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Paintings Unwrapped
13 December 2008 to 13 April 2009
Free admission |
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Hendrik Van I Balen and Jan Brueghel the Elder Pluto and Persephone c1610 |
Don’t know much about art – but you know what you like?
Interested in paintings – but not sure how to get the best out of them?
Paintings Unwrapped unravels the mysteries.
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Harold C Harvey A Kitchen Interior c1918 |
Visitor comments:
'Well worth the trip from London.'
'What an interesting exhibition.It really works for me. Good to see paintings I have never seen before.'
Paintings Unwrapped takes 60 paintings and helps you look at them with a fresh eye. By comparing one with another you can spot things you may never have noticed, understand the painter’s intentions differently, or re-think your own preconceptions.
If you already know about art history and art appreciation, you’ll love the paintings anyway.
If you’re a newcomer to art, you’ll love the refreshing way the selection is put together, the clues to looking at them and the sometimes quirky comparisons.
Drawn from Brighton & Hove Museums’ wide-ranging collections, many of the paintings have rarely been seen on public display. The variety and range is extensive – historical and 20th century, international and local, introducing many different approaches to painting. They represent artists of all kinds, including famous names such as Alma Tadema, William Blake, Fernand Léger, William Scott and Glyn Philpot.
You can linger in the full glory of the exhibition – or drop by for ten minutes to enjoy just a couple of the treasures on show. The more you look, the more you’ll see, and the more you’ll enjoy.
The exhibition was the brainchild of eminent art historian Professor Norbert Lynton. He was working on it at the time of his death in late 2007. One of his guiding principles was the way art can enrich the lives of everyone – but sometimes they need a bit of help to know what they are seeing.
At Professor Lynton's request, Paintings Unwrapped is now curated by Hilary Lane, who has a long history of curating exhibitions for national organisations such as the Arts Council of England. Hilary Lane says ‘Many people feel that there is a special way of looking at art and they don’t know what it is. There could be as many ways as there are people and works of art. In this exhibition I hope to help visitors to make discoveries for themselves’.
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In the galleries
See video interviews with Professor Norbert Lynton on his inspiration for Paintings Unwrapped, and curator Hilary Lane talking about installing the exhibition and the paintings in it.
Be a curator – write your own labels for the paintings on show. Your labels rotated every few days.
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Curator’s event
Saturday 7 March 2.30pm
Room for Thought
Hilary Lane talks about selecting and pairing the paintings. She also discusses exploring ways of looking through exhibitions she has previously organised and exhibitions curated by Professor Norbert Lynton.
Education Pavilion, Brighton Museum
Free but please book. Telephone 0300 0290902.
Gallery talks
Look through the eyes of specialists
All gallery talks are free and take place in the exhibition galleries – just turn up
Saturday 24 January 2pm
An artist’s view
Harvey Daniels, painter and printmaker
Thursday 5 February 1pm
A curator’s view
Isobel Johnstone, former Curator of the Arts Council Collection
Thursday 19 February 1pm
A conservator’s view
Janet Brough, Paintings Conservator, Brighton Museum
Saturday 14 March 2.30pm
Curating exhibitions
John Gill, contemporary art curator and Chair of the Faculty of Fine Art at the British School at Rome, talks about curating exhibitions, why work is chosen and how it is shown. (This replaces the advertised gallery talk by Nicki Jackowska, which is cancelled due to illness)
Thursday 2 April 1pm
A painter’s view
Tom Hammick, painter and printmaker
Saturday 4 April 2.30pm
A professor’s view
Andrzej Jackowski, Professor of Art, University of Brighton
Other events
Saturday 28 February 2.30pm
The Tower of Babel in Dutch and Flemish Painting
A lecture by Maurice Howard, Professor of Art History at the University of Sussex. The lecture will end in the exhibition galleries with a look at Joachim Patinir's Building the Tower of Babel.
The Old Courtroom, 118 Church Street, Brighton (side entrance)
Free. To book telephone 0300 0290902.
Unwrap Paintings through Creative Writing
Workshops with Nicki Jackowska
Uncover new ways of experiencing art. Explore how creative writing enhances visual work and how painting stimulates ways of writing. Time in the exhibition galleries will compliment discussion and interaction in the workshop.
Nicki Jackowska is a poet and novelist with much experience of collaboration with artists and performers.
Thursdays 19 February, 26 February, 5 March 2-5pm; Saturday 14 March 10am-1pm
Education Pavilion, Brighton Museum
£60 (£50 concessions)
Limited to 10 places. To book telephone 0300 0290902.
Saturday 7 March
Room for Thought
Education Pavilion
2.30pm Free but places are limited
Hilary Lane talks about selecting and pairing the works in Paintings Unwrapped, as well as discussing exhibitions she has organised for the Arts Council of England and exhibitions curated by Professor Norbert Lynton, all with the aim of exploring ways of looking.
To book telephone 0300 0290902
Activities for children
Friday 20 February
Stories Unwrapped
Hear stories related to the paintings in our fabulous exhibition
Free, drop in
2-2.40pm, 3-3.40pm, 4-4.40pm
All ages
Saturday 11April
Painting and printing
Create a masterpiece of your own using various painting and printing techniques
10.30am-12pm, 1-4.30pm
Free, drop in
All ages
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