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The British Museum - Ice Age art exhibitionIce Age art - arrival of the modern mind An exhibition 40,000 years in the making 7 February - 26 May 2013 Discover masterpieces from the last Ice Age drawn from across Europe in this ground-breaking show. Created between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago by artists with modern minds like our own, this is a unique opportunity to see the world's oldest known sculptures, drawings and portraits. Book online |
Posted by baza26th November 2012ce |
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Sounds good, though not sure about - “These exceptional pieces will be presented alongside modern works by Henry Moore, Mondrian and Matisse, illustrating the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world.” That’s a little like having an exhibition of Japanese prints presented alongside works by the impressionist artists who were influenced by them. Could be a bit of necessary padding out, given that there isn’t enough Ice Age art around to put on a dedicated show just for that. Still with a ganders though. |
Posted by Littlestone26th November 2012ce |
| A similar thing thing happened at the brilliant "Unearthed " exhibition of Japanese , Balkan and Macedonian figurines a couple of years ago in Norwich , no Matisse etc but barbie dolls and lego . |
Posted by tiompan26th November 2012ce |
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"A similar thing thing happened at the brilliant "Unearthed " exhibition of Japanese , Balkan and Macedonian figurines a couple of years ago in Norwich , no Matisse etc but barbie dolls and lego ." Interesting - not a one-off ploy then. |
Posted by Littlestone 26th November 2012ce |
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Colin Renfew wrote a book about the relationship between archaeological interpretation and the interpretation of modern and conceptual art , it's had an influence . Piggot had an fine arts background and the combination is more common today eg www.iarchitectures.com/iarchitectures%20images/Archaeoclash_?final.pdf |
Posted by tiompan 27th November 2012ce |
| Interesting, but getting a 404 error on that Mr t. |
Posted by Littlestone 27th November 2012ce |
| Sorry . maybe best to google " Archaeoclash: Manifesting Art and Archaeology " Not quite my cuppa but it may help explain some of the art in archaeological based exhibitions . |
Posted by tiompan 27th November 2012ce |
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Interesting paper. The authors have a point, but their strident tone could be modified by a bit of grace in acknowledging the part reproduction/printing technology has played in limiting the means of presentation of archaeological "facts" and theories. Ya' works with what ya' got. Loie says we should pop over to London to see the show. Yikes! |
Posted by BuckyE 6th December 2012ce |
| Are you serious!!! |
Posted by Littlestone 6th December 2012ce |
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A little preview of some of the amazing objects here http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2012/dec/08/ice-age-art-british-museum |
Posted by Rhiannon9th December 2012ce |
| Well, that's definitely one to see. |
Posted by thesweetcheat9th December 2012ce |
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Dear Ls, Serious that Loie's talking about it, yes. We're waiting to see what's going to be on exhibit. Then she'll decide how serious we are about actually going! |
Posted by BuckyE 10th December 2012ce |
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