考陶德開放時間 – 插曲 4, S6: 與塞西莉·布朗交談

For this special Open Courtauld Hour we are pairing up with artist Cecily Brown for an in conversation that spans the processes of Cecily’s craft to the end result. Focusing on Cecily’s commission, and formulated around Courtauld students questions, this event will allow an intimate insight into the artists studio, her motivations and inspirations.

A specially commissioned large-scale painting by the contemporary artist Cecily Brown is currently on display at the top of the Courtauld’s staircase, revisiting the early history of the building. Cecily Brown’s works, with are often large in scale are renowned for their use of rich colours and a dynamic form that intersects figuration and abstraction.

Unmoored from her reflection, 2021, is shown in the curved wall at the top of the 18th-century staircase at The Courtauld Gallery and is due to stay in situ for three years. In the 18th Century, a painting by Giovanni Battista Cipriani occupied the same location when this part of Somerset House was home to the Royal Academy of Arts. The commission is within close proximity to the Weston Gallery and the LVMH Great Room on the Third Floor of the Gallery which houses the Courtauld’s iconic collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces.

Unmoored from her reflection reflects Cecily Brown’s deep interest in the paintings in the Gallery’s collection. Her work engages with the theme of continuity and renewal in the great tradition of painting that is so fully reflected in The Courtauld collection by the likes of Rubens, Manet and Kokoschka.

This Open Courtauld Hour, an in conversation between the artist Cecily Brown, Barnaby Wright (Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery and Daniel Katz Curator of 20th Century Art) and Leyla Bumbra (Research Forum Programme Manager), will traverse the commission, Cecily’s inspirations, processes and materials. The event will allow attendees to ask Cecily questions about this work.

這個在線迷你係列將提供簡潔的一小時彈出講座包, 表演和詳細的對象研究課程，探索和慶祝我們的收藏, 藝術史研究, 策展和保護.

最重要的是, 因為藝術與所有人有關, 這些非正式會議將使與會者有機會訪問, 通過不同的視角參與和閱讀藝術和藝術史——通過重述隱藏的故事來改造和重新思考藝術史討論. 這些劇集將提供新的視角, 藝術實踐的新途徑, 通過影響我們所有人的主題來看待藝術並閱讀其歷史.

塞西莉布朗

Cecily Brown was born in London in 1969, and now lives and works in New York. Solo exhibitions include: 塞西莉布朗, Blenheim Art Foundation, Blenheim Park, 英國 (2020), We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea, Thomas Dane Gallery, 那不勒斯, 意大利 (2019); 塞西莉布朗, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, 丹麥 (2018); Triumph of the Vanities II, The Metropolitan Opera House, 紐約 (2018); If Paradise Were Half as Nice, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo; travelling to: Museo Oscar Niemeyer, 庫裡提巴, 巴西; The Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, 巴西 (2018); 塞西莉布朗: Rehearsal, MCA Santa Barbara, 加州 (2018); 塞西莉布朗: Shipwreck Drawings, the Whitworth Art Gallery, 曼徹斯特, 英國 (2017); 塞西莉布朗: Rehearsal, The Drawing Center, New York NY (2017); Madrepora, Thomas Dane Gallery, 倫敦, 英國 (2017). Public collections include Solomon R. 古根海姆博物館, New York NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY; Tate, 倫敦, 英國.

Open Courtauld Hour 由 Bloomberg Philanthropies 支持.