10 works to know by William Kentridge | Royal Academy of Arts
Published on 17 October 2022. With William Kentridge filling our Main Galleries with his immersive, spectacular work, here we take a closer look at 10 artworks by the visionary South African artist. William Kentridge - Koevoet (Dreams of Europe), triptych, 1984-85More. Charcoal on paper. each panel 100 x 73 cm.
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10 works on grief and loneliness by Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch
Nov 20, 2020 · How to revisit a work. Emin created I am The Last of my Kind in 2019 whilst preparing for the RA exhibition The Loneliness of the Soul.Built up in pale pink and bluish hues, this almost sketch-like painting portrays a naked female figure – arms hanging limply and head looking downwards, avoiding the gaze of the viewer.
A beginner’s guide to Lucian Freud | Royal Academy of Arts
Oct 21, 2019 · He is one of art’s most influential portraitists. Lucian Freud (1922–2011) changed how we look at people. He filled his canvases with bodies rarely given space elsewhere: fat bodies, ageing bodies, queer bodies, exhausted bodies. Some have described his portraits as ruthless, pitiless, clinical and cruel; others see them as intimate and ...
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Aug 24, 2023 · Abramović’s practice commits to taking up space, to placing her body in galleries and rooms and eschewing privacy and comfort: in the raised rooms of The House With The Ocean View (2002) – which will be reperformed in the RA exhibition – where she lived for 12 days and the ladders offering escape had knives for steps; in the airless heat of a Venetian basement scrubbing animal bones and ...
13 things to know about Francis Bacon | Royal Academy of Arts
Feb 14, 2022 · 4. He was allergic to animals. Bacon was fascinated by animals (over his career he painted monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, dogs, owls, bulls, elephants, rhinos) but he was effectively allergic to most of them. Dogs and horses were a trigger for his asthma and although he painted dogs, horses are notably absent in his work.
Ai Weiwei: 13 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
Ai Weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across Ai's career. In Ai Weiwei’s work, there is no division between art and politics. Throughout his career, the artist has never shied away from ...
Renzo Piano: 8 buildings to know | Royal Academy of Arts
Sep 11, 2018 · 4. The Menil Collection, Houston (1987) Piano’s first building in the USA houses the art collection of Dominique and John de Menil. Alongside spaces designed to house their collection of ancient, African and surrealist modern art, the building also includes a picture frame workshop, a studio for restoration and study, and a winter garden.
Jasper Johns: 10 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
Published on 1 November 2017. Over the past six decades, Jasper Johns’s paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have left an indelible mark on art. With the RA showing a major survey of his practice to date, here’s a closer look at ten of his key works. Jasper Johns - Flag, 1958 More. Encaustic on canvas. 104.4 x 153.7 cm.