educator guide - contemporary arts center · 2019. 4. 14. · the way the best historic and...

ARTIST BIO Born in 1966, Hexham, Northumberland, England Lives in London and Suﬀolk, England Education: Received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Bath School of Higher Education and an M.A. from Goldsmiths College, University of London, London. EDUCATOR GUIDE GLENN BROWN QUOTES "I‘m rather like a Dr Frankenstein, constructing paintings out of the residue or dead parts of other artist‘s work. I hope to create a sense of strangeness by bringing together examples of the way the best historic and modern-day artists have depicted their personal sense of the world.” “I never want to lose that notion of appropriation—people say to me, sooner or later you’ll stop copying other artists and you’ll make work of your own, but it’s never been my point to try to do that, because I never thought you ever could. The work is always going to be based on something, and I wanted to make the relationship with art history as obvious as possible.” EXHIBITION/WORK and exaggerates these changes on a much larger scale. Please be advised. The Glenn Brown exhibition features three paintings that contain imagery of the nude female body. The artist appropriates these images from historical art; references include three nudes inspired by Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Honore Fragonard. While a request can be made to not focus on these speciﬁc works, they are still visible in the gallery on docent-led tours. Examples of the exact paintings can be provided upon request. September 9, 2016 - January 15, 2017

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Page 1: EDUCATOR GUIDE - Contemporary Arts Center · 2019. 4. 14. · the way the best historic and modern-day artists have depicted their personal sense of the world.” “I never want

ARTIST BIO

Born in 1966, Hexham, Northumberland, England

Lives in London and Suffolk, England

Education: Received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Bath School of Higher Education and an M.A. from Goldsmiths College, University of London, London.

EDUCATOR GUIDE GLENN BROWN

QUOTES"I‘m rather like a Dr Frankenstein, constructing paintings out of the residue or dead parts of other artist‘s work. I hope to create a sense of strangeness by bringing together examples of the way the best historic and modern-day artists have depicted their personal sense of the world.”

“I never want to lose that notion of appropriation—people say to me, sooner or later you’ll stop copying other artists and you’ll make work of your own, but it’s never been my point to try to do that, because I never thought you ever could. The work is always going to be based on something, and I wanted to make the relationship with art history as obvious as possible.”

EXHIBITION/WORK

and exaggerates these changes on a much larger scale.

Please be advised. The Glenn Brown exhibition features three paintings that contain imagery of the nude female body. The artist appropriates these images from historical art; references include three nudes inspired by Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Honore Fragonard. While a request can be made to not focus on these specific works, they are still visible in the gallery on docent-led tours. Examples of the exact paintings can be provided upon request.

September 9, 2016 - January 15, 2017