Lecture in Picasso

"Picasso in two minds: the revelations of X-radiography"
Robing Room, Freemason's Hall
60 Great Queen Street
London WC2B 5AZ
Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Talk by Elizabeth Cowling, Honorary Fellow in History of Art at
Edinburgh University

During the First World War, Picasso extensively revised many of his
canvases, radically altering their subject matter as well as their
compositions, and sometimes switching from one style to another.
Using the evidence of X-rays and studio photographs, Elizabeth
Cowling will examine representative cases, and discuss the context
and likely reasons for Picasso's exceptionally experimental approach
at this watershed in his life and career.  She will argue that
collaboration between art historians and conservators represents the
best hope for understanding these fascinating but problematic
pictures.

Elizabeth Cowling is Honorary Fellow in History of Art at Edinburgh
University.  Among her publications are Picasso: Style and Meaning
(2002) and Visiting Picasso: the Letters and Notebooks of Roland
Penrose (2006).  She has co-curated several major exhibitions,
including Picasso: Sculptor/Painter (1994), Matisse Picasso (2002-3)
and Picasso Looks at Degas (2010-11).  Her next exhibition, Picasso
Portraits, opens at the National Portrait Gallery in October 2016.

Freemasons Hall is close to both Covent Garden and Holborn Tube
Stations.

Doors open at 6pm
Talk 6.30 - 8pm

Tickets:
    ICON members: UKP10
    Non-members: UKP15
    Students UKP5 (student card required to be shown on the door)

plus booking fee

Free wine and cheese included in price of ticket.

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