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The curators of the exhibition are all students on The Courtauld\u2019s MA Programme\u00a0Curating the Art Museum<\/em><\/a>. Several have written texts expanding on the exhibition. These \u2018spotlight\u2019 essays offer insight to many of the artworks and their creators, addressing themes of artistic inspiration and influence, as well as process and method.<\/p>\n

These texts are intended as extensions of the exhibition and aim to provide further information and insightful anecdotes to those who are interested in learning more about the exhibition and the works on display.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Spotlight on Jonathan Richardson the Elder<\/a><\/strong>
\nNoura Al-Maashouq<\/em>
\nExamining the works of Jonathan Richardson the Elder, a prominent portraitist and art theorist in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Roger Fry: Aligning Himself with the Half Idiot, Half Divine<\/a><\/strong>
\nSandra Boks
\n<\/em>Roger Fry may have revered Paul C\u00e9zanne, but his opinion of what it takes to be a great artist is perhaps not what we might expect.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Sarah Lucas\u2019 Self Portraits 1990-1998<\/a><\/strong>
\nSascha Feldman and Davida Fernandez-Barkan<\/em>
\n<\/em>Sarah Lucas uses various props to examine her image as an artist. The ways in which she presents herself and her legacy as a feminist artist are discussed here.<\/p>\n

Male Bonding: Francis Bacon meets Lucian Freud<\/strong>
\nJenny Foot
\n<\/em>How a recent discovery by Christie\u2019s Auction House has revealed an intriguing insight into the relationship between Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gilbert & George: A Portrait of the Artists as Young Men<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>George Mogg<\/em>
\nGilbert & George capitalise on the idea of the \u201csolitary artist\u201d \u2013 yet, as a pair, they are fundamentally never alone. This spotlight explores how their video\u00a0A Portrait of the Artists As Young Men<\/em>\u00a0fits into the exhibition as well as their career.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018A Specific Kind of Eye\u2019: Richard Hamilton\u2019s Polaroid Portraits<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>Meredith More
\n<\/em>An impromptu snapshot shows the friendship between Richard Hamilton and filmmaker Derek Jarman, created in a series of\u00a0Polaroid Portraits<\/em>, and how the particular character of an artist may appear even through a photograph.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018By Different Device: Polaroid Portraits of the Artist As\u2026<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>Mardee Goff
\n<\/em>Two artists in the exhibition, Richard Hamilton and Saul Fletcher, use the medium of Polaroid. Read on to find out why this medium can produce a particularly powerful portrait.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018Interview with Glenn Brown\u2019<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>Mardee Goff
\n<\/em>A conversation between Glenn Brown and Mardee Goff regarding his work\u00a0Decline and Fall<\/em>and his working methods, recorded at Brown\u2019s studio in East London on 7 June 2012<\/p>\n

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