Telling Time
dal 17/10/2000 al 14/1/2001
Segnalato da
17/10/2000
Telling Time
The National Gallery, London
Divided into two sections, the exhibition in the Sunley Room examines how painters have wrestled to put time into their paintings. Story Time looks at how painters have attempted to tell stories that unfold over time in their still, unchanging images. The Moment and Movement looks at the related problems of how artists have conveyed the effects of rapid movement and captured the fleeting moment.
Exploring notions of time in relation to painting raises many fascinating questions, which probe into the very nature and purpose of painting.
Divided into two sections, the exhibition in the Sunley Room examines how painters have wrestled to put time into their paintings. Story Time looks at how painters have attempted to tell stories that unfold over time in their still, unchanging images. The Moment and Movement looks at the related problems of how artists have conveyed the effects of rapid movement and captured the fleeting moment.
Experiment: Time to Look. It is easy to imagine that we see things instantly and that paintings reveal themselves to us at a glance, but looking is a process that takes time. Room 1's exciting and innovative display explores how we look and will include the largest eye-tracking experiment ever conducted.
Time Trail. An audio tour through the permanent collection will include paintings that have time as their subject or preoccupation, and will also examine the effects of time on the paintings themselves.
Exhibition Catalogue written by Alexander Sturgis.
The exhibition catalogue is available from Gallery shops (price £7.95).
Opening Hours for Telling Time:
Daily 10am - 6pm,
Wednesdays 10am - 9pm.
Closed 24-26 December 2000 and 1 January 2001.
Mornings at the beginning of the week, and Wednesday evenings are usually quite quiet. The final weeks of an exhibition tend to be the busiest.
The National Gallery - Trafalgar Square - WC2N 5DN - London - Tel: 020-7747 2885