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Events on April 11, 2013
LECTURE Friends Lecture: Modernism and the Peace Movement Thursday, April 11, 201311 a.m. – Noon Pillsbury Auditorium Grace Brockington
Viewers of Downton Abbey have received a glimpse of life in Britain during World War 1 from differing viewpoints. Learn about the role of art and artists in Britain during that time when Grace Brockington presents "Modernism and the Peace Movement in Britain, 1914-1918." She will describe the officially sanctioned view of war, reported from the battlefield, with depictions of devastated landscapes and dead soldiers, which came to exemplify the heroic war artist. She will also tell the story of a group of pacifists who created a body of work that portrays an entirely different version of wartime culture. The British peace movement was controversial, outspoken, and diverse in its motivation: political (socialist or anarchist), religious (Quakers and other nonconformist denominations), and cultural (the aesthetic pacifism of the Bloomsbury artists). Brockington will introduce artists such as Vanessa Bell and Maxwell Armfield.
Brockington is a senior lecturer in art history at the University of Bristol, and a published author. Current projects include a study of Bell and her contribution to European modernism and internationalism of the fin de siècle.
Free and open to the public. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness Thursday, April 11, 20132 – 3 p.m. 7 – 8 p.m. YOUTH PROGRAM Teen Studio: Truthiness or Falsiness: Spr10 (ages 13-17) Thursday, April 11, 20135:30 – 8:30 p.m. Studio 112 Pablo Picasso declared, "Art is a lie that tells the truth." Satire also gains much of its power--both to make us laugh and to make us think--from its ability to blur the line between what's true and what's not. Working with writer Christopher Bahn (The Onion A.V. Club), explore connections between satire and visual art. A visit to the special exhibition "More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness" is included.
$7; $5 for MIA members. Drop in as you like. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Bamboo Bridges: The Arts of Japan and Korea Thursday, April 11, 20137 – 8 p.m. From refined porcelains to coarse tea bowls, see how the arts of Japan and Korea bridge cultural differences and similarities. View reverence for both the spiritual and the natural world, as expressed in ceramics, ink painting, decorative screens, and sculpture. DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Art Beyond the West: Africa, Asia and the Americas Thursday, April 11, 20137:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
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New Pictures 8: Sarah JonesThursday, April 18, 2013—Sunday, October 6, 2013 |
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