Museums
The ArtOfThe Nude
heArt of the Nude is the third project in the
Explorations series, which provides aframeT
to explore the diverse range of artists, genre
and art historical periods represented in the Newport
Museum andArt Gallery collections, curated by John
Wilson and Roger Cucksey.TheArt of the Nude
frames the artistic genre of the nude, and provides a
fascinating thread through the history of art. The
study of the nude formed the basis of the post-
Renaissance academic tradition of “WesternArt”,
whilst the departures of modernism and the avant
garde likewise saw apersistence of the nude as a
vital genre for the artist's exploration. Whither the
nude in today's world of CGI and
the Internet?
The selection brings together adiverse body of
works with alively conception of the subject of the
nude. The large-scale exhibition of 85 works -28
drawings,12prints, 39 paintings and 6works of
sculpture -includes the following prominent artists:
Auguste Rodin, Henry Gaudier-Brzeska, William
Blake, Sir Edward J. Poynter,Sir Gerald Kelly,Sir
William Russell Flint RA,Peter Blake,Allen Jones,
Sir William GoscombeJohn RA,Ceri Richards,
Merlyn Evans, Thomas Rathmell, Harry Holland,
Angelica Kauffman RA,Dame Laura Knight RA, We mayreflect upon:
Elinor Bellingham-Smith and Gerda Roper. ■ The central place of the nude in the history of art
■ The nude as ahighly productivegenre for the artist's exploration
■ The sometimes controversial role of the nude as amediator of
aesthetic taste and culturalmores across the generations.
TheArt of The Nude
will take place at
Newport Museum and
Art Gallery,
John Frost Square,
Newport, South Wales,
NP20 1PA
Tel: 01633 656656 for
more information.
The Museum andArt
Gallery is open at the
following times:
Monday -Thursday
9.30am -5.30pm,
Friday 9.30am -
4.30pm, Saturday
9.30am -4.00pm and
admission is free!
Access: Passenger lifts
give access to the first
and third floors.
Forfurther
information
concerningspecial
access,telephone
01633414760.
Formoreinfo, check out these online resources:
■ TheArt of the Nude -theartofthenude.googlepages.com/welcome
■ The Explorations series -art.npt.googlepages.com/explorations
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