This exhibition has been curated by the students on the MA Curating the Art Museumprogramme at The Courtauld Institute of Art. The programme, now in its third year, is led by Martin Caiger-Smith and is aimed at art curators of the future. The exhibition project is the culmination of the practical side of this twelve-month course. The eleven students, from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada and the United States, were asked to mount a public exhibition in the Courtauld Gallery, from its initial concept to its realisation in the gallery space.
BLOOD TEARS FAITH DOUBT has been curated by:
Ariane Belisle | Elizabeth Buhe | Alexandra Burnett | Juliet Chippindale | Louisa Elderton | James Ford | Aurica Garcia Schaible | Hannah L. Fuller | Rebecca Newell | Mareike Spendel | Rafaela Van der Heyden
The MA Programme Curating the Art Museum, 2009/10 is generously supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation
Find out more about the MA programme.
Acknowledgements
The MA Curating the Art Museum students would like to thank the following people and organisations for their help and assistance in making this exhibition possible:
The artists
The Arts Council Collection
The Courtauld Gallery
Robert Graham of Heath Lambert Ltd
Sarum Print
The White Wall Company
Display Ways
Arterium Ltd
Developing the exhibition
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Getting to know some of The Courtauld Gallery collections
The process begins with students exploring the different collections. There are approximately 20,000 prints and 6,000 drawings in The Courtauld alone!
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The Courtauld Institute of Art, Prints and Drawings Room
The Curating students exploring the Courtauld print collection with the Curator of Prints, Dr. Joanna Selborne.
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Too many works to choose from!
Students narrow down the object list, deciding which historical and contemporary works to bring together.
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Deciding where to place the works
The Curating students use a plan of the gallery space and scaled images of the works to decide where to place the objects before installing them.
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Final checks to the exhibition booklet design
Installation
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The Exhibition
Faith and Incredulity
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From left:
Adam Chodzko (b. 1965), 2101 Km/Hr (Secretor) 1993
Manifestation juice (food dye and glycerine), lead, plastic, acrylic and acetate
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist, Gift of Charles Saatchi 1999
Polidoro da Caravaggio (1492-1543), The Incredulity of Saint Thomas c. 1531-35
Oil on panel, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Devotion
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From left:
Adam Chodzko (b. 1965), 9468 Km/Hr (Secretor), 9605 Km/Hr (Secretor) 1993
Manifestation juice (food dye and glycerine), lead, plastic, acrylic and acetate
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist, Gift of Charles Saatchi 1999
Follower of Dieric Bouts the Elder (c. 1415-1475), Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1475, Oil on panel, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Suffering and Compassion
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From left:
Style of Jacopo di Cione (1320-30-c. 1398), Virgin and Child with Four Saints, with Christ Crucified, 14th century, Tempera on panel, integral frame with arched top, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Mark Fairnington (b. 1957), The Greek Madonna, 1993, Oil and gold leaf on panel, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist, Gift of Charles Saatchi 1999
Attributed to Giampietrino, (active c. 1510-1540), The Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, c.1510-1530, Oil on panel, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Grayson Perry (b. 1960), Spirit Jar, 1994, Glazed earthenware, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
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From left:
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), Lamentation over the Dead Christ, 18th century, Pen and ink, watercolour and black chalk on paper, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Phil Brown (b. 1958) Untitled (hand), 1994, Silicone and plaster, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist Gift of Charles Saatchi 1999
From left:
Mark Fairnington (b. 1957), The Greek Madonna, 1993, Oil and gold leaf on panel, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist, Gift of Charles Saatchi 1999
Attributed to Giampietrino, (active c. 1510-1540), The Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, c.1510-1530, Oil on panel, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Workshop of Jan Gossaert (1478-1532), Virgin and Child (Anna von Bergen and her son), c.1525, Oil on panel, © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Installation photographs © Ariane Belisle
