Symposium on fakes and forgeries

Symposium

"Fakes and Forgery"
Rye Creative Centre
New Road, Rye
East Sussex TN31 7LS UK
30 June 2015
12:30 - 4:30pm

We are delighted to present an impressive group of speakers, all
experts in their own field and of international repute:  Nina Rodin
is an artist and director of the Trelex residency in Geneva; Vernon
Rapley is Director of Security at the V&A and former Head of the Art
and Antiques Unit at New Scotland Yard; Chris Cleere is an
archaeological and museums Conservator and Heritage Management
Consultant; Sarah Pickering is an established artist and Teaching
Fellow in Photography at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL; and
Sarah Knill-Jones is a visual artist dividing her time between
London and Baku, Azerbaijan.

Please email assist<-at->ryecreativecentre<.>co<.>uk for details of timings
or to reserve a place, mentioning how you heard about the Symposium
and any particular interest or relevance in relation to your own
practice:  Places are limited, this event is free but donations to
the Creative Centre would be welcome.

Program

    Nina Rodin
    Philosophical considerations on reproducibility in Art vs
    Science; mirror neurons, the problem of touch and the hand of
    the artist; originality and empathy

    Vernon Rapley
    Anecdotes and considerations about fakes and forgeries

    Chris Cleere
    On his work internationally; how he values his work; when does
    the craftsman become an artist; walking the fine line between
    filling the gaps and invention

    Sarah Pickering
    Art and Antiquities: On the subject of props, fakes, staging and
    forgeries in her artwork about a notorious art forger

    Sarah Knill-Jones
    Procris and Cephalus--A case of mistaken identity:  Repeated
    gesture and image in a cycle of work starting with the
    reproduction of a piece from the National Gallery

    Nina Rodin
    Duplicata, an exhibition exploring the conceptual place of
    reproduction and originality in painting

Contact:

    Rye Creative Centre
    New Road
    Rye, East Sussex TN31 7LS
    +44 1797 229 797
    info<-at->ryecreativecentre<.>co<.>uk


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