{"id":1230,"date":"2023-05-19T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T11:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/?page_id=1230"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:25:59","slug":"charles-averys-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/archive-previous-exhibitions\/2013-archive-imagining-islands-artists-and-escape-2\/charles-averys-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Avery\u2019s project"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/charles-averys-project\/characters\/\">Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/charles-averys-project\/locations\/\">Locations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/charles-averys-project\/map\/\">Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/charles-averys-project\/a-plot-of-sorts\/\">A plot (of sorts)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1412\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21.jpg\" alt=\"a watercolour painting of a seascape in black and white\" width=\"504\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/macurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/07\/avery21-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Avery<br \/>View Towards the Sea of Clarity<br \/>2008<br \/>64 x 94 cm<br \/>Ink and watercolour on paper<br \/>\u00a9 The artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charles Avery\u2019s project began from a desire to find a space in which to express his ideas. Avery wanted to carry out his investigations into philosophy, literature and art within a focused yet large framework and found that the \u2018space\u2019 he desired rapidly took the shape of an island.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI first came to the Island at the end of the great kelp rush, although I was not aware of that at the time. On the contrary, I had sought out this strange land with a view to being its discoverer.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Charles Avery, The Islanders: An Introduction, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Avery wanted to carry out his investigations into philosophy, literature and art within a focused yet large framework.<\/p>\n<p>The shape of the island may have been coincidental but it was also fortuitous; islands are physically contained, yet they also offer artists the opportunity to imagine infinite worlds within them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Characters Locations Map A plot (of sorts) Charles Avery\u2019s project began from a desire to find a space in which to express his ideas. 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