition between Thursday 10 June and Thursday 17 June to talk to visitors.
Visual motifs sourced from Christianity, society and the body were used to express the pain of contemporary life and to call for drastic change. The dynamic power of these prints, by artists such as Picasso, Kollwitz and Nolde, will be explored in combination with journals to demonstrate the original context in which they were produced and viewed.
This exhibition shows the versatility and expressive potential of engraving, lithography and woodcut printmaking, and highlights this important cache of works on paper from the Barber’s collection. The curators, postgraduate students from the University’s Department of History of Art, will be available in the exhibition between Thursday 10 June and Thursday 17 June to talk to visitors.
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Contact details
Sunday
12:00 - 5:00 PM
Monday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The University of Birmingham
Edgebaston Birmingham, UK B15 2TS
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